Inferno (Book 4 The Kindred Series) Read Online Free

skin, her body fit perfectly against his as she
buried her face against him.
    Devon turned back to the group standing
outside the SUV, watching silently. Melissa was crying softly,
Luther’s arm was wrapped tightly around her. Liam and Annabelle
were standing with their arms around each other. Chris had moved
slightly forward, his mouth parted in surprise, a questioning look
was on his face. Devon studied Chris for a moment, not liking the
confusion that filled his face. It brought his doubts and fears
about Cassie sharply back to the forefront.
    Cassie lifted her head from his
shoulder, blinking tiredly. He could feel the utter exhaustion that
radiated from her. “You are coming with us,” she said softly, her
gaze not focused upon him, but on Julian.
    Devon tensed, his hands tightened upon
her. “Cassie,” he hissed.
    She looked up at him, her eyes dark and
worried. “He’s coming with us Devon,” she said forcefully. “He is
my friend and I will not leave him here.”
    Devon couldn’t stop the fierce bolt of
jealousy and confusion that ripped through him. What the hell were
they doing together, and just what the hell had happened between
them, and to them, for her to want Julian to stay with her? “I’m
coming,” Julian replied firmly.
    Devon glanced sharply at him, his
nostrils flared as fury boiled through him. Cassie may think that
they were “friends” but it was more than apparent from the look in
Julian’s eyes that he thought more, or at least wanted more. Devon
shifted her slightly, wanting to get her away from the want and
need in Julian’s eyes. Then Julian looked up at him, and though he
sensed envy in him, Devon didn’t sense any malice. Not like there
used to be.
    “And her?” Devon growled, nodding at
Dani.
    Cassie moved to look around him, her
body stiffened in anger and distrust. Julian turned toward Dani,
his eyes narrowed as animosity blazed forth. “She’s coming too, we
need answers,” Julian snarled bitterly.
    Dani looked worriedly at all of them,
fear evident in her gold streaked hazel eyes. Then she looked
toward the woods and took a step closer to Julian. “I’m coming with
you,” she said softly.
    “You didn’t have a choice,” Julian
assured her, his voice as cold as ice.
    “Be nice,” Cassie said softly. “She did
get us out of there.”
    “She also helped to put us in
there.”
    Cassie bit on her bottom lip as she
nodded slowly. “Can we go please?”
    “Anything you desire,” Devon assured
her, striding past the two of them. He just wanted to get her the
hell out of there, and somewhere safe. He wanted answers, and he
never wanted to let her out of his arms again. He strode swiftly
toward the rest of the group, not bothering to look back at Julian
and Dani.

CHAPTER 2

    Cassie clung tight to Devon, refusing
to release him as she sat cradled within his lap. She was exhausted
but she was afraid to go to sleep. She was petrified that this
would all turn out to be a dream, and that she would awaken in that
cramped cell again. She shifted on Devon’s lap, her hand curled
tighter into his shirt as she pressed against him, trying to assure
herself that this was real, that he was real.
    His chest was solid beneath her hand,
slightly cooler under his shirt. His hard muscles rippled against
her as he shifted, his hand entangled in her hair, holding her
close. But she still could not bring herself to believe that it was
real. She glanced up at the hard contour of his jaw, noting the
dark bristles that lined it. He had always been clean shaven, but
it was obvious that he was wearing a few days worth of growth
now.
    He was just as magnificent as she
remembered though. Just as hard and handsome and wonderful. He was
her entire world, her everything. His presence filled the hole that
had been ever present since she had been ripped away from him and
placed in that horrendous cell. He made her complete. He was
everything good and right and just in her.
    He looked down at her,