Cat's Claw (45 page)
Authors: Amber Benson
Tags: #Fantasy, #Contemporary, #Fiction, #General, #Fantasy fiction, #Fiction - Fantasy, #Science Fiction And Fantasy, #Fantasy - Contemporary
But maybe, just
maybe
, I had found a way to get the ball rolling on that one. It only took me a minute to make up my mind before I asked for my favor.
maybe
, I had found a way to get the ball rolling on that one. It only took me a minute to make up my mind before I asked for my favor.
“Uhm, I know this is a weird request, but can I go with you?”
“You want to come to Heaven with me?” he asked, confused.
I nodded.
“Why?” he said, staring at me.
“Because I promised a friend that I would try and intervene on his behalf with God,” I said. “And I think it kind of goes hand in hand with what you’re going to see God about because . . . the friend in question is Cerberus.”
Daniel laughed.
“Really? You’re kidding?”
I shook my head.
“So, can I come?”
“It would be my pleasure to escort you to Heaven,” Daniel said, a huge grin on his face, “but first I wanna ask you . . .”
He paused, looking down nervously at his hands.
“What?” I said, touching his arm.
He looked up at me then, his eyes dark and hungry. They locked onto mine—possessing them, even—and I shivered.
“Calliope Reaper-Jones, may I kiss you?”
All I could do was nod. He leaned forward, his lips barely inches from mine and whispered:
“You’re even lovelier than I remembered.”
And then he took my mouth with his—and it was the sweetest, most intense kiss I had ever experienced.
“Again,”
I moaned, my body racing with need as he pulled away to take in my bruised lips and wanton eyes.
“Please don’t stop . . .”
I moaned, my body racing with need as he pulled away to take in my bruised lips and wanton eyes.
“Please don’t stop . . .”
He grinned and pulled me closer, his hands snaking underneath my PJs to touch my bare skin.
“Just kiss me,”
I begged as his body pressed against mine, like we were made to fit together.
I begged as his body pressed against mine, like we were made to fit together.
And so he did.
Again.
And again.
And again.
DON’T MISS THE FIRST CALLIOPE REAPER-JONES NOVEL FROM
AMBER BENSON
AMBER BENSON
death’s daughter
Calliope Reaper-Jones just wants a normal life—buying designer shoes on sale, dating guys from craigslist, Web surfing for organic dim sum for her boss...
But when her father, who happens to be Death himself, is kidnapped and the Devil’s protégé embarks on a hostile takeover of the family business, Death, Inc., Callie returns home to assume the CEO mantle—only to discover that she must complete three nearly impossible tasks in the realm of the Afterlife.
Other books
Set the Record Straight! by Rachel Wise
Unraveling by Micalea Smeltzer
My Best Friend Has Issues by Laura Marney
Shades Of Green by Tianna Xander
The Viking's Captive by Sandra Hill
The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
A Play of Piety by Frazer, Margaret
Heartthrob by Suzanne Brockmann
Get Her Back (Demontech) by David Sherman
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
