Chapter 23

“They can’t have him. And you’re not one of them,” Sasha said firmly. “Say all you want that we’re not alike, Jim, but we are. I didn’t ask to be what I am and I don’t always keep the control I should, not even close. Sometimes I wish I was human so badly…” Sasha trailed, and for the first time, Nathan heard Sasha’s voice hitch a little too.

Nathan never would have thought the incubus felt that way; Sasha always seemed so comfortable in his skin, just a little lonely—before Nathan came along.