Chapter 127

She moved finally, smiling, all pleased with herself as she walked casually around the sofa. “I’m actually a very reasonable person you’ll find if you cooperate. For example, I could allow myself to be very angry right now with James for how he’s hunted me on your behalf…and yet, as you can see, I haven’t touched him. Well, not since you corrected that little mistake a few moments ago…Nathan.” She paused halfway around the sofa and glanced back with a wider smile. “I’d say that’s very hospitable of me, wouldn’t you?”

Realization clanged in Nathan’s head like a gong. She was still considering the deal Nathan had made with the Messenger legit—Jim for Nathan. And Nathan had been about to take himself off the table if he became an incubus, so she had taken it out on Jim. Only a human could become a Shadow Immortal. Nathan had never considered being initiated by Sasha to escape his fate. Now, knowing it was an option, it was already out of the question.