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Caleb’s low voice washed over me, interrupting my mental rant. “Is that so, Ms. Belladonna?”

I craned my neck toward the door in time to see my pixie of a roommate poke him in the chest. “Don’t think your God will save you from my wrath, priest-man.”

“What did I do?” he asked, truly baffled.

She huffed. “You have a dick. Right now, that’s enough. Be back in a flash, babycakes.” Then she winced. “Sorry. Poor word choice.”

The door closed behind her, leaving Caleb and me alone together. I stared at the handsome, brooding vampire with my heart in my throat. I would not cry. I wouldn’t. But I did.

Before I could stop them, tears trailed down my cheeks.

“What’s wrong,a stor?” he asked, at my side in a blur of motion. Tenderness he hadn’t shown me since I’d been injured atIniquityradiated from him.

I didn’t know how to answer. I couldn’t say the words out loud. All I could do was shake my head as more tears fell free.