Chapter 14 : And I Love Her

Zee’s POV

“Can I interest you in a drink or a smoke or getting’ your jaw up off the floor?”

Ah, yeah, no. That’s really good self, yeah, anger the one being in the universe who’d wanted to kill you because of what you’d done to his precious little mortal family. Antagonize the fuck out of that one, real brilliant strategy right there. This was why you didn’t get your circle to lord over like the rest of the Sins.

“You’ve done all this?” Remmy’s eyes had gone to sharp chips of obsidian instead of the velvety darkness of a stormy night. “This you now, Zaq—“

“Don’t.” I rolled over onto all fours and coughed some of the pain away. That felt more manageable somehow, or maybe that was some of that good ol’ demonic healing kicking in. Physical bodies did have their downsides, I’m afraid. Once I was sure I wasn’t going to puke, I rose on wobbly legs like a newborn deer. “You lost all right to the name when you made me Fall.”