Daniel the Grigori had flashed into the middle of the room and was surveying the carnage—and them—with a horrified expression.
Yes, she supposed she could see how one might find this scenario slightly disturbing.
Oops.
32
Meat and Greet
Sunshine rearranged her robe as Raum tucked himself back into his pants. His release poured out of her, sliding down the inside of her thighs.
“What in the hell happened here?” Daniel gripped his hair in his hands, staring in horror at the scene before him. It seemed he was too preoccupied with the gruesome butchery of Raphael to pay much attention to what Sunshine and Raum had been doing, which was a good thing.
As Sunshine approached him, she took in the scene in a new light and grimaced. At the time, her actions had seemed perfectly sensible, and she hadn’t understood why Raum was so cautiously trying to make her stop.
Now she realized she’d been in shock. She’d probably looked like an unhinged madwoman.
“Who— Whatisthat?” Daniel croaked.
“It’s Raphael,” she said.
Daniel’s eyes appeared in danger of falling out of his head. He also looked a little green. “How did he end up like…that?”
She hesitated, twisting her hands together. “Well—”
“I chopped him up,” Raum said, coming to stand beside her. He crossed scaled arms over his scaled chest and pinned Daniel with a piercing look as if daring him to question his words.
Daniel looked shellshocked. Appalled. All the appropriate words for someone witnessing such savagery.
Sunshine sighed. She appreciated Raum trying to protect her, but she couldn’t let him take the blame for her actions. Because of what he was, he was constantly having to prove himself, and it wasn’t fair.
“No,” she began.
“Sunshine—”
“It’s okay.” She smiled at him and then looked at Daniel. “I did it.”
Daniel’s mouth dropped open. “You. Did this.”
“Yes.”
“…Why?”
She wasn’t quite sure where to begin. “I assume you’re here because Eva told you to come. I instructed her to find you after Raum freed her from the sigil.”
Daniel nodded. “She filled me in on what happened. I can’t even— I’m just glad you were here or I might have lost her.” His voice broke on the last word, and he swallowed hard. Then he shook his head roughly. “She’s on her way with the demons right now, by the way. What she told me was brief, but I think she would’ve mentioned if it looked like Raphael had been through a meat grinder.”
Sunshine nodded. “I did it after she left.”
“Again…why?”
“He needs to die.”
Daniel dragged a hand through his hair.
“He knows about Eva, Daniel. He knows where Raum and his brothers are. He knows about me and what happened in my past.”
“What happened in your past?” He looked between her and Raum as if already sensing their connection.
