“Do you want me to come with you?”
“No, it’s better I go alone. I’ll be back soon.” I rose on my tiptoes and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek. “I’m sorry.”
“Why are you apologizing?”
Because I’m lying to you. Because I’m going to break your heart. Because I made a deal with a devil and it’s only a matter of time before that blows up in my face.
But I couldn’t tell Hayden any of that.
So instead, I slipped out of his arms and ran for the door.
When I got to the address Beelzebub had given me, I found a large, beautiful house. Beelzebub was pacing outside the front door, waiting for me.
He was wearing a shirt today, and he wasn’t dripping in rainwater, but otherwise he looked exactly as I remembered. He even had the same expression and deep groove between his brows. There was an energy to him, a kind of restlessness that reminded me of a caged animal.
His bright blue eyes found me almost instantly. They were deep and wild, like a tumultuous ocean just waiting to drag me down.
I sucked in a deep breath and did my best to bury my fears at being face-to-face with him again.
“What happened?” I asked, trying to convince myself I was dealing with a concerned family member instead of a prince of Hell.
“Electrical accident. Someone turned on the power to the part of the house that he was wiring.”
Thehein question was Scott Cavanaugh.
Of course Beelzebub hadn’t given me any details before shoving me into the house with the demand that I heal him. Honestly, I wasn’t complaining. I’d rather not have the grand prince breathing down my neck while I worked like he had with Hayden.
Maggie’s husband blinked at me, looking dazed and very out of it. “Danielle?”
“Hey,” I murmured. “Everything’s going to be okay. Can you close your eyes and take some deep breaths for me?”
He obeyed, and I laid my bare hands on his chest under his shirt, letting my power flow through his body and heal the damage. The injury wasn’t serious to start with, but it was nonexistent by the time I was done.
“How do you feel?” I asked even though I already knew what the answer would be.
“Fine,” he said. “It doesn’t even hurt anymore.”
I smiled. “Good. I’m glad to hear that.”
“What are you doing here?” he asked. “I thought you only worked inside the hospital.”
“I have friends in high places.” That wasn’t even close to a truthful explanation, but I couldn’t worry about that now. “I have to get some details straightened out, but I’ll be back to check on you again in a bit.”
Beelzebub was exactly where I’d left him outside the house.
“Is it done?” he asked.
“He’s completely fine.” I swallowed hard. “What is your connection to the Blake family?”
“That’s none of your business,” he said coldly.
“If you keep having me heal members of the family, it’s going to start looking suspicious. How do you expect me to keep my divine nature from them forever?”
He glared at me. “You’re the one who made it complicated by getting married to Hayden. It wouldn’t look suspicious at all if they didn’t know who you were. You’d be just another nameless face.”
“Maybe, but it’s a little late for that.”
“Figure it out, little angel. You said you could keep up your end of the deal. So do it.” He turned away from me and started to walk down the driveway.
