Immortal Rider_ Lords of Deliverance Series_ - Larissa Ione [103]
Limos really liked Cara. She had since meeting the human, but after spending the day with her, she realized how truly special the female was.
They’d done a speed-shopping trip in New York City, where Limos had bought a wedding gown, shoes, jewelry, and makeup. All the while, Cara had been texting and phoning more people than Limos could keep up with, but she heard the names Sin, Tayla, Kar, Runa, Serena, Gem, and Idess bandied around. Then, by the time they went back to Ares’s place to get Limos ready, Runa and Idess were there, and Cara took off with Ares to handle something at Than’s place.
It was the first time meeting Idess, and Limos was struck by the statuesque brunette and how nice she was. Not that Limos expected her to be a bitch or anything, but angels who lost their wings tended to be a bit bitter.
Speaking of bitter, Harvester still hadn’t turned up. Neither had Reaver. Limos couldn’t let their disappearances ruin tonight, but she wished Reaver could be there for her. He hadn’t been their Watcher for long, but she’d connected with him instantly. He wasn’t like other angels, with their stuffy, formal, stick-up-the-ass-ness. Reaver was actually… fun. Hillyonight, bus time as an Unfallen seemed to have given him a stick-up-the-ass-ectomy.
“So you’re truly okay with performing the marriage ceremony?” Li asked the ex-angel as they stood in Cara’s bedroom. “You could be risking a lot.”
Idess tested the heat for the flat-iron she intended to use on Limos’s hair. “From the sounds of it, not doing it would risk even more. The world can’t afford for you to be paired up with the greatest evil to have ever existed.” She shrugged. “And besides, Arik is Runa’s brother, and I’d do anything for family. I owe the Sem brothers a lot.”
“Idess also has a very powerful father who few would tangle with.” Runa twirled Limos around to fasten the buttons on the back of the wedding dress.
Limos looked up from admiring the exquisite beadwork on the front of the floor-length gown. “Who?”
Idess grinned as she took a piece of Limos’s hair and pulled it through the flat iron. “Azagoth.”
“The Grim Reaper?” Limos hoped her voice didn’t sound as strangled as she thought it did. “He’s your father?”
“Yep.”
Limos and Idess could be half-sisters. Now was probably not the time to mention that, and truthfully, until Pestilence was no longer a threat—if he was ever no longer a threat—it was best to keep anyone he could hurt out of his realm of knowledge. If he learned he had another sibling, Limos wouldn’t put it past him to torture Idess for fun.
“Okay,” Limos said, needing a change of subject. “So you’re cool with this.” Her stomach fluttered as Runa came around to slip Limos’s white satin high heels on her feet. “And you, Runa?”
“Arik deserves to be happy.” Five words, but Runa said it all. She might not approve, exactly, but she’d accept this was what her brother wanted.
“He does deserve that. I’ve not met many males like him,” Limos said quietly. “Arik… he makes me want to be a better person.” Telling Arik the truth made her feel better than telling any lie ever had. “That’s so sappy, isn’t it?”
“It’s your wedding day. Sap is expected.” Runa’s smile reminded Limos of Arik. Their coloring was different, but they had the same mouth, the same shaped eyes, and the same precise, deliberate movements.
“Can I ask you something?” Limos said, and Runa shrugged. “Not to be rude, but… what are you?”
One of Runa’s eyebrows arched. “You’re thinking about my warg shift in the middle of the day?” When Limos nodded, Runa continued. “I was bitten by a werewolf and left to die. Arik found me, took me to the R-XR, and they experimented on me with a potential cure. It didn’t work, but I now have the ability to shift at will instead of only on full moons. Now, enough of monster talk.” She took a small jewelry box off the bed and opened it to reveal a