Free Entangled (Entangled Trilogy #1) by Anika Rahman Page B

clearly confused.
    “James!” Lucifer screamed
as he burst in through the roof door. James pulled back and away
from me and turned towards Lucifer. He put me behind him
protectively as if Lucifer was going to hurt me. James eyes turned
dark black, like, from that beautiful pale blue to jet black in an
instant. This was not good. I don’t know what’s going on, but I
know for sure that this isn’t good at all. His eyes just freakin’
turned black. From blue to black. That’s scientifically impossible
as far as I’m concerned.
    Right now, my mind
screamed at me to freak out, but my body betrayed my mind. I just
saw my boyfriend’s eyes change color. Then, just like the James I
know, he staggered me again. James grew wings. Wow. He was a bird?
Nope. He was an angel. James, my James, was a beautiful angel. He
just grew wings that were almost three time his size.
    His wings were beautiful.
They were all black and a bit silver at the tips as the feathers
came closer to his body. They looked so silky and velvety and cozy
that I had to fight the urge not to run up to him and curl myself
up in those wings. They were majestic. I couldn’t even take my eyes
off them. They just seemed so inviting and I could just get lost in
them. I tried to focus on what was ahead of me, not James’
wings.
    James lunged at Lucifer
and knocked him off his feet with James landing on top off him. He
repeatedly punched Lucifer across the face, delivering blow after
blow strongly.
    “You! Because of you, I am
this stupid damned thing. I hate you. You promised her to me. You
promised me that you would back off. You promised that you wouldn’t
try to take her away from me. You broke your promise. You still
interfered. You promised to keep him away from her. Look at what
you’ve done. You fu—,” James said. Lucifer flipped him over so that
he was on top of James.
    His hands curled around
James’ throat and gripped it tightly, most likely breaking off his
only connection to oxygen. For some peculiar reason, I could feel
the pain on my throat. I felt as if I couldn’t breathe anymore. It
was painful and for some reason, I knew that James felt that way
right now. I screamed once, trying to get the pain away, but it
increased with each scream.
    “Watch your tongue, James.
Maybe you should watch your girlfriend, too. I would love to take
her away from you, but then again, I don’t want to see my future
wife suffer,” Lucifer said. I gasped, both because of what Lucifer
had said and also because I was running out of oxygen.
    Who is he? I was
definitely not going to be his future wife. What the hell? What are
they talking about? Under normal circumstances, I would be thrilled
of the idea of two guys fighting over me but now, it all felt
surreal.
    “Get your hands off my
throat. Rosemarie can’t breathe either,” James managed to tell
Lucifer through gritted teeth.
    Lucifer got off James and
strode towards me with confidence. James’ throat felt . . . open
again and so did mine. I tried and tried to breathe quickly, trying
to get more oxygen. I am not going to die like this.
    “Hello, Rosie. I just
wanted to tell you that I am in love with you and I would
appreciate it if you would consider going out with me and break up
with him. If you do become mine, I won’t hurt anyone you love, but
if you reject me . . .,” Lucifer smirked. The flower pots on either
side of me shattered. It just went KABOOM! One minute it was a pot,
the next; it was in pieces like my heart right now. Lucifer did
that without touching. He just narrowed his eyes at it and it went
KABOOM! He was giving me a blunt threat. Why? If he really loved
me, why would he want to hurt me?
    “Well, then, now you know
what I am capable of doing,” Lucifer finished off. “Sweet dreams,
Rosie.” And with that, he walked off, getting away from me and
James while I just stared at him.
    James casually walked over
to me, back in his normal self, and put his arms out and inched
closer to