Page 2 of Knight’s Seduction

Right on cue, electricity fired through his veins, and he broke out in a cold sweat as soon as he got a look at her. Yeah, she had to have sex demon DNA in her blood, a fucking strong breed, because suddenly his dick was an iron rod in his jeans and his balls were tight and achy.

What the fuck am I doing here?

Again.

Her gaze lifted, hazel eyes sliding right to him before they quickly dropped. Kryos dragged in a ragged breath, trying to gather some control. His inner demon whined and rolled over, clawing at his subconscious, seemingly as affected by the female as Kryos was for some messed-up reason.

“Things have suddenly become crystal clear,” Roc said, chuckling. “You’ve got a hard-on for the waitress.”

Kryos growled. “Shut up.”

Maybe this pull he had toward her was something to do with her power? She was a demi-demon—half human, half demon. The hybrids were the reason Kryos and his brothers, the knights of Hell, existed. They took them to safety when they came of age and gained their powers, taught them to use them, block them, to protect themselves. How to live their lives safely once those skills were mastered.

Meredith was close to gaining hers. He could feel the hum of it prickling over his skin. He told himself every night that was why he came here, but he wasn’t sure that was true anymore.

Her dormant power wasn’t strong enough for demons to detect. Not yet. For now, the fuckers would leave her alone. Kryos should leave her alone as well, at least until it was time to come for her. God, he didn’t relish tearing her from her life or telling her what she was and what it meant, despite how drawn to her he was.

Yeah, her sire had to be a sex demon. That was the only explanation he could come up with for the constant hard-on he had whenever he was near her. Sex demons could be potent, could affect him and his brothers in different ways. Being knights didn’t make them immune to it.

That had to be it, right? What else could it be?

“Can you feel it?” he asked his brothers.

Roc frowned. “What?”

“The female, she’s a demi, close to gaining her powers.”

“Really? I hadn’t picked that up,” Roc said, glancing over at Meredith.

“So your skin’s not tingling? Your gut isn’t all tied in knots? You’re”—he leaned forward—“not hard?”

Roc leaned back, giving his dick a squeeze. “Just the usual semi, definitely not primed to fuck at this particular moment.”

Kryos glanced at Zenon. His brother was focused hard on his tattooed hands resting on the table. “Zen?”

He shook his head.

“Maybe you just want to jump her bones?” Roc said.

She moved toward Kryos, and despite having an audience, he couldn’t make himself look away. Her uniform clung to her curves, the buttons of her shirt strained a little over her chest, and the skirt…shit, it was short. He’d seen a lot of changes in clothes and fashion in his lifetime, and her boss had embraced the miniskirt, and yeah, let’s not forget the hot pants. Meredith wore those sometimes as well.

His mouth actually watered.

Jesus Christ, he needed to get laid already. This was getting ridiculous. He was acting like an adolescent human with a high school crush.

She stopped in front of their table, and her scent filled the space between them. His gut gripped so damn tight he had to fight not to grunt. This female had some seriously strong sex demon pheromones rolling off her. How could Roc and Zen not feel it?

When this female gained her powers, she’d need some intensive training to keep that shit in check or she’d find herself in all sorts of trouble. He had no idea why only he could sense it, but then demons of any kind were complicated. Perhaps there was something different in his own DNA that caused him to pick up what she had going on, something his brothers didn’t? They were his brothers, just not in the biological sense.

“What can I get you tonight?” she said in that soft, sweet-as-candy voice.

Kryos jolted and snatched up a menu. “Uh…I’ll ah, have the…”

She laughed under her breath. “The usual?”

He inwardly cringed. “Yeah, that’d be great, thanks.”

When she finally did gain her powers, he’d have to send one of his brothers to collect her because he barely had control around her as it was.