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He nodded. You do whatever you want.
She held his gaze for a moment, then nodded. Thanks. And with that, without even another glance at him, she turned back to Yvonne. He could tell she’d asked yet another question, this time of the vampire husband.
Marius shifted toward Eve. “She’s dining with Yvonne and her family.”
“I’m not surprised. You know, I like your woman. I like her a lot.”
His woman again.
“Don’t start with me, Eve. She can’t stay and everything I do from this point forward is to keep Shayna alive so she can go back to the life she has planned for herself.”
“Fine.” She lifted both hands in surrender. “But you’re an idiot to even think of letting her go.”
He resisted rolling his eyes. “A few minutes ago, when you were with Yvonne and Shayna, what did she ask you?”
Eve grinned. “Sure you want to know?”
Marius suspected Shayna would have asked about The Erotic Passage, and he was curious. “Absolutely.”
Eve leaned close. “She asked me how long my period lasts and when I ovulate and if that helps sales at The Ruby Cave.”
If he’d just taken a sip of something to drink, he would have spewed it everywhere. “What?”
“You said you wanted to know. Actually, the moment Yvonne’s husband turned away to discipline one of the kids she asked at least five similar questions, all in a row.”
Marius laughed and Eve joined him.
Eve eyed him. “You know, you haven’t done that in years, not that I can recall—laugh, I mean. She’s done that for you.”
His amusement gave way to a warmer feeling as his gaze once more drifted in Shayna’s direction. “She’s unusual, even for a human. She’s an academic and she wants to teach.”
“She can teach here, in our world.”
“I know, but why would I ever deprive her of a normal human life? That would be impossibly selfish.”
“But you deserve to be happy, Marius, more than anyone I know. Why shouldn’t she be part of your life?”
He didn’t respond. He and Eve had argued this subject to death in past years, what she believed he deserved and why he knew she was completely wrong.
She elbowed him. “So how is it with her?”
With his gaze fixed on Shayna as he watched her lift one of Yvonne’s children and balance the girl on her hip, he said, “She’s great. Very easy to be with. And she has a helluva lot of courage.”
Eve made a disgusted sound. “I meant the sex. Jesus, you are an idiot.”
He sighed. “We haven’t really done it yet.”
“Yes, you have. I know you have. I can smell it on you.”
“No, I mean we have, but we haven’t. Hard to explain and I really shouldn’t be discussing this with you anyway.”
“You need to throw that woman on her back and give it to her good, that’s all.”
This time, Marius did roll his eyes. “Let me try to say this in a way you’ll understand. The chain-bond ramped things up, but we haven’t really been close yet. And maybe it’s better that way.”
She mocked him in a singsong way. “Because she’s going home.” She made another disgusted sound with her lips. “You’re being really obtuse, Marius. Besides the fact that she smells like a woman falling hard for a big, beautiful bone, she’s already enamored of our world. I’ll bet you that after a trip to your secret New Zealand home and a swim in that pool you’ve bragged about more than once, she sticks.”
“You’re on. And in return, I want you to take a week’s vacay from The Ruby Cave.”
