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“So, you’ve checked me out,” he said, his easy smile lingering.
“Your demons talk too much.”
“First, they’re actually a quiet, boring lot, compared to the other hunters from the other ships. Second, they aren’t my demons. Captain Fomorian is their boss, though he does listen to my counsel when he chooses.”
I welcomed the new piece of information.
“You all are hunters,” I said. “Who did you come to hunt?”
I was expecting him to say,“How about I tell you all about it after a kiss?”
He’d been flirting with me, and a bad boy usually came up with that kind of line.
Bad boy?Why did I put Elvey in that category?
But Elvey didn’t say the line. He stood where he was, shoulders relaxed, shifting his weight from one foot to the other. His hand ran though his thick, curly lavender hair. The gesture was so youthful and enticing, and I almost let my guard down and forgot how deep and ancient his eyes looked.
He’s quite contradictory. Will his kiss be a paradox? That’ll be very interesting to find out.
I snapped out of my reverie and put a leash on myself to stop my body from moving toward him like to a magnet and kissing him long and deep.
Well, I would kiss him, but on my own time and when I had more control. This was my territory. This was my show.
“It looks like I’m not going to get a kiss as easily as those lucky bastards.” He sighed.
My heart jumped. Had he known about my kisses with the dragons as well? He was a warlock, so he could have the means to know more than he let on, which made him even more dangerous. My instinct warned me about him, yet it only excited me more.
I should put him last on my to-kiss list.
“You got my message mixed-up,” I said. “I did not send the messengers out to summon every hunter here for a kiss. Kissing is never on the plate.”
“It’s not?” he asked, a teasing disappointment in his eyes. “I risked a lot coming here for that.”
I rolled my eyes. “You barely risked anything. You just popped out from thin air with the aid of your magic, and you can leave just as soon.”
I regretted my last sentence. I didn’t want him to leave.
“So, you don’t like my grand entrance? I thought the queen of the jungle would appreciate a bit of theatrics. Would you prefer me to venture into the hazardous jungle by foot, fight all the scary monsters, and finally reach your chamber, like a hero in the old age? I think I can deliver that fancily if that’s what you want.”
I waved a hand at him in irritation. “I don’t like being blindsided,” I said. “I summoned everyone because all of you entered my realm and treated it as a hunting ground.”
“Oh, it’s the hunting that ticked you off.”
“You haven’t answered my question. Why have you come to Pandemonium? Who did you come to hunt?”
“They all came to hunt, except me,” he said, peeking into my eyes meekly, as if trying to disarm me.
“Hunt who?”
“Furies,” he said. “Whoever gets the three heads of the Furies will inherit a dragon realm on a faraway planet. I heard that the rogue hunters from the shipFalling Staralmost got the three Furies with their drones.” There was concern in his voice. He was the first one who didn’t call my other formsthe beasts. “There’ll be more bloodshed on this planet, and the one who will first take the heads won’t be the last one to stand and leave here.” There was undisguised menace at the end of his conclusion.
“If you don’t want the beasts’ heads, why did you come here?”
“I can’t tell you all my secrets, can I? What if you hurt me after I answer all your questions, since you’ll have no need for me anymore? I have to protect myself.”
I snickered. “I don’t go around hurting those who don’t try to do me harm.”
“But you’re a powerful queen, and all the monsters obey you, which is impressive. I’m sure it takes more than beauty and kindness to rein them in.” His blatant gaze roved over me, its weight caressing me and making me self-conscious. “Where are your Furies? I can aid them with their healing if they are wounded.” His blue eyes examined me, as if I was the one who had been hurt.
