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“I’ve seen you looking at me.” Calix tipped his head back, all obnoxious swagger.
“Being aware of my surroundings is part of my job. Don’t read into it.”
“Too late, Blue.” He grinned. Why had I thought all those nice things about him? Calix was insufferable. “Come, dance with me.”
“I don’t think so.”
“Afraid you might enjoy yourself?”
“I’m confident that I wouldn’t.” I was very fond of dancing, but he didn’t need to know that.
“Liar.” He set the wine down on a tree stump, reaching out his hand for me to take. It was a very chivalrous gesture, one not usually extended to members of the Guard, who were generally regarded as too stoic to require such things. Which I was. I didn’t need chivalry.
“Dance with me, Blue.”
If only I’d had more wine so I could blame my decision to take his hand on the liquor. I couldn’t. The choice was all mine.
Calix’s grin grew a little more feral as he pulled me toward the Shades dancing around the fire, and I was struck with a feeling of absolute certainty that I didn’t often experience.
I was going to fuck this male tonight.
The trajectory was already in motion, it had been from the second he’d told me to calm down—perhaps the most insulting of pickup lines. Was it a poor decision? Almost certainly. He was antagonizing and stubborn, and his smug face would probably irritate me every time I saw him around the palace.
But it had also been awhile since I’d orgasmed from anything other than my own toy collection, and Calixhadalways intrigued me. And unless I was reading the signs very wrong, he was interested in me too. At least for tonight.
Let’s hope all the smugness he oozes is warranted. At least I’ll enjoy myself.
I startled as Calix’s shadows brushed teasingly against mine, boldly caressing me as he pulled my body against him, his claws pricking my hips.
“Aren’t you confident?” I asked, my voice less steady than usual as I rested my palms on his firm chest, his shadows immediately covering my hands.
“Why wouldn’t I be? I have you right where I want you.” He pulled me a little tighter against him, angling his leg between mine. “Grinding on my thigh.”
“I am notgrinding.”
Well, I wasn’tyet. The idea had some appeal, though now I didn’t want to on principle.
Calix flashed me a grin that seemed to travel directly between my thighs before leaning in close, speaking quietly in my ear. “Don’t be stubborn, Blue. Relax. Let yourself feel good if you want to feel good. We’ve both been putting off the inevitable for too long. May as well embrace it and enjoy ourselves in the process.”
“For one night only,” I warned, pressing in a little tighter, chasing the friction I was searching for. “Don’t get any ideas.”
“And if you beg for more?”
I snorted. “That’s not going to be an issue.”
“We’ll see about that. I very much plan on making you addicted to me, Blue.”
Chapter 2
Iwasonmyknees the moment the door to my apartment closed behind Levana, wrapping a hand around her thigh and encouraging her to drape her leg over my shoulder. I dragged my teeth over her smooth inner thigh, following the path I’d taken with my tongue.
I’d been watching Levana for two years, since I’d first taken the head cook position at the palace. There was no shortage of beautiful Shades at court, butshewas the only one who’d ever captured my attention.
Maybe because she was aloof in a way that seemed so earnest. Levana wasn’ttryingto seem haughty and reserved, it wasn’t an act to fit in with the other courtiers. That was just her personality.
There was something refreshingly honest about her genuine indifference.
Not that it mattered beyond tonight. Levana was a daughter of the nobility, and while I had a respectable career, her mysterious family would never consider me a suitable match in the long run.
