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Once he had twofresh pints Kaleb considered the throng of bodies on the dancefloor and decidedagainst chancing it. Instead heading for a nearby empty booth. He’d only takenone sip of his ale when Shaw was spat out of the dancefloor, surprisingly stumbling.All but landing sprawled on his lap, his arms instantly around her waistholding her in place.
“That heifer,Mirijum, just kicked me, did you see? Freyja, just ask casually if someone isinterested in transitioning to a corporate role, and they act like you’rethreatening them with timeshares in the fourth circle of hell or Florida.”Swivelling, Shaw scooped up the waiting pint of fresh ale, thirstily downing athird of it, smacking her lips in approval. “So… this place is another bust.”
“On to the next?”
Shaking her head,Shaw stared out at the heaving dancefloor, pure frustration on her face. “I’mbeginning to suspect it’s a lost cause.”
“Or you’re goingabout it wrong.”
Head snappingaround, Shaw was more than a little surprised to find she was still seated onKaleb’s lap. But his words took precedence over their current seatingarrangement. “What do you mean by that crack?”
“Just that perhapssearching bars where Valkyries hang out celebrating their battle victories,trying to out drink one another and top each other’s story regarding theirgoriest kill, might not be the correct hunting ground for identifying someonewilling to take on an executive desk role.”
“Oh.” Crap, Kalebwas right. Everyone here loved the battle, the kill, the victory. Shaw couldrelate. Why would any of them want to swap their current wonderful existencefor four walls, surly underlings and meetings? “Heavens. Then how am I supposedto fill these bloody Heads of Department positions?”
“Have you triedadvertising internally? Posting a notice on the canteen bulletin board? Orapproaching whoever has their finger on all the Valkyrie gossip and askingtheir opinion? If this were a Conflict Demon issue, I’d just ask my mother.”
Surely Stephanie hadattempted Kaleb’s first two suggestion but the third? Bugger, that was going toprove painful, but knowing Helgastein, she’d probably been sitting on thehiring answer for over a year. Smugly waiting to one up Stephanie, when shefinally thought to ask for her executive assistant’s input. Which meant therewas nothing more Shaw would be able to achieve tonight. Except she was sittingon the lap of a gorgeous Conflict Demon, she’d consumed more than a bit of aleand she was feeling decidedly horny.
“What?” Pale blueeyes looked suddenly decidedly wary.
“You wanna fuck?”
Kaleb had had moreeloquent proposals but none that fired his blood and libido like a match to astack of dynamite. “Sure. Let’s finish these drinks and hit the road.”
“No.” Grabbing hisshirt front she tugged, pulling his face closer to hers. “Here. Now.” Shawjerked her head in the direction of the exit to the beer garden. Which waswhere dazed lucky males were often led or dragged outside to make use of thedim lighting, the conveniently located picnic tables and the wonderfully sturdyrear brick wall, perfect for fucking against. There was also a wide gateleading to a back alley, where the local emergency vehicles could access theproperty to attend to the victims of a too rough encounter. Fragile males couldbe so irritating, but her Demon could take it, there would be no need to callan ambulance for him.
Kaleb knew thedrill. He’d been to several Valkyrie bars with Shaw now. Had witnessed drunk,happy, horny Valkyries grab a hopeful male who’d inadvertently wandered in offthe street, dragging them out the back before returning a few minutes laterkind of happy, kind of frustrated, throwing themselves back into the dancingfray. Whilst soon after the red and blue swirling emergency lights wouldreflect through the rear windows, the male never returning. On the odd occasionwhen the male survived the encounter essentially unharmed, the Valkyries wouldmarch them to the front entrance and kick them out. “You want us to go outsideand…”
“…Go outside andfuck. Yes” Shaw finished his sentence for him, luxuriating in all thatwonderful body heat he radiated. Things low in her body heating up inanticipation. Leaning in closer still, plastering her upper body to his. “So,ya wanna?” It went without saying that he would, the randy devil had proveninsatiable last night.
“I appreciate theoffer, but… I’m not really a slam bam beer garden kind of Demon.” It waskilling him to say no. His cock was a lead pipe. He was lucky it wasn’tsentient because he was pretty sure it would beat him to death with itselfright now. But Kaleb refused to join the ranks of disposable males who werenothing more than convenient scratch an itch partners. Fucked and thenforgotten.
“You… I thoughtyou never said no?” Shaw’s gut was roiling. With an alien mix ofdisappointment, embarrassment and anger. Was this a brush off? Okay, so theyhadn’t discussed last night’s fucking session, but it had been good, right?Great even. Yet Kaleb didn’t want another go round?
Oh, damn, was heone of those males, the kind that never dipped their toe in a pond twice?Heavens, and here she was throwing herself at him. And she was still sitting onhis lap. Crap, this was embarrassing.
“Wait.” Kaleb’sarms locked a now struggling Shaw in place. “Shaw. Shaw, look at me.” Gratefulwhen she abruptly ceased trying to get off his lap, gifting him with a hardgreen eyed sullen glare. Lucifer, he loved that scowl. “The problem here is Ilike the idea of your invitation too much.”
Rolling her eyesand snorting softly under her breath, Shaw tested the steel bars of his arms,bloody strong Demon.
“It’s true. Comeon. I can’t hide how much I like the idea of fucking you again.” He shiftedever so slightly, pressing his groin against her thigh. There was no hiding theevidence. “I’d happily fuck you outside. I believe I’ve proven myself an eagerwilling participant in the past. But now that I know how you look naked, howyou feel, how you taste, seen the way you bite your lower lip when you come. Idon’t just want a rough fuck up against a wall with you. Sure, they can be fun.But the lighting out there is abysmal. I want to see you when I fuck you and Iwant you to see me, know it’s me inside you.”
“Oh.” Shaw wasn’tquite sure what Kaleb expected her to say.
“And do you reallywant to fuck feet away from some poor schmo complaining about his broken ribsor internal injuries?”
“Er, no.” That wasa given. “Um… what are you saying?”
“How clean is thehandicap bathroom here?” A hopeful expression on his face as he enquired.
Shaw rolled hereyes again and then couldn’t help but laugh. The husky sound escaping withouther consent. At least it was a brief sound. But then she made the mistake oflooking at Kaleb again, he was waggling his eyebrows at her in that over thetop suggestive way of his that was so not sexy… except it kind of was. SuddenlyShaw was laughing long and loud.
So, this was whatit felt like to make his Valkyrie laugh. That husky sound rippling along everynerve ending Kaleb had, firing his blood. If possible, his cock hardened. Hell,the woman was magnificent. Kaleb wallowed in the moment, feeling like he’d wonthe lottery, discovered the cure for some hideous disease, and been given alimitless gift certificate to his favourite Italian tailor.
“You’re an idiot.”Shaw easily broke his hold now, standing up, looming over him. Trying to decidewhat to do. She could order them more ale. Leave Kaleb here and return to herbrethren on the dance floor. Or… she could take the Demon home, use him as nothingbut a convenient sex toy in the undeniable comfort of the guest suite for therest of the night. And then not speak about it once the sun came up. A triedand true technique. Shaw didn’t believe in re-inventing the wheel.
“The lighting inthe handicapped toilets is brighter than the sun. Worse, it smells like overripe lemons.” Leaning over she grabbed his chin, tilting his head upwards for amoment to plant a kiss on those smiling lips of his. “I have a better idea.Let’s head back to my place and-”
