Page 14 of The Incubus Curse


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“Glad she’s breathing,” Oliver said as I passed him. Mother looked at him sternly in confusion but, thankfully, did not understand the real reason behind his relief. Or so I hoped.

With all the responsibilities they were shouldering these days, I didn’t want to add one more worry to their plates.

I patted the girl down, trying to avoid any residue I may have left on her, and then handed her off to one of our drivers on standby, who ushered her into a car to dispose of. She pouted for me until I sternly told her to forget about me. I watched as her eyes fogged over, and she grew confused about where she was and who I was. That part of the charm never got old, knowing I could completely alter someone’s ability to think for themselves. I could say anything, and they would oblige.

If only I could tame Freya.

I turned away before my eyes could seduce the girl again unintentionally.

“So, are we going to go?” I eagerly asked, perhaps too eager. Mother and father both looked up, amused.

“Since when are you in a hurry?” Father questioned, his fingers twisting in his dirty blonde locks as he flattened out his suit.

We all began to pile into the car. Sasha eagerly twirled towards the vehicle as her tulle dress spun around. For a brief moment, she looked similar to a cupcake, pink spools spiralingaround her as the tulle skirt stretched out.

The driver who had placed my meal from earlier inside his car, unknowingly to me, was the same driver taking us to the event. So, I had to awkwardly slide into the car with my past meal eyeing me the entire ride. Unfortunately, I mistakenly captured her eyes in my line of sight. It felt like trying to fight off a bear as I tried to peel her from me.

“Your father is right, dear. We half expected you to take another twenty minutes or so.” Mother teased, shifting into her seat, watching me reject the girl, forcing her to forget me again.

Mother’s brow rose at the sight of it. “Does this have anything to do with last night?”

Sasha didn’t skip a beat to interject. Something she did all too often to where I shouldn’t have even been surprised anymore. “What did I miss last night?” She twirled the bull ring dangling from her septum.

You’d think being over a hundred years old, and the older sibling would allow her to grow up, but she still managed to sound like a ditsy twenty-year-old born in this century. I honestly wasn’t sure how people could stand her for long periods. I sure couldn’t. For a girl being able to get anyone she wanted, she still tried desperately for people to like her.

“Nothing.” I frowned because that was what had happened—absolutely nothing.

My mind began flickering images of everything I wished had happened. Of Freya’s blonde hair tangled in my fist as I shoved her down over my member. Of her eyes, those beautiful crystal orbs staring up at me as she choked on me.

God, I was getting hard just thinking about it.

Oliver laughed to himself, breaking me from my thoughts.He always was so serious that even an inward chuckle felt like an explosion of emotions for him. “Oh, come on. We ran into another succubus, or half-breed anyways. That’s hardly nothing!”

Oh, right. I had forgotten about that part.

Blondy’s friend was part succubus, or at least, I knew it because I had recognized her. She swam in the same circles all of us succubi swam in. I’m sure she knew exactly who we were, which is why she sprinted away, no doubt. We were the equivalent of royalty to the Succubus clan here in the States. And she knew better than to stick around us. After all, a half succubus was perhaps more human than succubus, ranging from numerous scales, which can tend to get confusing, though in most cases, they still have their ability to cause desire and lust in others. Half-breeds are more complicated to seduce than other humans, but still possible, which was probably why she left as quickly as she did.

I couldn’t help but wonder if Freya knew that little detail about her friend.

“A new succubus? In New York? Thought I knew them all.” Sasha seemed elated, with reason. “Wonder if there are any new full breeds too?”

Mother raised her eyebrows. “The last time we saw another full-bred succubus was over a decade ago. I would doubt that any are interested in joining the States with the current bylaws in place.”

“Aren’t twenty full-bred succubi still left in the States, though? There’s always a possibility of more, right?” Oliver asked.

Father corrected, “Ten after the Elders executed those who turned into Incubuses. The rest of the succubi in the Statesare all half-breeds.”

The half-breeds that we do encounter these days do no justice to the succubus species. Even my father is a half-bred succubus, thankfully more succubus than human. I believe he’s only 10% human, but that was enough to have his genes pass through to Sasha and Oliver, making them lesser than my mother and me. A flaw that my mother was insistent on reminding them of.

Somehow, I had been genetically blessed with full-bred powers and a legacy line through her, making me the last of our family line. Oliver and Sasha had the same abilities as a mutt.

Well, only one ability. They can persuade and enamor prey, but they can’t distort the mind quite like Mother and I can, like true succubi.

There are more of us in Europe and other countries. More of the legacy line, the direct descendants of the ancients themselves. But it would take crossing those borders to meet them, and while it was possible, it wasn’t easy with the bylaws set in place by the Elders. Crossing into other territories was considered dangerous and didn’t bode well for either party since we demons are somewhat territorial.

“Well, I don’t care what you guys say. Even if this new succubus was a half-breed, that’s got to be good news. More people are coming to this coast. More demons like us! Which we need since it’s crawling with cockroaches.” Sasha jolted upright with excitement after rolling her eyes.

“Though she seemed rather attached to one of the humans at the marketing agency.” Mother’s face twisted in a knot. “I wonder if she even has succubus abilities because if she did, it would make any human relationship rather difficult.”

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