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The sudden silence between them finally let me get a word out.
“So, it’s true? You’re like them? A succubus?” I frowned.
Tina’s face scrunched into a pout. She approached me, but I pulled back further into Oliver’s hold. I watched as her face sunk deeper. The few wrinkled lines on her forehead rippled across her face in confusion.
“I wanted to tell you.” She said. “But how do I tell someone that? And you were the only person who wasn’t affected by me. I felt normal around you. I didn’t want to ruin that.”
“So, you just lied to me instead? I thought we werebestfriends! Did you befriend me because it was convenient for you? Since I don’t apparently get affected by your kind?” The words blurted out so fast that I hadn’t even realized that I had officially convinced myself of the reality of my situation.
I felt my stomach twist at the thought of everything coming together in my mind. I had wished so badly that this was some fever dream or hallucination, but having Tina here made it all as real as possible.
Succubi existed. And Tina was one of them. All along.
This whole new world had been directly under my nose this entire time. I wondered how many times I misread the red flags. How often did I ignore the blatant clues laid out for me? It all made sense now.
I pulled myself back together, instantly sitting upright as I turned to Oliver sternly. “Why don’t you guys affect me? What am I?”
Oliver reached forward, letting his hand cover my mouth. It smelt like lotion, oddly enough. “We talked about this, and now is not the time or the place. People are watching.” He said, but I protested, biting his hand gently to release his hold and repeated myself, this time louder.
Oliver growled, shaking his hand off from my bite. “Feisty and deadly, what a curious mix.”
“Deadly?” I lifted a brow at him.
How wasIthe deadly one? They were succubus, after all. Quite literally, demons! And now OliverandDustin had mentioned the word deadly as if I was some atomic bombwaiting to go off.
“So he hasn’t told you justhowdangerous you are to him yet.” He bit onto his lip with his teeth as if he was enjoying playing with me.
“Told me what?” I snapped back, ready to bite him again if I had to.
“I just figured he would have said something back in the hallway. Why he shouldn’t even be toying with the idea of kissing you, just be… careful around him. You wouldn’t want to hurt him.” He warned with a smile on his face, oddly enough. It hardly felt like a warning, almost like an invitation. As if he was curious himself what would happen if I got too close to Dustin.
Why shouldn’t I kiss him?Fuckthese damn Ellisario’s and their riddles.
“Freya?” Dustin’s voice shook the tension as he said my name so calmly that it was almost alarming. But his eyes looked anything but calm. I could see the bags under his eyes, the look of hunger swirling in those illustrious seas of icy blue.
I could have stared into those eyes for – well – ever, but my eyes sunk as I watched this little brunette hanging onto Dustin’s arm come into view. She wrapped her fingers around his biceps, her eyes begging him to give her just one glance. I knew that because I was just like her not too long ago, and here he was, moving on to someone new. So fast.
I tried not to let it affect me, but it felt impossible as I attempted to swallow my pain. This was what I got for falling for a guy I barely knew—my karma.
“Ohrelax, Dustin. She’s fine. I didn’t even touch her, not that I’d want to with the whole Incubus curse and whatnot.” Oliver interjected, pointing to the dainty girl that hung onDustin’s side. “I seeyou’vebeen busy.”
Dustin almost growled, the sound of it reverberating through me. Or maybe it was the music. It was hard to tell.
“We have company.” Oliver’s head tilted toward Tina, who sat there with her arms crossed and her eyes raised sassily. She didn’t appear amused by either of them. Her lips formed a fine line as she looked up at Dustin with her familiar judgmental eyes.
“Hello Tina, it’s nice to see you again.” Dustin smiled, letting his eyes land on me with this apologetic look that made me want to melt in his arms. He looked down at the girl glued to him, lifting her face to his as his lips danced dangerously close to hers. I felt like I was on the edge of my seat, begging him not to with my eyes.
“Go find someone else and forget you ever met me.” He spoke to her, and just like that, she stood up and walked away. It was so strange to watch like she was slave to his every word.
Was that why their Elders were so scared of them? Could they get you to do whatever they wanted? It seemed almost terrifying, and yet I felt relief knowing he didn’t kiss her.
I swallowed deeply, hating myself for caring. I hated myself for allowing these feelings to surface in me when I had tried so hard to forget they existed. Andclearly, my priorities needed to be checked.
Keep it together, Freya!
I shook the thought and watched as Dustin slid into the booth next to Oliver, but I could see his eyes intent on me. I somehow could sense his discomfort with me being so close to Oliver, even though there was no reason for him to be nervous. His eyes darted back and forth, a hitched breath caught in histhroat as he aggressively observed our proximity. He seemed intent on scrutinizing me, likely attempting to discern my feelings from my body language.
Or perhaps I had read way too many romance novels in my life and was romanticizing this moment.
