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“So, what did Jimmy have to say?” Oliver asked, probably hoping to still over the weird tension brewing among the four of us.
I couldn’t help but notice this look about Dustin; it was almost sad. He spoke softly, his eyes turning away from me as if it pained him to say what he said. “He’s going to be dining with us for tonight.”
Dining.
A word that would mean different things for the succubus and myself.
My mind tried to wrap itself around the idea, but all that I could imagine was that it would turn into some strange orgy, something I had no intention of sticking around to see.
Dustin extended a hand, patting the seat beside him. Tina shook her head in refusal or disapproval while Oliver shot me a challenging look as if daring me to crawl over him. Without uttering a word, I awkwardly slid across Oliver’s lap. Despite the discomfort, I felt a strange sense of ease as I finally settled into the spot Dustin had made for me.
My eyes flickered up at Tina, her face full of rage and confusion. It was hard to face her, even now, as those eyes glared at my stupidity for sitting beside some stranger over my best friend. However, at this moment, I felt like I didn’t really know Tina any more. She was this creature - like the rest of them. But worst of all, she had always been this.
I needed time to process before I could feel comfortablearound her again.
“So, still deciding if this is real or not?” I heard Dustin whisper as his lips tickled my ear. “I can tell you’re questioning your sanity.” A slight chuckle resonated from him.
I involuntarily jerked back, allowing my hair to cascade into my face. The club’s lights danced around me, partially blinding me as I attempted to gaze up at Dustin. His chin rested about a foot higher than my own, and even in the peculiar lighting, I could still make out those mesmerizing blue eyes glowing and beaming down at me.
“I mean, this is either real, or I need to be checked into a mental hospital.” I laughed, after which Oliver seemed to laugh in response- or so I could hear as Dustin suddenly pulled me tightly into his side, almost like he was competing for my attention over his brother.
“Deep breaths, Freya Darling.” Dustin’s voice whispered once more. “Remember the story, you’re human, and just like that girl, you can’t refuse me. Not here. Try not to act too disgusted by me like last night.” He almost had a smile on his face, but not before it dropped as a figure approached from within the crowd.
I could see the man from before once he made his way past the dancing bodies that circled the center of the club. He had a scar that I hadn’t noticed initially, reaching across his face from his lower jaw, escaping over his lips, ending just under his eye, which gleamed blue like the rest of them. A trait I now knew to distinguish succubus by. However, it was odd to see that Tina had green, though I suppose I would have to add that to my ever-growing list of questions unanswered.
His eyes scanned the four of us, his brow lifting at the sight of Tina and then once more as his eyes desperately looked formine. I couldn’t help but feel my stomach drop at the sight of him again, this burning feeling of impending doom washing over me.
“I see you like this one more than the other girl.” He teased Dustin but kept trying to make eye contact with me. So much so that it made me uneasy. Was he trying to seduce me with his eyes? Was he hoping to pull me away from Dustin? “I see why. She’s a pretty little thing. Far more innocent-looking, too. They taste better that way.” He added with this cruel grin, and I couldn’t help but scowl at it.
Without warning, Dustin grabbed my face and pressed his lips into mine. I’m sure it was an effort to get me not to respond to the man. For a brief moment, I had half a thought to stop him. To demand him to explain what was so dangerous about a kiss. To demand why he even kissed me if it was supposedly deadly. To demand answers for why all of this was happening to me.
However, as unexpected as the kiss was, I didn’t care.
I found myself reveling in it, kissing him back. Perhaps the shot of silver tonguehadlowered my senses after all, but nothing in me wanted to stop this. If anything, I wanted more. I felt the need like my entire body longed for it. Like ityearnedfor it.
My head was spinning more with Dustin than with any other guy in my life. It felt like it was on a tilt-a-whirl. Like everything was right in the world, even if it was just in this particular moment.
His lips moved against mine with a gentle urgency, his hands running through my hair, deepening the kiss, and I thought I might have grown lost in it until Tina’s voice ruptured my reality.
“That’s enough!” Tina yelled loudly, tearing Dustin from me.
He made sure to grab my face to keep me looking at him. I think to keep me from looking at Jimmy, but I didn’t question it. I knew I was in a lion’s den. I knew I needed to pretend to be a lost puppy like the girl Dustin had just sent away. I couldn’t even pretend I hated it because it meant I got to hold onto Dustin longer.
It was hard to explain the way that he made me feel. He was this person that I was irrevocably drawn to, no matter how hard I tried to resist it. Like some otherworldly force was pushing us together. And I strangely felt protected with him.
I’m sure to an outsider looking in. I probably looked nuts. Hell, I felt nuts. Who catches feelings like this within 24 hours of meeting someone? Granted,a lothad happened within 24 hours.
“And you are?” I heard Jimmy say, breaking me from my rambling thoughts. I tilted my head down to see what was happening.
“Someone who doesn’t care for pleasantries.” I could see Tina’s lips purse from the corner of my eye.
“I’ve seen you somewhere, though. Your face is remarkably familiar.” Without invitation, he slid into the booth beside Tina, who growled in response, barely nudging to move over.
“Where do you work?” He pressed.
Tina didn’t respond, but I knew why.
“Oh, I remember.” He had a sick look about him as his arm tried to stretch behind Tina. She made sure to push his hand away. “You’re one of the girls at Fantasy Suites, the strip club.” His smile was sour, curling my stomach in disgust and sadness for Tina, who had to sit in proximity to him.
