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“Back again, Kuaket?” Eve said as I approached her desk to sign in.
“You know I love it,” I responded.
“One of these days, maybe we’ll be able to find you a match.” She said it with such earnestness that I almost believed her.
“Maybe.”But I doubted it. I wasn’t about to tell the vampire that though, not when I knew how excited she was about the current success rate of their events.
I finished filling in my information and stuck a name sticker in a place where I knew it would draw the eye to my chest and sauntered over to the rows of seats, knowing that the gong was going to go at any moment and signal the start of the dates.
I leaned back in my seat and swirled my drink around in my glass, enjoying the anticipation before the start of the vent.
As expected, the gong sounded and an enthusiastic wolf shifter sat down opposite me. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes, he wasn’t my type at all, but all I had to do was put up with five minutes of conversation and be on to the next guy.
Though he wasn’t much better either. Ilikedit when people admired me, but the way the elf looked at me made me feel as if I was some kind of prey and he was going to chase me, and not in a fun way.
“Ah, Kuaket,” a smooth voice said.
I looked up to find a handsome dragon god sitting opposite me. “I didn’t realise you came to speed dating, Denwen.”
“How can I not? Everyone seems to be coming these days. Even you’re here.” He took a sip of his drink.
“I come all the time.”
His lips quirked up into a smile. “I bet you do. Is this where I should be ticking the box that tells them that they should give you my number?”
I let out a loud laugh. “I don’t think so.”
“Really? We could be good together,” the cocky god responded.
“Didn’t you hear, Denwen? I’m not your type,” I said, leaning over the table.
“I think you’re anyone’s type, Kua.”
“Hardly. You’re here looking for love, right? A companion for your time and attention? I’mnotthat. I just want to have fun.”
“A relationship can be fun,” he responded.
“And just with that statement alone, you get a big fat cross by your name.” I pulled out my card and made a very dramatic show of putting the cross on it, even if I wasn’t planning on actually submitting it anyway.
“Surely everyone is looking for love?” There was a surprising amount of amusement in his voice considering my perceived rejection.
I rolled my eyes. “What has happened to you all? A few years ago, everyone was happy just messing around, now you’re all talking about forever and people who make your heart sing. Yawn.”
“You’re at speed dating yourself.”
“Yeah, ‘cause this is where all the hot single people and alcohol are.” And where my brother wasn’t. This was far from Kuk’s kind of event, something I was eternally grateful for.
“You know, that’s the kind of thing people say right before they find the love of their lives,” Denwen warned me.
“Wow, seriously? It’s like you don’t know me at all.”
“We could change that with a proper date,” he offered.
“I don’t do dates. But it was nice chatting with you.” The timer sounded, signalling that it was time for me to move on and talk to whoever was next, though I didn’t hold out for much hope as I sat down opposite a man with shockingly blue hair.
“Hi,” he said brightly.
I groaned inwardly and resigned myself to the next five minutes of boredom. Sure enough, there was nothing he said that caused any flicker of interest in me, though I did my best not to let that show. It wasn’thisfault that I wasn’t into him.
