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“And that’s what I’ve been thinking about. I have to ask if it wouldn’t be smarter to offer up a small contract in exchange for a single feather,” Casey said.
“It wouldn’t be a small contract.” I was surprised at how naïve he was being. From what I could tell, Casey had spent much of the last decade studying the demonic realm. He should know better. “If he gets a hint of how desperate the situation is, he’ll try to lock down Gray for eternity.”
“I still think we should consider it. There’s a lot of risk that comes with stealing from Lucifer,” Casey said.
It shouldn’t bug me, but I had to admit that I wouldn’t want that for myself. Gray had far more power outside a contract. The whole family was better protected that way. “How is Lucifer’s relationship with Lilith?”
A plan was brewing in the back of my head, but it could only work if the two weren’t close. I was betting Lucifer had a lot of pissed-off exes.
“They loathe each other.” Casey confirmed all my hopes. “After Lilith basically gave him an army, he shoved her to the side and never allowed her to take real power. What he gave her was a small kingdom she rules on her own. She’s a bit like Gray in that way. She rules the Daybreak realm that provides the plane with perfumes and oils. Lucifer doesn’t fuck with her.”
“But will she fuck with him?” If we had access to such a powerful person, we should probably use it. Shouldn’t we?
“You want to see if Lilith might help us steal what we need?” Casey asked.
“I think we should feel her out at least,” I admitted. “We need allies who know their way around. Tix is too nervous. He’ll teleport Gray out the minute he thinks his master could get a thorn in his claw. Maybe his mom is tougher.”
“She told God to fuck off, so she probably is.” Casey’s head fell back. “This is going to go sideways, you know.”
“Or you could pull this collar from my neck and I’ll see if I can help him without the feather.” I couldn’t. I hadn’t lied about that. It was the only way to create the dark light I needed to reverse the Uro curse. Only Lucifer himself could reverse it on his own.
Casey turned and suddenly he was in my space, his body up against mine. “See, when you try to not play fair with me, I want to not play fair with you.”
I found my hands up over my head, both wrists held in one of his. “You’re right. This isn’t fair.”
“Neither is lying to me.” He ran his nose over my neck, sending tendrils of sensation all over my body.
My lonely, desperate body.
I couldn’t help but remember exactly how good it felt to feed the vampire, the way his fangs would plunge in, and what should have been pain was the most exquisite pleasure.
“I told you I don’t want this,” I replied through the hitch in my breath as I felt a fang drag across my skin, threatening to break the surface, to well with blood that would fill his mouth and make him want to eat me alive.
He stopped and took a long breath in. “Then why is your pussy already wet, baby?”
Stupid vampires and their stupid heightened senses.
“Tell me again.” His body pressed mine against the wall, and I could feel his cock against my belly. “Tell me you don’t want me and I’ll walk away.”
He would, and I would be the one squirming and wishing I hadn’t told him to go.
How could I possibly manipulate him sexually if we weren’t having sex?
Why on all of the planes was I acting like some mewling prude who didn’t want a vampire to go down on me? Because I did. Vampires are really good with oral. I mean it. They are spectacular. And patient. They can tongue fuck a woman for hours and never get bored or talk about their lower backs seizing.
I was Olivia Carey, leader of the unholy trinity. I was Profane.
Why had I been playing this virginal role when I should have been fucking for twelve years?
I tilted my head up and realized Lucifer was right. I was delusional.
I didn’t want any vampire. I wanted him.
“Are you going to make me say it?” Pride wouldn’t let me say yes, and in that moment I wasn’t delusional enough to pretend this was about manipulating him. I would go back to that later. For now all that mattered was he was close, and I could feel how hungry he was.
He stared down at me for a moment, his eyes already a deep sapphire. When he got aroused that pure vampire part of his soul came out, along with his fangs and those gorgeous alien eyes that dragged a person in. He could use persuasion on me, but he didn’t. I wished he had because then I wouldn’t feel conflicted. Then I wouldn’t have to make the choice to press my chest against his and offer up my lips.
He answered me by kissing me, his mouth covering mine and letting me close off the rest of the world. I could pretend I didn’t have a choice. Hell, before we’d been on opposite sides of this war, that had been a fantasy of mine. The vampire who couldn’t control himself around me. Not that any woman really wants that. It was a harmless fantasy that my intensely in-control vampire excelled at.
