“Do you want to go and hunt a person down and kill them by draining them dry?” I ask him.
“Maybe,” he says petulantly. “But the same consideration would be nice. You are not being an equal-opportunities sire,” he smiles softly at me.
“Oh, am I not? Bad me,” I say wickedly. “I should be punished.”
“Yes, I think you should,” he murmurs before he kisses me, pushing his hands up my thighs to my backside. “I’m going to enjoy this,” he says with a devilish grin as he whisks me off his lap, bending me over the bed. I know what is coming and brace myself for it as he gives me a resounding slap to my rear that hurts like a bitch. Didn’t hold back much there, did you? I yelp in surprise as he does it again and again. He rubs his hand gently over the spot and then drops to his knees to kiss me there.
“You are bold for a charge,” I say, standing upright and facing him. “You get away with that because you are my husband.”
He stands as well. “Is that right?” he says, looking down at me from his six feet. “What else can I get away with?”
“More than most,” I say as I pull his mouth to mine.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE
We spend the rest of the night testing the limits of what I will accept from him. He is pleasantly surprised with how much leeway I still give him. He tells me he thought I might go all sire on him again now that I am asserting my powerful self. I assure him that I won’t before I fall into a fitful sleep.
I see the pool room at CK’s house. I see me and Sebastian on the side of the pool kissing. He pulls away and whispers something to me. I strain to hear what he is saying to me, but I don’t hear anything. Nothing at all. Just a deafening silence. The scene in front of me switches and I see CK and Sebastian sitting on the edge of the pool, dangling their feet in the water. They are talking.
“Did you fuck her?” CK asks conversationally.
“No, not this time.”
CK nods and looks relieved. “It’s working. She had a…moment.”
“Of course, it’s working,” Sebastian says confidently.
“I wasn’t so sure after Las Vegas. That’s why I wanted you to convince her to Shift to Xerxei.”
“I didn’t try very hard in Vegas. She was adamant that she wouldn’t.”
“I am glad in a way. I don’t want her to lose herself to the Demon,” he says, worried.
“I can do this without her Shifting. But it takes up a lot of energy using that much power, she is strong.”
“Yes, she is,” CK says with pride. “It wore off though quite quickly.” He frowns.
“I think that was because of that incredible Dragon Shift she did. It will have counteracted the spell I put over her.”
“We have to ensure she doesn’t do that again,” CK says determinedly. “I am not having all your hard work undone on a whim.”
“Can’t say that I am for that either,” Sebastian complains, “Considering I am the one doing all the work.”
“Yes, I am sure it must be very unpleasant for you being given a fuck and feed from such a beautiful woman,” CK says sarcastically.
Sebastian laughs. “I said we didn’t fuck. You can’t catch me in a lie if I am telling the truth.”
“Humph. I am sure next time you will rectify that.”
“Only if she wants to. I am still bothered by what you said earlier.” He frowns and lies back, rubbing his hand over his face.
“It never stopped you before,” CK says unpleasantly.
“She’s different,” he says quietly.
CK turns to him slowly, his face hardening to granite as he does so. “Are you falling in love with her?”
Sebastian sits upright. “Christ, no,” he says quickly, too quickly.