“You know, I could just take your idea and go see one of the witches. Seduce her.”
Ruby arched a brow at him. “You think that will work? Scorn another witch? You need Portia to lay off the matchmaking as much as I do. Now, put your hand on my hip and look into my eyes like you mean it.”
“What? Why?”
“Because I am a sex demon, and if you were really into me, you couldn’t keep your hands to yourself. You would be all over me.”
He swallowed so hard that she almost heard it. For one not-so-hot second, she thought Ethan would back out, that he would walk away from her without actually playing along.
He did, though.
The man played his part so well that Ruby had to remindherselfthat this was all pretend. His large warm hand gripped her hip, and he lowered his towering body over her. She had to crane her head back to get a good look into those intense blue eyes.
They were so intense that Ruby killed a shiver.
So he’s hot. You’ve slept with the hottest men in the world and made them your bitches. This ain’t no thing. Stop being weak, and get the job done.Jobbeing keeping Aunt Portia off our backs.
“Is this okay?” he whispered low and rough.
“Shut up and kiss me,” she replied, reaching to the tips of her toes to press her mouth against his.
The very last thing she was expecting was for fireworks to go off at that very moment. Startled, she blinked and pushed away from him.
There were no fireworks in the sky. It had all been in her head.
At least, Ethan appeared to be as affected as her. He was blinking at her, his eyes heavy-lidded, and his breath staggered.
“What the hell wasthat?”
She shook her head.
“Is it always like this when folks kiss your kind?”
It would have been so much easier to lie, but Ruby was too shocked to come up with a believable line. “No, it’s not. That was …”
“Fireworks. I swear, I heard fireworks go off.” Ethan shook his head as if they were still exploding in his mind.
“Well, maybe this is a thing that happens at Hellscape Holiday Resort,” she offered lamely. “A succubus runs the place. There might be some sex magic in the actual architecture.”
“I don’t even know what that means.”
Neither do I, but it’s better to tell you that than to say that the kiss was good because we’re compatible.
What was she supposed to do? Tell the wolf shifter they were so well-matched that sex together would probably be explosive? Not a chance.
She wasn’t here to fall in love, nor was she looking for romance. This whole holiday had gone from trying to find a way out of her succubus life, but that had quickly turned into a holiday where she could take a break from herself.
From sex. From all of the soul-stealing and deal-making.
This week, she could try and be a good friend … for the first time in her whole long life … and help out of the kindness of her heart.
That’s something humans did, wasn’t it?
They didn’t exactly live their lives on a whole basis of quid pro quo, and favors like Hell’s folks did. Humans did it for loyalty and because it was nice to do things for others.
She played with the idea while Ethan recovered from the kiss.
“You know what? I’m gonna help you find a way to break the curse. Either with a witch here or some other way.”