Page 86 of Poison's Kiss
His small grin taunts the two men who are now supposedlyduelingover me - according to the twisted incubus.
"You can go sleep in a hotel. I'm going to enjoy my house for a night without anyone talking about what I need to do."
He frowns. Apparently he had expected to show the boys up. Zee slouches down beside Kane, taking the passenger seat in his car and reclining back. Are they really going to sleep outside?
"Fine," I grumble in defeat. "No one talks to me. I'm going to my room... alone. I don't want lectures, advice, or explanations from anyone. Got it?"
Dray smiles, giving me one nod, and then I silently chant them in.Gage, Zee, and Dray can come in.It's not like Kane needs an invitation.
After being magically inclined to do so, the door swings open. Dray steps in first, followed by Zee. Gage steps in, his eyes searching mine for forgiveness, but I look away. Next, Kane walks in, a small, dangerous smile playing on his lips as he brushes by me, deliberately trying to send chills over my body.
I couldn't get him to be nice to me for five seconds just a week ago, and now he's flirting? I hate immortals.
Dice walks in... or tries to. Snickers break free as he's thrown backwards, digging up the ground as the unexpected force of my barricade slings him away. I walk toward the door, a devilish grin on my face.
"Who's smiling now?Youcan sleep outside."
I slam the door, making a few more chuckles erupt, but Gage is stone-faced when I turn around.
"I'll take you up on your offer," Kane says, bringing my eyes away from Gage and to him.
"My what?" I ask skeptically.
He smiles, taking a step closer as he does. "Your offer to help me. I'll take you up on it. I'll need to be at my strongest when we face whoever this is. Walking through your barricade was harder than it should have been. When do you want to do it? And how?"
He would pick right now to do this. This air is already too thick to breathe as it is.
"Um, it's actually simple. I'll give you a little bit of my blood, and then I'll cast the spell that will free you. We can do it early tomorrow or now. Whichever you prefer."
That leaves me squirming, considering the intimacy required to complete the spell.
"We can do it now and get it over with."
"Your spells won't work on him, Alyssa. He's immune to your magic," Gage quickly interjects, eyeing the night stalker with his best I-want-you-dead glare.
"This one will. It's not from light or dark magic, but from unaligned. I found it in Drackus's library," I insert, deliberately refraining from meeting his eyes.
Gage's jaw tenses, his mind racing to find a way to counter that. He knows he can't. If Drackus's magic worked on Castine, then it'll work on Kane.
"Let's go to the kitchen," I mumble, growing tired of the stifling silence and all the eyes on me.
"Or we could go to my room," Kane seductively releases, bringing me back to a time when I would just dissolve from that tone.
Damn it. I'm still dissolving.
"Hell no," Gage asserts, coming to step between us.
"The last I checked, you blew your chances," Kane quips. "Therefore, you lost your right to object."
"The lastIchecked, you blew your chances first," Gage growls.
Dray smirks as he leans against the wall, seeming to enjoy this. A dark user and a night stalker are fighting over a light witch. Usually when such a thing is going on, it's because they're fighting about which dark force gets to kill the light one. This is so messed up.
"The kitchen will be fine for this. Stop fighting or I'll kick you both back out."
They both cease fire and Kane trails me as I head into the kitchen. I turn around to see Gage propping up against the wall, his eyes not moving from me.
"Do we need an audience for this?" Kane asks, his head motioning to a glaring Gage.
