Page 20 of My Sleep Paralysis Demon

It wouldn’t be the first time I had Bex open and close for me. “Fine,” I sighed. “But I’ll be back at closing time for the leftovers.”

She tapped the boxes in front of me. “I will have them packed and ready for you. Have a good day off, Seren. You deserve it.”

I smiled slightly, grabbing the boxes. She led the way out and locked up behind me, taking the keys for the morning. I always had a spare if I needed anything, but I trusted my friend. Possibilities of what I could do tomorrow filled my head. I could sleep in. I could clean or maybe I could go out and get my nails done like I wanted to. I could do whatever I wanted.

After a nice time passing out the treats in my usual area, I went home, sighing. Toebean meowed at me, jumping from the back of the couch, stretching, and trying to meet me before I left the hallway. She followed me into the kitchen, where I gave her some food and heated up some food for myself.

I glanced at the boxes of bakery delights that I brought home from work and thought about my last conversation withBex. I thought it would be awkward around her, but she seemed to support me more than she realized. I didn’t know if she was laughing behind my back or calling me crazy, but I doubted it. Bex and I had been friends since kindergarten, and she always supported me, crazy and all. I finished eating and took a moment to do some work I didn’t finish in the shop. Just scheduling shipments and ordering online for new ideas I had coming up. I didn’t mind doing it, especially on my laptop at home. I loved my job and all of the things that I had planned.

Later that night, I didn’t even bother getting dressed, leaving the bakery stuff on my nightstand. “I wish to move again with you,” I announced to the darkness, laying down and letting sleep take me too quickly.

An arm wrapped around, and warmth pressed against my back, waking me up tensely. “Naked for me, little one?” Kage whispered against my ear. His shadows were cold, flicking all around me but his skin pressed against me was warm.

I relaxed against him, loving the sound of his rough voice. “I’m ready for you.”

“I know. Your sweet scent filled the house. Have you been thinking about me?”

Far too much to admit.“Maybe that sweet scent is the donuts and cupcakes I brought home for you.”

“Mhm?” he questioned.

Wiggling from his grasp, I grabbed the box from the nightstand. I turned to face him, setting the box between us. “I brought two donuts and two cupcakes. I couldn’t decide which you might like more or what flavors you’d like.”

His white eyes softened on me. “For me?”

“For you. I assume you can taste and eat, from what I've been seeing you… eat.”

He chuckled.

I opened the box. The donuts were a chocolate-covered strawberry with strawberry pieces and a drizzle of chocolate over a strawberry frosting, and the other was an Oreo chocolate-filled donut with crushed Oreos on the vanilla frosting.

One of the cupcakes was a s'more with a chocolate base and marshmallow frosting with a gram cracker and chocolate piece in it, and the other was a red velvet.

“You made these?”

I nodded. “I have over a dozen different flavors and kinds. I can bring you more if you don’t like these.”

He reached for the strawberry donut first. My mouth watered. These were good ones, some of my favorites, though I was starting to realize I could never pick favorites because I liked them all.

His shadows moved, and under the moonlight I could see his soft lips. His mouth was human, though his teeth and tongue were not. His teeth were sharp and jagged, looking like a shark's mouth.

I shuddered as he took a bite. Pride filled me when his white eyes closed, and he let out a moan.

“Good?” I chuckled.

“Yes, but not nearly as good as you.” His eyes opened and narrowed on me. “It would taste even better on you.”

“Excuse me?”

His claw scooped up the strawberry frosting and wiped it right across my collarbone.

I gasped as his long pink tongue swiped across it, licking up the mess he made.

“So delicious,” he muttered, pushing me onto my back. He climbed over my body, scooping up some of the red velvet icing and running it over my budding nipples.

My back arched.

He took a second to pick up the cupcake and take a bite of it. He moaned. “You know what you’re doing, Seren.”

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