Page 340 of Evil Hearts

“It would depend on the demon.”

Her frown deepened. “You said you wanted to take me somewhere?”

“Yes, let me take you to one of my favorite restaurants on Earth. You ready to pop?” I asked as I grabbed her hand. “I have magic and we can go anywhere in the world.”

Her eyes widened. “Magic? Anywhere?”

A red mist surrounded us as I transported us to the alleyway beside my favorite Earth diner. Once we had re-formed, she stumbled into my arms and I caught her. Our eyes locked and her lips parted. Her breathing increased in speed as she looked at me.

“I hope you are okay with a hole in the wall,” I whispered as I brushed a stray hair out of her eyes. This little human was absolutely delectable in every way.

Vena giggled. “I guess that’s fine. Where are we?”

“A few states away. I’ll take you back later,” I said as I walked her into the small diner. We sat down and grabbed the sticky, laminated menus. “I found this place a few decades ago.”

She nodded. “I guess you are immortal if you are a…” Vena looked around and whispered, “A demon.”

I laughed. “Yeah, I’m pretty old.”

The server came to the table, and I quickly ordered my food. Vena mumbled her order while tucking her hair behind her ear, avoiding eye contact. After the server left, Vena straightened up and looked back at me with a shy smile. “I guess I’m getting old in human years. I’m in my thirties. That’s old maid status, according to social media.”

“You didn’t tell me an exact age, though.”

Vena laughed. “Does that matter? You didn’t tell me yours either. I’m old.”

“Touché,” I replied with a grin. Vena had a small dimple on the edge of her lopsided smile and her eyes lit up whenever it appeared. Maybe Veux didn’t ruin my day after all. I got to killsome humans who didn’t deserve the air they breathed and I saved a cute and fluffy human.

“What do you normally do? You said you don’t work in the weird summoning department.”

“I guess it would seem pretty weird to a human. A good portion of us work there. I have some stocks in the human stock market. I have a few old bets that come in occasionally.”

“What do you mean by bets? You mentioned that.”

“It’s a game. Human life is all a game to our kind. Some of our kind have played and manipulated your humanity so much that a few of you have some…quirks.”

Vena blinked. “What do you mean?”

“You don’t have to worry about that sort of drive or need from me. It’s a long and complicated story.”

Her eyes widened as she smiled nervously. “Oh my god, you’re weird. Are you like a sex demon? They have those, right?”

“No. But I think a lot of us haveurges.”

Vena cackled and covered her mouth as the server approached with our food. “Sorry, sorry. Thank you, looks great,” she muttered.

After she left, I leaned forward. “I know even humans have urges. When was the last time you answered them?”

Vena choked on the drink she was sipping on and coughed loudly. Her skin darkened deliciously. Maybe she had a naughty streak in her. “Oh my god. Manners!”

“What manners do you expect from a demon?” I asked. “Maybe I’m exhibiting excellent manners. Actually, for some of my kind, mild flirting isverypolite.”

Her skin darkened further as she put a bite of her food in her mouth. “You’re bad.”

I grinned. “Maybe. Watch out or you’ll match your shirt if you keep blushing,” I whispered.

Vena

As I satin front of him, my thoughts would drift to his demon form. Both forms werenice, but there was something alluring about his fang filled mouth, the red tail which swished, and thosehorns.I bit my bottom lip because I couldn’t believe I was having such naughty thoughts over a demon. At least if anything happened, it would be consensual, unlike what could have happened.

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