Page 19 of Bite Me

“I…escaped them.”

He’d get the truth behind that lie out of her too. Nipple clamps. Hmm. Surely there was a sex toy shop in this town. He had some interrogation supplies he needed to buy.

Portia drummed her fingers on the tabletop. “They’ve been here. They haven’t stopped hunting you. I saw the evidence of their deaths in the alley behind this place.”

How had she noticed that, and Ky hadn’t? He hadn’t done a very good job of being an investigator. He’d blindly followed his instincts right to Jada.

A succubus couldn’t allure from across the ocean, right? Probably not. Something else was interfering with his good judgment.

That something was in his pants. He’d never let lust get in the way of dragon business before.Get your shit together, bro.

“Show me this evidence while you tell me how you know the demon dragons are coming tonight.”

Portia bit her lip and backed away. “I’ve already said too much. I’ll be lucky if Leon doesn’t banish me for real this time. I’ve got to get back to the house.”

Jada grabbed her friend’s hand. “Portia, wait. I don’t care about the rest of them, but I’d like to know that you’re okay.”

Portia glanced outside, then between the two of them. She stared for a long moment at Ky, sizing him up. As Jada’s protector, or did this woman see him as a threat?

Because he was both. No demon dragon would touch Jada, but she would give him the shard and reveal her accomplice.

Portia raised an eyebrow at Ky but spoke to Jada. “You need to worry about you.”

Jada nodded. “I will. I promise.”

A tremble worked its way into her voice. It sucker-punched Ky right in the gut.

“How can I get in touch with you? Should we have a secret signal and a secret meeting place?” Jada asked Portia.

Ky recovered by focusing on that potential escape plan. She couldn’t get him to give into her succubus ways. Oh no. If he had anything to do with it, there would be no secret meetings.

Jada held some hefty keys to what was going on with the demon dragons and Cage’s stolen soul shard. He was responsible for figuring out what those were.

Thinking with his dick wasn’t helping. Ky wasn’t ready to admit that she had some power over his own shard too.

Nope. Not even a little. His need for this woman controlled his head. Besides that scorching kiss, he’d resisted her allure. He could continue to do so.

Portia smiled and shook her head. “If you’re going to live in the real world, you need to start acting like a modern human. Get yourself a cell phone.”

Jada wrinkled up her nose. “Blech. Kitchen tech I can get down with. It makes life better. Cell phones are little zombie making machines. Do I have to?”

“Yes, you do.” Ky butted in and mentally made a note to get her a phone. He wondered how old she was. She looked around his age, or what humans assumed was his age. Late twenties. But she acted like Match or Nana Kiki, who both refused to get with the times.

He had no idea how a succubus aged. She could be twenty-something or twenty-thousand.

Thinking of her as a grandma helped cool his libido. But not much.

Portia pulled away from Jada, but then hugged her tight. “He took the words right out of my mouth. And get an iPhone so we can FaceTime.”

“I know you’re speaking English, but I don’t understand the words coming out of your mouth.”

Portia laughed and moved toward the door. She pointed at Ky. “I’ve got to go. I’m leaving her in your hands, dragon boy. Keep her safe or I’ll drink you dry.”

He recognized the threat came from a place of worried love. He wouldn’t take offense. Especially since he had no intention of letting Jada out of his sight.

He gave Portia a salute and wrapped an arm around Jada’s shoulder. She shoved him off.

The games begin.

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