Page 109 of Witch Queen

“Oh,” the sorcerer murmured. “Okay.”

He stood and watched while Mae headed to her room, a strange expression on his face.

It was when she was stepping out of the shower some fifteen minutes later that Mae froze and blinked. “Wait a minute!”

Brimstone appeared in the bathroom doorway, a hot dog in his mouth.What is it, my witch?

Mae squinted. “Why is that in your mouth?”

It’s a late-night snack.What’s troubling you?

“Oh.” Mae gripped the towel to her chest. “I just realized something. Nikolai and I haven’t, you know,” she shuffled her feet and bit her lip awkwardly, her voice dropping to a low mumble, “—had sex yet.”

Brimstone choked on the hot dog.

Hellreaver woke up with a snort where he’d been dozing on the sink. The pair of them stared at her like she had grown a second head.

It took you this long to realize?Brimstone said pityingly.

That poor sorcerer has the patience of a saint,is all I’m saying, Hellreaver mumbled.

Mae pursed her lips. “Let me get dressed first. I feel uncomfortable having this conversation naked.”

Fear not, my witch, Brimstone huffed.Your pale, plump flesh does not excite us.

Mae scowled. Five minutes later saw her dressed in her pajamas and her hair dried. She started pacing the floor.

“I mean, it’ll be kinda awkward if I just walk up to him and say?—”

Would you like to proceed with an amorous congress?Brimstone suggested.

Do you wish to do the deed of darkness?Hellreaver said salaciously.

How about we engage in some horizontal—?Brimstone began with a smirk.

“Alright, that’s enough out of you two,” Mae snapped.

She plopped down on the edge of her bed and put her head in her hands. “I don’t know what to do.”

Brimstone and Hellreaver exchanged a glance.

The weapon quivered.There are books about the mechanics of intercourse if that’s?—

“That’s not what I meant, Hell!” Mae snarled.

Alright. Sheesh.

Determination tightened Mae’s jaw. “I’m just going to walk over to his bedroom and seduce him.”

She stood up.

Brimstone squinted at her pajamas.Maybe you should change into that lingerie the incubus gave you. I sense your consort may not find your bunnies arousing enough.

Mae studied her reflection in the mirror and chewed her lip. “You’re right.” She hesitated. “No, Vlad’s gifts are too dangerous. They might give Nikolai a coronary.”

Brimstone rolled his eyes.He’s a white magic sorcerer. He’s as healthy as?—

A helldragon, Hellreaver interrupted excitedly, getting into the spirit of things.A lustful one whose fiery loins have been curtailed for far too?—

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