Page 16 of Wicked Love
At that moment, my phone rang. I looked down to the pile where my clothes were, and knelt down to find it. It rang twice more before I fished it out of my pocket and got it to my ear.
“Hello?” I said.
“Jasper, I’m sorry to do this to you, but you need to come in,” Lavinia said.
“What’s up?” I asked, standing and shaking out my pants.
“Those graves? The bodies are back.”
“What else?” I asked.
“I don’t know, but there’s too much that’s happening all at once. Delphine wants us all back at Magnolia House. We need to see what magic was cast tonight at the house.”
“How did you find out about the graves?” I asked.
“I had people moving through all of the city. They reported back that two bodies were found outside of the previously disturbed crypts.”
“Outside of them?” I asked, pulling on my pants, keeping my back to the bed.
“Yes. What’s that noise? Are you all right?”
“I hadn’t made it home yet,” I said. “Just finishing up some things.”
“Well, finish up and get over here.”
“On my way,” I said. I ended the call and slid the phone into my pocket. I reached down and got my shirt and jacket, and finished dressing before I turned around.
“Is everything all right?” Melasina asked. She still had that scared, deer-in-the-headlights expression.
“No, I have to go back to Magnolia House,” I said.
She nodded.
“Um.. can I call you later?” I asked.
She nodded again. I walked over to the side of the bed and leaned down to kiss her. Her arms wrapped around me as she kissed me hungrily.
“I can’t wait to see you again,” Melasina whispered to my lips.
My cock jumped at the feel of her voice next to my lips. “Shit, I have to go.”
Melasina let her arm slide away from me. “Then I’ll see you later.”
“Yes, you will.”
I smiled as I let myself out. As I walked down the steps of the small porch, I noticed another clump of dirt.
Stopping, I picked it up. It was… it had an odd smell. Then I laughed at myself. “Stop it or you’ll go batshit,” I said. Dropping the dirt, I walked to my car. She had a courtyard. One of the best things about a courtyard, no matter how small, was having a garden.
It didn’t mean anything. I was just hyped up, with the information about her mother, and then the curse with Thea.
And not to mention the best sex I’d ever had in my life. I’d never been with a woman who made me feel like she did. I wanted to give myself to her, and master her all at the same time. The feel of her under my hands, my lips, with my cock inside her—I could feel myself getting hard again.
“Settle down, old son,” I said as I drove back toward Magnolia House.
When I arrived, the guard at the gate let me through. On the drive over, I’d gotten myself together. I did a quick cleaning spell just to tidy up anything I might have missed. I didn’t need anyone asking about this new relationship or whatever it was. I wasn’t ready to talk about it. I parked and hurried inside.
Once there, I found Lavinia standing on her own, watching a group of witches in the garden.
