Page 73 of Scrooged for the Holidays
The atmosphere in the room is heavy again, but not with tension, with arousal—including my own. I should get up and leave. I know where this is heading. But I can’t make myself run this time. That feeling that pulled me into the dining room is keeping me in place.
Good.Kai’s voice enters my head.Stay. I know she wants you here. She kept looking for you earlier when we were on the couch.
That surprises me. Greer has no reason to want me here, but she wouldn’t have brought up this side of the conversation if she didn’t. I trail my gaze over her and Remi, whose eyes are locked on hers. He’s so focused, I think I could start a fire, and he wouldn’t move.
It gives me a true reason to stay. I should be here to make sure that whatever happens, Remi and Kai remain unattached. Besides, Remi has a job to do tonight, and Greer may like him less in the morning. Even if she still believes what she sees isn’t real.
Yes, these are good reasons to stay, to make sure things don’t go south.
Whatever you need to believe, Sam.
I look at Kai, the boyish smile plastered on his face. It makes him appear younger than he is.Behave,I warn. I hadn’t meant for him to hear those thoughts. Which means Remi did as well.
Or what?he asks.
Or Remiel won’t be the only one doing the sucking.
Kai presses his lips together to keep from laughing, turning his attention back to Greer. She’s looking at us, and by the way she licks her lips, I’d bet money she’s thinking about what she walked in on last night.
When we stare into each other’s eyes, that energy I felt at the rink begins to swell, but this time, I manage to control it, keeping my aura from spanning out. The tendrils remain inside me, swirling around in my lower stomach, adding to the hunger that nothing seems to sate.
“And you,” Greer directs to me. “What do you read?”
I put my fork down and lean slightly forward. “A little of everything. And you?”
For a moment, I think she’ll allow her shame to reappear, but instead, the corner of her mouth kicks up. “Paranormal romance.”
“And what kind of being do you favor?” I ask.
“Are you also a lover of sucking?” Kai interjects, making Greer laugh. The sound is light and melodic, so unlike the hard woman who entered Elysian Pines last night.
“Yes, I am.” She shifts in her chair. “But I tend to go for a monster romance, especially if said monster has tentacles.”
My aura surges stronger inside me as the image of it reaching out to her on the ice in thick, black tendrils appears in my mind through the bond to Kai and Remi.
Now, that’s interesting, Kai says to only us.
It doesn’t mean anything, I reply.
Are you sure?
I don’t respond. Instead, I focus on remaining neutral. It can’t mean anything. I won’t let it. Because we have a job, and I’m not going to stray from it. Even if my body is betraying me,pulling me to Greer instead of away. Even if my aura keeps trying to reach her when my logical brain says nothing can happen, that I need to be the voice of reason when my fellow Nephilim won’t be.
I have the future to think about.
“And what do the tentacles do in these books, love?” Remi asks, voice deeper and more seductive than it already naturally is.
The sexual tension in the room builds to the point of snapping. Remi knows exactly what those tentacles do—all of us are aware; Greer, too.
Her eyes flick up and down Remi in an amused and flirty type of way. “You don’t know?”
Remi tilts his head coyly. “Maybe I just wanted to hear you say it.”
Greer chuckles before picking up her wine glass, downing the last bit of it. Her eyes shift to the bottle before looking back to him.
“How about this instead?” She reaches out her hand and takes the collar of his shirt, toying with the fabric. “Instead of talking in make-believe or explaining tentacle sex, you can all fuck me with your very real cocks.”
The room goes quiet enough you could hear a pin drop. And while I plan to keep my now-hard cock to myself, Greer’s brazenness doesn’t turn me off. I like when people are open and brave about what they want, especially when it comes to me and my partners. We can be intimidating solo, but together? We’re a supernatural force.
