Page 58 of Hex
“Zelos, baby, are you okay?”
I blink up at my chosen and smile. At least, I think I do. I’m not sure if my muscles are working properly and my mouth is definitely not cooperating. Being demons means we’re never sick and dentists aren’t of any use to us, but I’d imagine I’m feeling the same way an anthros would in the aftermath of anesthesia. Loopy. That's what I am.
“Fucking hell, if you wanted my cock, all you needed to do was ask, you crazy cunt.” I want to laugh at Slash’s slurred words but I can’t quite move yet.
Sage puts both of her hands on my face, her mouth peppering tiny kisses all over my lips and cheeks and nose.
“You scared me! What the hell is wrong with you? I was doing just fine so why the hell did you get in the middle of that?” Okay, she has a point, and if I could speak, I’d explain it to her.
There is no universe, real or imaginary, where I don’t step in between my soul mate and any immediate danger.
“Love…you.” It’s all I can say as my life-force slowly replenishes, giving me a semblance of speech back.
Slash spent less time under Baba Yaga’s spell so he’s wobbly but standing, and his first target is Baba, trapped in a bubble of white light. Shit, is that Sage’s doing?
The question must be written all over my face because Sage answers. “I learned a few things while you were away.”
I raise a brow at her choice of words. This wasn’t a fucking vacation and I’m thinking she’s been hanging out with Slash a little too long.
“You know what I mean.” As soon as she starts peppering more kisses all over me, I forgive her. Who the fuck am I kidding? Nothing she could do would make me angry enough to hold a grudge.
“We need to get the fuck out of here and this bitch is mine.” Slash is talking through clenched teeth but his anger fades when Sage holds out her hand at him.
“Here you go, Slashy-poo.” Yeah, they definitely need some time apart if she’s handing over golden handcuffs.
“You’re my favorite female ever, little sorceress.”
Sage beams, trying to pull me up to a standing position when my muscles start twitching, but I’m not ready to move, yet.
“Cut. The shit.” My voice is clearer and my strength is coming back but I fucking hate being like this. All weak and shit.
“Whatwasthat back there? It looked like she was…no, that can’t be right.” Sage shakes her head like her own thought processes are too illogical to be true. Thing is, she has to learn to think like a kyn and not an anthros. If you can imagine it, it’s probably a reality in our world.
“Like she was sucking the literal life out of us?” Slash grits his teeth as he speaks. The sound of handcuffs snapping shut has me looking over at him and Baba Yaga.
“Ow, you brute of a demon.” The fucking gall of that witch.
“Shut the fuck up, Baba Yougottadieya.” He sniggers at the horrible name he just gave her because his anger comes back tenfold. “This bitch is using dark, evil fucking magic. I’d bet my ballsack that’s how she’s been staying alive all these fucking millennia. Stealing people’s lifeforce.”
I freeze at his words and Sage notices right away.
“Oops? I kinda forgot all about that.”
I don’t answer, just keep staring at her. She forgot…about being soul sucked for two millennia? It’s a good thing I’m too weak to have my muscles working or else I’d put my chosen over my knee with a well deserved spanking.
I see the exact moment her rage plays catch up and it’s not good for Baba Yaga. It’s like she’s pushed away any informationthat wasn’t immediately relevant and now it’s all coming to a head.
“Sage. No.” I force my voice to regain more strength, pulling it from I don’t fucking know where, but it gets my chosen’s attention.
For a second.
Sage stands, turns on her heel like a fucking general during an inspection, and makes a beeline straight for her surrogate mother.
“You heartless, mean, selfish, unbelievably…unethically…” I think she’s at a loss for words, just stuttering, searching for the right explicative.
“I think the word you’re looking for is cunt. C.U.N.T.” The calm in Slash’s words is completely out of place with Sage’s ire literally glowing off her skin. Slash cocks a brow at me as he holds Baba Yaga down, and that’s when I know, he gets it. This is not good. For any of us.
Turning his captive away from Sage, Slash puts himself between the two females while I try to get my fucking weak ass up off this ground. Once I do, I wrap my arms around my chosen and turn her away.
