Page 23 of Claimed By Monsters

I sign that I need to go to the bathroom.

The wary look in her eyes fades, and she nods.

I don’t intend to use the bathroom, but I realize I do need to once I’m in the hallway. I should probably take care of that before I try to convince Artemis to possess me again.

I wouldn’t want the Goddess to be bothered by my mortal functions.

It’s not until I’m washing up that I notice how tired I look.

My hair is a mess, and I probably have grass stains in unusual places.

I shake out my hair over the sink before I pick up my hairbrush.

There are little bits of grass and leaves to be washed down the drain after I’m done.

I splash water on my face next, helping to wake myself up and make my skin look a little brighter.

When I’m done, I step out of the room and pick up my old boots from where they’re sitting at the right side of the front door. They’re a little worse for wear, but I’m glad I decided to keep them as a backup when Alina had new ones made for me.

I don’t remember exactly where I abandoned my new ones along with my clothes, and I doubt Scar thought about searching around the forest for my clothes after he saved my life.

He probably doesn’t think much about clothes at all, considering all he seems to wear is a strategically placed loincloth. I’m impressed he was able to make that. I wouldn’t know the first thing about making leather, and I’m sure I’ve read about it in one of Alina’s books.

I’m about to cross the hall to the living room when the kitchen door opens beside me, and I drop my boots in surprise. Alina gives me a knowing look, and I press my lips together before I use a foot to push my boots to the side of the hallway.

There’s no point giving her an innocent look.

She knows I was up to something.

“Lita, you are not going out there tonight,” Alina says when I finally look back at her.

She moves past me, not waiting for an answer because it wasn’t a question.

I realize she’s headed toward the door a moment before she unlocks it.

Oh, Goddess, Scar’s brothers are here.

I can feel my cheeks burning as Alina steps back and lets them into the house.

The cat guy is the first to slip into the hallway, his lizard-like brother right behind him.

Fox, and Snake, I remind myself, as Fox’s vibrant green eyes meet mine.

Then, he smiles, and I remember what those jet-black lips felt like pressed against mine.

The smoky-sweet taste of his tongue comes back to me, the feel of his strong arm closed around my body, the sensation of his furred torso rubbing against my clit …

It suddenly feels a lot hotter in this confined space.

He moves straight to me, holding his hands out.

I take his hands in mine, glancing over to see Snake blocking the way to the kitchen for Alina and Scratch when he stops right beside his brother. His dark green skin sparkles where the light from the other room hits his body. He has a similar build to his feline brother, and a very unique forked tongue that I remember the touch of, vividly. As if he can read my mind, his mouth opens, and the twin tips of that red tongue flick out. He tugs one of my hands out of Fox’s grasp, and I have a hard time looking away from his slitted, reptilian eyes when Fox’s hand squeezes mine lightly.

I tear my gaze away from Snake, glancing back when his tongue slips out of his mouth again.

My body reacts to the sight of it this time, my clit pulsing inside my underwear as I’m reminded of how aroused I was right before he helped push me over the edge. My skin prickles and my nipples harden.

Goddess, I want them. Both of them. Right now.

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