I turn to face him, searching for answers in Vesper’s expression but finding none. I can usually read him better but in this moment, he’s guarded, just leaving me more confused. "What's wrong?"
Vesper's gaze softens as he tugs me back down into his lap. "I know you felt the air get a little colder, and I'm sure you saw how everything darkened a bit just now, right?"
I nod slowly, my mind racing. "So? You're demons. I know that."
Milo lets out a surprised laugh. "I really thought there would be more of a freakout."
I sigh, leaning back against Vesper's chest. "I did have a freakout. Remember? The first time Liora told me you guys were exorcists, I called bullshit and dragged the truth out of Vesper before clarifying it with Duske. I thought I was going crazy, didn't talk to you guys for like three days. You thought I was broken."
Milo snorts, shaking his head. "I thought you were. Most people scream or try to tell everyone. You just shut us out."
I meet his gaze, loving the bit of shyness lingering in his eyes. Milo thought I didn’t want to be friends with them anymore. I just thought fate was playing a cruel joke on me. I was already a defective Omega but then Death was going to be my friend?Bullshit."Because what you are didn't change that I liked you guys. A lot. And you weren't hurting me. So now that I'm dead but somehow still here, and there are tails and darkness and one of my mates is Death? Yeah, I'm not really freaking out about the room getting a little colder and the shadows moving."
Milo frowns, his expression shifting to something more serious. "You can see that? You shouldn't be able to see that."
I shrug, my gaze shifting back to the stairs. "Why can't I go upstairs?"
Vesper's hand comes up to cup my cheek, gently turning my face back to his. "Because Duske is trying not to show you that side of him. Not yet. It's not the prettiest thing in the world. Most people are terrified of Death."
"I already died. How much scarier can it be?" Blacking out and falling down the top of the stairs to my death was already terrifying. I couldn’t catch myself. There was no one to hear me scream. The terror that flooded my chest for the time afterwards still haunts me even if I don’t feel the pain anymore. Vesper gives me a look and I sigh, slumping back against him. "Fine. I won't go upstairs and confront the moody bastard."
The Alpha’s lips curve into a small smile, and he presses a kiss to my temple. "Let him calm down first, okay? Why don't we watch a movie or something?"
I grin, twisting in his lap to look at him properly. "Babe, are you asking to cuddle? You know I like cuddles."
Milo chuckles, the Beta pushing to his feet to grab our plates. "Your cuddles always end up as something else."
I raise an eyebrow, my grin widening. "Are you complaining, Milo? I come back from the dead or whatever, and suddenly it's like one of the biggest things on my mind. Like, there's the scent and wanting to be around you guys, but there's also this weird need that's just kind of sitting there, waiting to be extinguished. It's kind of annoying."
Milo's expression softens, and he leans forward, his green eyes searching my face. "Does it hurt?"
I shake my head, my hand reaching out to take his. "Not really. Not now, anyway. I felt like I was on fire before Vesper fucked me." I pause, my gaze dropping to my lap as the memories ofVesper’s cock thickening inside of me move to the forefront of my mind. I stand and glare at his cock, staring at it for a long moment before looking back up at him. "Okay, I need a few things explained. Mainly your cock."
Vesper's eyes widen, and he suddenly looks nervous. "Did I hurt you from before?"
I shake my head quickly, my cheeks heating at the delicious memory of being stuffed by this man. Well,demon."No, but… you didn't have a knot. It just kind of swelled. Everywhere."
I meet his gaze, my face burning with embarrassment, and Milo bursts out laughing as Vesper answers my question. "That's what happens when we fuck, most of the demons, anyway."
I glare at him, but there's no heat behind it. "You could have warned me."
Milo leans over my back, his lips brushing against my ear. "You liked it, didn't you?" I just nod, my breath caught in my throat, making it impossible to think. It was agloriousfeeling. Vesper just stares at me, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down nervously, his cock thickening between his thighs the longer I look.
A gasp falls from my lips at a newer sensation and I look down to see a tail flicking around my legs. But it's not Vesper's. This one is different, thinner and more angular, with a darker hue. I twist around just enough to catch Milo’s forked tongue slipping between those plump lips of his, his eyes narrowing into slits with a hue of orange flickering in them.
He clears his throat, and just like that, he's back to normal. His face returns to its human form, the tail suddenly gone like it was never there. Milo steps back, the nervousness in his expression now matching Vesper’s.
What. the. Fuck.
But also… why did I like that?
I stare at Milo, my mind racing with a thousand possibilities. "How come all of this is happening now? I've never once seen anything remotely demonic about the three of you, but one day back from the dead and everything is all weird?"
Vesper drags a hand through his hair, his shoulders falling as he leans back in the chair. "Milo mentioned something earlier. He said that maybe none of this clicked because you were human before. And now… you're kind of not, which makes you viable to be our mate, bringing out our real selves."
"But I'm just a ghost, right?" Without ghost powers.
Vesper shrugs. "I've never heard of any kind of ghost that is able to hold the transition state longer than a few minutes. What Duske did… giving you that coffee? It shouldn't have worked."
