“I have a bad back,” he moaned.
“You are a supernatural being. Fix it with magic, liar.”
He grumbled, rolling off the bed, his long tail suspended in a bell curve behind him as he sauntered to the door. “You’re lucky I like you.”
I huffed. The audacity. “You don’t have to!”
“It’s too late for me to turn back now.” He tapped his chest when he spoke, and that gesture, mixed with his words, made my heart twinge. Oh, he was good. “I’m going to protect you and convince you that I’m the one you need, kitty cat.”
I rolled my eyes, but I kind of liked it. I’d been around alphas before, but none had affected me this way. Usually, their smell made me panic. His scent sent me over the edge. I wanted to hate him and kick him out, but even my head wasn’t so against him staying around for a bit. Maybe I was curious. Maybe I was finally ready to see what my dad had set up for me. I wasn’t sure, but I was going to find out.
A thought that had been swirling around the perimeter of my mind finally popped at the forefront. “What kind of demon are you?”
Kai turned from the doorway, giving me a playful smirk. “I’m an incubus,” he replied before sticking out a long-pierced tongue, running it across his lower lip. He wiggled his brows before leaving my room.
Crap. I was in trouble.
CHAPTER3
KAI
She smelled of sweet cream and caramel. It was faint, but her unique Omega scent was starting to push through. She didn’t have long now. I should have told her, but I knew it would only worry her, and that was something I didn’t want.
I closed her bedroom door, giving her the privacy I knew she wanted. I wasn’t a fool to think that my presence wasn’t overwhelming to her. In all honesty, I was surprised she had even given in to allow me to stay. She must have been more scared about her situation than I realized or simply turned on. I could see the lust all over her, and I had to admit that it made me a little satisfied. It was possible she would give in to us.
I sat down on her couch. My shoes were already off, but I kept the rest of my clothes on. For now. She’d give in soon. I just had to be patient. I tossed off the several pillows on her L-shaped sectional except for one, which I used as my pillow. I inhaled deeply. It smelled of her. My dick grew hard, and I grabbed it to ease its pain. I should actually say it grewharder. I’d been at semi-attention since she’d arrived home. She was beautiful. Those coppery, beautiful, shoulder-length coils I wanted to twirl around my fingers, deep cocoa eyes I could stare into endlessly, full lips I wanted to bite and curves for days. I wanted to pick her up and feel her thighs wrapped around me. Squeezing me. Just the smell of her and the closeness got to me.
It always did. She didn’t know, but this was not my first time seeing her. I had been with her father almost always, but when she’d come around, I would make myself invisible. I’d watched her care for him. She’d told him tales of her days at work, her dating woes, jokes, her opinions on politics and TV shows. They really had been like best friends. It was endearing. I’d seen her treat her patients at work with sensitivity and dignity, watched her laugh with her friends, had grown jealous and angry at her dates that did not ever seem to get serious. I’d fallen in love with her from afar. The whole pack had as we watched her in secrecy, and she had no idea.
And now, being able to touch her and talk to her, I wanted her more than ever. Her fiery temper, strength and sarcasm just excited me more. She was going to be so much fun. How could I get her to trust that I would never harm her? I understood her fear. We’d all heard the tales of how horrible some alphas could be to their omegas. Hell, I’d seen it with my own eyes, and it wasn’t just from other demon alphas either. There were human alphas who could be the worst of the worst. It would take time to gain her trust, but time was not something she had.
I looked down at my hand, still grabbing my crotch. I was very tempted to rub one out but stopped myself. I wanted only her, and I would have her.
* * *
BILLIE
The next morning, I heard a knock at my front door. I was already up, washing my face in the bathroom connected to my bedroom.
I left my room and glanced over at Kai sleeping on my couch in the living room off to my left. He had one long leg propped up on the back of the couch and the other leg hanging off the couch, foot on the floor. And he was snoring, loudly.
I’d had an impossible time last night going to sleep just thinking about him and how close he was to me. I may or may not have thought about giving in and going for a ride on him, but I held strong because I was a bad bitch, and bad bitches didn’t give in. Bad bitches might also have squeezed their thighs together so hard while thinking of said sexy-as-hell demon thrusting into her that she came. But that was nobody’s business but my own.
“Hey,” I stated, kicking his foot. “Someone’s at my door.”
He opened one eye. “Want me to get it?”
I raised my brows, surprised he had even heard what I said since he sounded like he was in a deep sleep.
“I’m always on alert, kitty cat. I’ll answer it,” he said, adjusting on the couch until he was sitting upright.
He had to be kidding. “No, you’ll scare them, and they’ll report a demon in the building. Then I’ll have to explain what you are and prove you aren’t out to cause mayhem and that I have you under my control. Which I don’t.”
He rubbed at his eyes. “Ah, yes. The prejudicial rules against demons. Let me seduce them. I’m an incubus, it’s what I do. My kind usually gets a pass.”
Yes, he could easily seduce and do much more, but that typically was at the expense of someone’s life or energy. Not to mention, I didn’t like manipulating people with magic. “Are you using your magic to seduce me?”
His eyes grew wide as saucers. “It would be redundant to do so. I’m an alpha. Since you aren’t in heat just yet, if you didn’t like my scent, my magic wouldn’t be able to do anything. Omega nose trumps incubus magic.”
