I was saved from coming up with an answer by the fact that we’d reached Asmoday and Selina, who were bickering like brother and sister.
Or lovers.
Selina noted my presence—the moment she did, she curled her arm around Asmoday’s neck, tugging him close and licking his cheek.
My eyes narrowed to slits while I mentally sifted through every curse that had been stocked in my brain, courtesy of my father.
Asmoday squirmed and twisted, ducking out of her embrace and lunging for me as if he knew exactly my intention.As he was a demon, too, he probably did.
Selina was faster—or more determined—because her hand landed smartly on Asmoday’s junk.I caught his eyes widening right before she squeezed.Once, twice.
“Oh,” Selina practically purred.“I didn’t see you over there.”She gave me a toothy smile.
Asmoday brushed her hand away.“Daruka?—”
“Maybe you should get your eyes checked,” Krishna quipped in a ridiculously misplaced attempt to be brave.
Asmoday closed his eyes and shook his head.I glared at Selina, silently daring her to respond to Krishna’s silly comment.
She did.By curling her hand around Asmoday’s hip.
Before I could react, he snatched it and forcibly shoved it down to her side.
“The message he’s trying to send is pretty clear,” I coolly noted.
“What message is that?”Selina asked, sugar sweet.
“Keep your hands to yourself.It’s obvious he’s not interested.”
Selina gave him the side-eye.“Oh, trust me, he’s interested.”She tucked a lock of hair behind his ear, which twitched in response.
What the hell?Was he attracted to her?He’d insisted—whether I believed in it or not hardly mattered when?—
“This is the game we play,” Selina said in that same overly gooey tone.“Isn’t it, sweetie pie?”
She leaned toward him andlicked his ear.
I was pretty sure there was steam pouring frommyears.
Krishna, in a moment of sharp observation I suspected was entirely out of character, said, “Whoa.Did you hook up with Selina?”
What?
“Son of a?—”
No idea if Asmoday finished that sentence.I wasn’t in the frame of mind to stick around to find out.
I bolted.
ChapterSeven
Asmoday
Shoving Selina away, I chased after Daruka.
“Hey, don’t leave me here alone,” Krishna called out.His trainers slapped against the cement as he hurried after me.
Well, hell.I couldn’t very well have the conversation I needed to have with Daruka with wolf boy dogging my steps.If she had rushed back to the B&B, I could have let her be, given her a chance to cool off for a bit—long enough to ditch my sidekick—before I attempted to explain.
