“No. I’m not.” Needing a drink, I get up and go into the kitchen. Something feels weird, and I can’t describe it any better than that. It’s like I had a bit too much to drink, as well as too many coffees, and am walking into a room full of static electricity. I hold my hand up, trying to get a better feel.
“Are you all right, Ace?” Gilbert asks, coming into the kitchen.
“I think so.” I bring my hand down. “Something feels…off.”
“Care to elaborate?”
“I can’t. It just…it doesn’t feel right.”
Gilbert steps closer and the feeling grows stronger.
“Wait,” I say, and he stops. “Back up.”
He takes a few steps back, and the weird feeling fades.
“Come closer.”
He does, and the feeling gets stronger. I step in front of him, closing my eyes and resting my hands on his chest. “I think I’m still feeling the curse. Do you guys feel it all the time?”
He shrugs, taking my hands in his. “It would make sense if we did since we’re cursed, but it’s been so long I don’t know what normal feels like anymore.”
“Hopefully I can fix that.”
“I don’t know if I want to be normal.”
I tip my head to the side, twisting my hand around in his so I can slip my fingers through his. “What do you mean?”
“The curse breaks and then what? What happens to us?”
My heart thumps. It was a thought that crossed my mind more than once, and one I didn’t want to think about. I finally found someone I could trust. The guys know me—the real me—and I know them. I didn’t want to think about them leaving after the curse was lifted.
“I don’t know,” I confess.
“I like you, Ace. You’re powerful and sexy and unlike anyone I’ve ever met. I like this world. And I like having the powers of a gargoyle. But I miss the sun and not having to hide in a house.”
“You miss living.”
“Yes. I want to live with you. But all the time.”
There’s nothing more I want either, but I haven’t the slightest idea how to make it happen. Gil wraps his arms around me, and exhaustion finally hits. I lean against him for a minute, then tip my head up and part my lips. He leans down and kisses me, and the feeling of his tongue in my mouth sends tingles right through me, warming my pussy and making me wet.
“Want me to fuck you and then rub your back until you fall asleep?”
“When you talk like that, I definitely want you to stay with me too.”
He chuckles and scoops me up, turning to go up the back stairs. I hook my arms around his neck, kissing him once more. And then my phone rings.
“Dammit. That’s work,” I sigh, hearing the specific ringtone I have set for the station come through the house. “I can ignore it if we’re fast.”
“I can make you come in minutes, Ace.”
“Oh, I don’t doubt that. But what about you?” I run my hand down his chest, not wanting him to put me down yet. “I don’t want to shortchange you.”
“I’d rather take care of you. If I have to finish myself off I can. And then you can fuck me properly when you get back.”
“Mmmm, I like this idea.”
My phone rings again almost as soon as the first call ended, and it’s work again.
