Urian was tempted to do so as well, especially given how irritated he was at the never-ending line of women who were intent on his seduction.
“I’m married,” he repeated to her for the third time. Gah! Where had all this attention been when he’d been literally starving and in need?
She pursed her lips at him. “As am I. My husband said he wouldn’t mind. Thatyourinfused blood could fortify us both. He wants me to feed from you. He’ll even join us if you want. My sister, too.”
Disgusted by that, Urian stood up and moved away as if she were on fire. Last thing he wanted was an orgy from people who only wanted to use him. Forget that!
Davyn quickly stepped between them to provide a block for him. “Sorry, love. If anyone gets an extramarital piece of his scrumptious ass, I’ve a prior claim to it, as I’ve been the one begging for it far longer than you.” He winked at her.
Her jaw dropped.
As did Urian’s. Flashing his fangs in an unrepentant grin, Davyn grabbed his arm possessively and dragged him away. But not before he cast an evil smirk at the woman, then grabbed a handful of Urian’s buttocks.
“Hey now!” Urian gasped, stepping away before Davyn got them both clobbered by a jealous Paris.
Or worse, a furious Xanthia. “I can’t believe you just said or did that.”
Davyn shrugged. “I can’t believe she had the nerve to search your private business in such a public manner. Makes me rather jealous I hadn’t thought to do so, but I’m not so rude. Or suicidal. Paris would kill me if I dared to sit on your crotch or fondle it.”
“So say you. I recall a few rather daring gropes from you in that particular area in the past.”
Davyn scoffed. “Name me one!”
“You were drunk, still—”
“Those don’t count.”
Urian snorted in defiance of his glib tone. “I beg to differ, and so does my private business, as you say.”
Davyn laughed. “Aye, well, be that as it may, I don’t remember it, so it didn’t happen. Besides, I can’t believe we’re now having to guard you as carefully as we used to have to guard my man-lamb and his hind and front quarters from others. Who’d have thought?”
“Indeed,” Urian agreed. “The world’s gone madder than normal.”
“It’s not that.” Ophion grabbed Urian away from Davyn and hauled him toward an exit in a different direction.
Once they were on the street, Ophion reached back into the building and pulled Davyn through the door, then slammed it shut and locked it. “Word’s out on you,adelphos.Everyone knows what you did for Telly. Now they all think you have the powers of a god and can heal them. So if they partake of your semen, they believe they’ll become instantly immortal.”
Urian’s jaw fell again. “I’m not the god Set! Are they insane?”
Ophie raised his arms in surrender. “Don’t spear Hermes. Merely passing on the town gossip. They’re the ones hailing you as the savior of our people. Sickening, truly, as I know you for the idiot you are. Half of them are proclaiming you as the mystical Day-Walker, prophesied to save us from our curse. They think you’re capable of anything, now.”
Urian went bug-eyed. “Shite to that! Last thing I need is a bunch of fools tossing me to the daylight like I’m Andromeda to Poseidon’s sea monster or something.”
“Well, I’d like to feed you to a sea monster, most days, but for other reasons.”
Urian shoved at his brother. “You’re such a pain.”
“Learned it from you.”
Growling, Urian rolled his eyes. “Oh, to have had a solren who could have kept his prick to himself for one night. Damn him for all the brothers I trip over constantly. Should have let Hades take the bastard and beat him, rather than save his life and startthis.”
Ophie kissed his cheek. “Ah now, you’d miss us if we weren’t here to aggravate you.”
Urian scoffed. “Doubt that.”
Davyn stopped suddenly and without warning, causing Urian to walk right into him.
“What are you doing?” He rubbed at his forehead, which he’d banged into the back of Davyn’s skull.
