The winter weather had come in overnight, dropping the temperatures further. I would have to purchase Leda more clothing. Especially warmer trousers and coats. It would not be much longer before I would need a fur or a cloak to remain warm while outside. If I were too cold, she would be as well.
Brelda stood close to the door, her hands clasped in front of her. Looking at Leda, she asked, “How are you, My Lady?”
“I’m well. How are you?”
The daemoness blinked. As a member of the lesser social classes, the lady of a house would not have greeted her as Leda had. Brelda smiled tentatively. “I am well also, My Lady.”
Leda waved a hand and got up to pour moreszitefor herself. I had to bite back a smile at the annoyed expression on Masu’s face. The imp was constantly telling my mate to sit and let her serve because it was her job. Leda generally ignored her.
My little human also did not notice the way Brelda watched her with wide eyes as she served herself.
Yes, mating a human female was going to change my life and the life of those around me.
Masu took pity on the healer. “Let’s go into the parlor, Brelda. The master and his lady are finishing their breakfast right now.”
Leda had just taken a bite of fruit when Masu spoke. She chewed quickly and called out, “I’ve told you a hundred times to call me Leda. How many more times do I have to say it?”
“At least one more!” Masu replied, already marching down the hall.
I could hear the amusement in my housekeeper’s voice and had to bite back the smile that threatened to spread across my face.
Leda turned to me and scowled. “What do you find so amusing?”
“Nothing,” I said, shaking my head.
“Please tell me we’re leaving the house today,” she continued. “It’s freezing outside, and I don’t have a coat. Plus, as much as I enjoy the bedchamber, my pussy needs a break, or I won’t be able to walk.”
“Pussy?”
Her scowl intensified, but she lowered her voice when she answered, “You call it my cunt.”
It was my turn to frown. “You are supposed to tell me if I hurt you.”
Leda reached over and patted my arm. “Honey, I really enjoy sex with you, but I would be sore having it that many times a day with a normal human cock rather than a massive daemon one.”
At her statement, the red haze covered my vision again, and I clenched my hands into tight fists. I wanted to rip the hands off any male who had touched her before and maybe castrate them while I was at it.
“Down, boy.”
I blinked the crimson away and focused on my mate. “What?”
“I haven’t had that many boyfriends, but I don’t hate them, so you can’t kill them all.”
“You don’t hate them?”
She sighed and shrugged. “I don’t love them either. As far as I’m concerned, most of them don’t exist.”
Leda glanced up from her breakfast at the sound of my molars grinding together. “Am I to believe you haven’t had lovers before?”
Damnation. The tension leaked out of my body. She was right. We had both had lovers and a past. I could no more kill all her past lovers than she could kill mine.
“Very well,” I said.
“Anyway, I’ll be fine by tonight. Like I said, I just need a little break.”
“Very well. We shall go to the clothier and buy you some warmer things to wear.”
She nodded. “And I need to figure out what sort of job I can have here. I need a way to make money.”
