Page 19 of Bewitching Her Monsters

Odd. It shouldn’t be surprising to her. Sheshouldknow that a supernatural being’s magic kills electronics.

Hmm. Is she really that oblivious of that basic fact?

“I figured you’d be some social media celebrity posting thirst traps every day.”

Now my eyes widen. “Thirst…traps?”

I’ve heard of a lot of magical traps, but not these. The only traps I’ve had to worry about are demon-summoning circles, since they can trap me if someone knows my sacred name.

She doubles over with laughter. “Your face! You really don’t know what I’m talking about?”

“Explain.” I want to be angry with her for mocking my ignorance, but my lips can’t help curling into a smile instead of a snarl.

Jade covers her face and blushes. “You know… when an attractive person posts themselves all sexed up to get attention.”

I turn and stand directly in front of Jade. Towering over her, I ask in a low voice. “Do I look like someone who seeks attention?” My hands itch to touch her soft skin, but I keep them firmly at my sides.

Her mouth opens into a little O shape, and I want to fill the tempting opening with my tongue, then with my cock.

She sucks in a breath and gulps, maybe reading my mind as easily as I can read others. Her voice is soft with awe as she says, “No. You seem like you should have plenty of attention just by existing.”

I resist the strange urge that overcomes me, making me want to pull her toward me, seat her on my growing cock, and claim her. My attraction might be a lust spell, and I won’t fall for another one of those. It’s one of the few magics that work on a demon other than a demon trap.

With blown-out pupils indicating her attraction, her hazel-green eyes drop to my lips. Then she snaps out of her naughty thoughts and locks gazes with me.

Surprisingly, she doesn’t back down or avert her eyes.

I want to run my fingers through her gray-streaked hair and fist it while I claim her delicious body. I admire that she doesn’t hide her white as it reveals her hard-won life experiences. But since witches hardly age over their mid-thirties, I idly wonder how old she really is to have earned her gray. Not as old as I am.

I’m so close I can feel the heat of her luscious body. And I’m sure since I run much hotter that she must feel my heat caressing her curves. All I have to do is reach out and touch her, and I could destroy her—with my mind or with my body. It would be an easy thing to do.

But right now, I want to destroy her pussy with my cock.

Focus!Has it really been that long since I’ve been with a woman that I’m succumbing to the first female in my proximity?

Yet, I haven’t been attracted to a female in years.

It must be a spell. Although, I can’t deny what she offers on the surface isn’t tantalizing all on its own.

I step back and raise my mental shields again.

Jade exhales, and her knees shake. Is she scared or turned on? Or both?

Worrying that she might actually be as innocent as she projects, I say reluctantly, “Sorry. I can be—”

“Intenseas fuck?” she finishes for me with a bit of humor and relief in her voice.

“Yeah, that.” I bite my lip and turn my face away as I walk again. Why does she have to be so damned…cute?

“So… no phone,” she continues, as if my show of dominance never happened. “Are you anti-technology? Or just don’t like to be tied down to a phone?”

“Technology and I don’t really get along.”

“I hear you. I remember the days when you weren’t on their shit list because you didn’t call or text them back within ten seconds. And since I’m an author and I work from home, people in my life don’t always respect that I might be working on a scene. But if I were at some corporate job, it would be okay that I’m not answering for basic chitchat.”

Okay, I’ll bite. She’s claimed this author’s persona as her cover. “What sort of books do you write? Would I know your work?”

“Uh…” Her ears turn pink. Her heart beats wildly, more so than when I was looming over her. “I don’t think you’ve read my stuff.”

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