Page 44 of Bewitching Her Monsters

“So, you are going to use this woman to get close to him?” Maxum huffs and pounds his whiskey. Not that the human-made stuff could affect him. “That’s fucked up. I know we hate witches, butifshe is as innocent as you believe, then that’s not cool.”

“It’s not like that,” I grumble. I don’t want to admit that I want to get into her bed for a whole other reason. That I’m falling for her.

“So it’snotlike you are going to fuck around with her, risking your beast killing her, then wait until she falls asleep, and talk to your former lover? I swear I thought I was the most fucked up one of us during our date.” He scoffs and rubs his face. “Not even close.”

I grip my glass so tightly it is dangerously close to shattering it in my grip. “I want her. Okay?” I confess. “Even if Osen never comes back, I want to be with her. But if he does return, I can help her understand what’s going on. Maybe if I got him to work with her instead of fighting her, he could think clearly. Besides, I think Osen’s power is messing with her—draining her. And there is something else…”

Maxum perks up when he hears my hesitation. “What’s that?”

“Her ex sounds like a jerk.”

“Has your wolf claimed her as part of his pack?” He raises an eyebrow.

With a heavy sigh, I lean back in the booth and check the clock. I have five minutes until my witch is supposed to show up for our non-date date. “No, my wolf hasn’t technically claimed her… yet.” I glower at him. “You don’t have to control every aspect of my life. Can you just fuck off and let me be for once?”

“Well, Icouldjust chain you up and fuck your ass.” He leans close. “Make you forget her pretty face.”

My cock responds despite my frustration. “Wait. You want me to back off because youareattracted to her too. That’s why you want me to back off.” I glare at him. “You know, we could both pursue her. If her books are any indication, she might be up for a three-way, four-way… I don’t even know how many ways. One book she wrote had six guys for only one woman. Some guy-on-guy stuff, too. So she’s probably cool with that… as long as we are open with her.”

“Just because she—allegedly—writes that doesn’t mean she wants us all sticking our dicks in all her holes, filling her up with our cum.”

The vision of that very scenario gives us both pause. Our eyes glaze over with lust at the image of the four of us and her.

As we abruptly shake our heads to bring us back to reality, Jade clears her throat and walks up to the table.

Did she hear Maxum’s comment?

My face turns red. Almost as bright as the demon in his natural state.

She icily stares at Maxum for a long beat. It impresses me that she can handle the intensity of his gaze. Even after all these years, I can barely do that.

Then she dismisses him with an eye roll and says to me, “I think I’m going to pass on accidentally meeting up now or in the future. Good luck with Beast.”

I scramble to stand up and stop her, but she has already spun on her heel and is walking toward the door. “Wait!” I rush after her. “Maxum was just leaving.”

Jade gives a cold, calculated glower that travels up and down my body, as if inspecting my worth. Goddess, I hope my erection isn’t too obvious. With the combination of imagining her taking all of us, Maxum’s dirty mouth, and what I know he can do with it, I’m impossibly hard. I’m quickly deflating as I see my chances of tasting Jade’s lips dwindling with every beat of my pounding heart.

Jade crosses her arms and glares at the huge demon, daring him to fuck with her. I’ll give her props for sheer boldness. Not many would dare to do this, whether they know his true form or not. He’s intimidating no matter what.

Maxum stands up slowly and locks eyes with our witch the entire time he walks past her.

Jade doesn’t even blink.

Damn, when it comes down to it, she’s a fucking badass. It’s making me hard again.

When Maxum finally turns away and heads to the door, Jade looks at me with a cocked eyebrow.

Over her head, I see Maxum nodding his head in approval. He likes someone who isn’t easily quelled.

She would fit in nicely with our group. If she doesn’t run screaming for the hills when she discovers what we are, that is.

I hate that this dive bar is our first official date, but I wanted to pick a place where she felt comfortable.

“Sorry about him. He doesn’t mean to be an ass,” I say.

“Oh, so it just comes naturally to him, does it?” She grins as she slips into the booth where she had watched us that first night. Her eyes widen when she feels the heat of the seat Maxum left behind. He runs even hotter than I do… usually.

“I’d say a bit of natureandnurture.” I flag down our server with a quick wave so we can get Jade settled with a drink. “Not that I’m defending his dickishness, but he’s not always quite this paranoid.”

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