Page 55 of Stone Seduction
I’d slid from the Fear Him column to the Fuck Him one.
“Are you okay?”
“Why do you care?” I retorted. “You’re not interested in my wellbeing, only my gifts.” I laughed, vanishing.
“No, Luke!” he yelled, as if scolding a dog.
I focused on the alarm in his hazel eyes. “Are you afraid, weaver?”
“Tread carefully, Luke,” the enchanter said.
I ignored her, reappearing.
Seth glowered.
I lifted my golden tee, exposing my belly to Seth. He kept his focus on my face, never once glancing at the flesh he craved.
“Do you miss me?” I asked, rolling the fabric higher. “Do you miss the feel of me between your lips?”
He does,Dark Me purred.Look at him. He’s practically drooling.
Okay. No, no, no. We weren’t doing this. My rational half took control, yanking the top back down. This wasn’t me. This would never be me.
“Sorry,” I said, face red-hot. “I…”
Give in to the greatness. Make him see. Make him sweat. Torment the bastard. Show him the skin he will not touch. Show him?—
No! Never. That’s not me.
Oh, but it is. It really, really is.
“Talk to me,” Seth responded. “What are you feeling?”
I swallowed, taking some deep breaths before speaking. “Hatred. Power. Arrogance. Two halves at war.”
There was another, hidden element to my power I couldn’t quite reach, itching in my core.
“These are things to be balanced,” Luna jumped in. “This is what your training is about. Those elements will help you become a better weapon.”
Burn her.
Burn her.
Burn her.
The fire flickered, heating up, ready to get it done. A fire bent to my will, tweaked from the chimera fire to flames without the lizard-making.
Minions were awesome, but no monster ones.
What would Seth do if I melted Luna right now? Hide behind Billy over there? Pee himself? Scream for mercy? They’d both burn in turn, more ashes to litter the chrome, turning to mush under my boots.
Yes.
No!
“Luke?”
A voice inside my head cooled the wicked fires, giving life to happier ones.
