Page 65 of Total Lunar Eclipse
“Why are you sulking?” he demands.
“I’m not sulking,” I say derisively, even though I’m doing just that.
“I’m waiting, Ms. Delsol.”
A flutter of excitement flickers inside my stomach at his tone.
“I used a special perfume. I thought you might like it. Smell the paper,” I instruct.
Khal hesitates before takes a sniff. At first, he doesn’t react, but he keeps sniffing it over and over until finally, a gleam enters his eyes. Standing abruptly, tipping his chair over, he briskly walks around his desk to pull my right hand under his nose. He takes a deep inhale.
“You fucking tease,” he purrs and I grin.
“How come it took you so long to figure it out?” I ask.
“Go let the others smell your fingers,” Khal orders, not answering me.
“No,” I say in embarrassment, even though I wiped my feminine cum all over myself and a piece of paper.
“We’re waiting,” the twins chime in unison, mimicking Khal.
Huffing, I walk over to them, but instead of sniffing my fingers, Uran pulls me into his lap and Illu starts licking my digits sensuously.
“Is this how you guys conduct all your interviews?” I inquire, trying to tamp down my erotic response to these incredibly sexy men.
“Our powers are gone,” Khal says, completely off-topic.
“What?”
“You asked what took me so long to figure out what you did and it’s because our powers are gone. We’re wholly human.”
I stare at him in horror.
“But-but-but, why?”
Caed chuckles.
“Remember I told you the Universe doesn’t do shit for free? There’s an exchange.”
“Yeah, the fucking exchange was my life for yours!” I rejoin.
“Except, you’re here,” Kane points out gently. “The Universe gave more than it took. It gave you back your parents, restored the murdered Minors, and most importantly, it gave us backyou. Our godhood was the price. And we would pay it over and over again if it means having you here with us.”
“Don’t forget our soul bonds,” Illu interjects. “Those were broken as well. We can no longer speak to one another telepathically, save Uranus and me. Being of Pisces, I’m highly psychic and our bond as twins supersedes this mental break, but it’s a damn nuisance to have to speak all the time now.”
“No kidding. It’s what gave us our edge over the humans. And let me be the first to say that it sucks being totally and completely human. No wonder those poor bastards are such a miserable lot. It blows not getting shit done with the snap of a finger,” Mio complains.
“I guess,” I shrug. “I’m used to being human. Oh, and I have something for you, Mr. Mercoledi.”
“What you haves to me?” Mio asks, reverting to his broken English from a lifetime ago.
I walk up to him and lean up for a kiss, but when he lowers his face and closes his eyes, I give him a hard shove.
“That’s for fucking tricking me!” I yell as he stumbles back, grunting.
He tackles me into a bear hug and holds me tightly.
“Tell us what happened after you drained Lina’s powers and drank her essence? Vesta spoke with Chiron, who filled her in and obviously, she filled us in.”
