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“We can do that tomorrow. I’m on break from school, so I have more time.” She fisted his shirt. “I don’t want to be around humans either. I just want to be with you.”
The corner of Nex’s mouth quirked up, and his hands glided to the back of her thighs, lifting her. “Lucky for you, I’m not human.” A groan passed through him when she circled her legs around him. “And I’mverygood at distractions.”
Chapter 32
Misfits
“Explainonemoretimewhy we’re doing this,” Lucian said, giving Nex a side-glance.
On Christmas Eve, Kat and her parents would walk downtown to look at Christmas displays. This was the first year she didn’t have them with her for the tradition. Nex made the mistake of saying demons stayed away from the holiday. Then, when Kat told him to invite his friends, he made the mistake of making up that none of them had scarves or hats to keep them warm.
That backfired. She spent the next several days knitting scarves and hats for every single demon and now approached each of them, handing out those items along with candy canes.
Nex sneered at Lucian. “Because it’s what she wants. Drop it and play along.”
“Do you do everything she wants?” Marcus asked.
“Fuck you.” Nex glared at Marcus. “Go ahead. Say no to her. I dare you. When she comes over and looks at you with those big green eyes and that sweet face, if you can say no, by all means, give me shit. If you can’t, let it go.”
Kat stopped in front of Marcus with a big smile and held out a candy cane. “Candy cane?”
Marcus opened his mouth to refuse. Instead, he accepted the candy cane.
Kat’s smile turned to a frown when she saw the scarf in his hand, not around his neck. “Do you not like it?”
Marcus tried not to care, but she looked at him with the very green eyes Nex complained about. “It’s good, Kat. I . . . I’ve never worn a scarf.” Demons could generate heat and had no need for warm clothes, but no one had the heart to tell her.
“Oh, I’ll show you how to put it on.” Kat took the scarf and tossed it around Marcus’s neck.
He stayed in place as Kat bundled him up, muttering a curse when she went off to give out a second round of candy canes.
Nex raised an eyebrow. “See?”
Marcus rubbed the back of his neck and scrunched his face. “Yeah, yeah.”
Kat skipped to Nex and draped her arms around his neck, lifting on her toes to kiss him. “Ready?”
“Ready, kitten.”
She led him and the other demons down the street. There were vendors, music, lights, and a lot of people. Although he didn’t care for the crowds, Nex did his best to be enthused. Any other day, he’d fight her on this, but not today.
Today was the anniversary of her parents’ deaths, and she’d spent the morning crying and trying not to cry in between her family calling repeatedly to check in, as well as the pastor and Bernice both stopping by. A hellish day. He’d do anything to keep her from being miserable all night, even if it meant making his friends cooperate and walk with them to see silly displays.
Nex knew little about Christmas and had seen few Christmas movies. He struggled with things to say as they walked by decorations. Kat stopped at most of them but passed by a popular one.
“Do you not like—"Nex peered over the crowd to read the display’s title. “Rudolph?”
“I like Rudolph.” Kat stopped in front of a collection of illuminated penguins going down slides. “I don’t care for that adaptation of Rudolph.”
“Why not?” Lots of people took pictures of the reindeer she hadn’t stopped at. “It seems popular.”
Kat wrinkled her nose. “It’s sexist.”
“Sexist?”
“Yeah! It’s a classic, sure. I’m not going to lie and say I don’t love the misfit song, but it’s sexist. Rudolph goes missing, and the mom wants to help look for him, but the dad is like,” Kat changed her voice to a deeper tone, mimicking the dad in an over-the-top way, “no, this is man’s work!”
Nex snorted and shook his head.
