Page 24 of Witch's Dawn
Sal shook a generous helping of salt into the space above his right collarbone, jutting his shoulder forward so the salt could have a place tosit.
Meeting his emerald gaze and refusing to back down, I leaned forward and swiped my tongue along the coating of salt. His skin tasted warm and he let out the softest of sighs as I lickedhim.
Next, I turned to Raum who held the shot of tequila. He simply held the glass in his hand and cupped the nape of my neck, prompting me to lean my head back. I did as he instructed and he poured the alcohol over my salt-coated tongue, gently brushing my lips with his fingers as hedid.
I swallowed the burning liquid and searched for my reprieve, thelime.
Which Ash held between histeeth.
I leaned forward, eager for the chaser to quell the burning in my throat while my body hummed with desire for him, for all three ofthem.
My lips just barely brushed his as I took the lime wedge in my teeth. He released it gently as I bit into the sour flesh and sucked the bitter, acidicjuice.
"Well now," I said as I placed the chewed-up lime wedge on the bar. "You can't say I'm a sore loser afterthat."
14
DEJA
The sex dreamsI had that night were much naughtier than the nightbefore.
I was still bathed in complete darkness, unable to see a thing, but I felt the heat of bare skin, heard low moans, and felt sensations inside of me and across every inch of my body as if it was reallyhappening.
One mouth kissed me with need and passion while another grazed the sensitive peaks of my nipples with its teeth. And one more mouth devoured my vulva like it was its lastmeal.
My hands searched the darkness and grabbed hard arms and shoulders. My fingers skimmed across chests and torsos like hot, rigid brick walls. As I bucked and cried out against the mysterious mouth between my legs, my hands reached down and grabbed a handful of thickhair.
But no amount of blinking, moving, or screaming procured any light, not even a sliver of detail of whoever these lovers were. They might as well had beeninvisible.
I woke up gasping, covered in a sheen of sweat, and my pulsejackhammering.
"Urgh," I moaned in frustration, flopping back down on the bed as I gripped the sheets in my fists. At least I didn't fall out of bed thistime.
I said goodbye to the three demons last night not long after taking my loser shot. Every touch between each of them had been so uniquely intimate and sexy. They all looked at me with such hunger, I could taste the tension in the air. It was suffocating and empowering at the same time, not to mention amplified by all the magic in theair.
Part of me didn't want to but I had to leave. I needed to regroup and get some Magic 101 lessons from Diana before going off like an unsupervised toddleragain.
I swung my feet to the floor, took a deep breath and closed my eyes to think of her again. Within seconds, warmth and nostalgia wrapped around me like a comforting hug. It was becoming increasingly easier to think of her as my family, rather than a stranger I just met. My pent-up sexual frustration subsided and I started the day with a smile on myface.
I wondered if she knew when I reached out for her magic signature. It was the only form of contact I had with her since she didn't leave a number or say when she'd beback.
When she arrived at the shop a few minutes before closing, her bright eyes and cheeky smile told meenough.
"You rang for me, dear?" she said with a wink as she approachedme.
"Hi grandma," I answered, rounding the counter and greeting her with a hug. She seemed a bit taken aback by my affection but wrapped around me tightly,beaming.
"Grandma?" Nona poked her head out from behind the curtain leading to the back of the shop. "I didn't know you had family in town,Deja!"
"Neither did I until recently," I said. I made introductions and offered my grandmother sometea.
"I would love some chamomile if you have it, dear," she said, settling into an armchair by thewindow.
"Chamomile tea? Why would this shop have anything like that?" I winked. "Coming rightup."
While I prepared Diana's brew, Nona and I finished the rest of the closing duties before we high-fived over another successful day and she punchedout.
"Nice to meet you," she said to Diana as she rolled her fixed-gear bicycle to the front door. "We'll have to do a proper teasometimes."
