Page 34 of Death Warden
“Excuse me?” She stared at me in genuine shock.
“What? Are you deaf now or something?”
She looked to Logan, waiting for him to defend her.
Logan’s face was turned away from her, but I saw him stifle a smile before clearing his throat and looking her way.
“You should go, Chrissy. It’s getting late.”
“What? Seriously, you’re going to let her talk to me that way? I’m your fiancée, for fucksake.”
“Not by choice,” Curo said smoothly.
She snapped her mouth closed and lifted her chin. “Daddy will be hearing about this.” She spun on her heel and clipped away.
Logan sighed and closed his eyes. “I’m going to have to buy flowers now.”
“Nah,” Curo drawled. “She just wants you to fuck her. Do that and she’ll be eating out of your hand, desperate to please you for another taste of your cock.”
Logan ducked his head, cheeks flushing. “Curo, we have a lady in the room.”
Curo smirked, his eerie gaze settling on me. “Do we?”
I smirked right back. “You’ll never know either way.”
Curo licked his bottom lip and my stomach flipped. I dropped my gaze to Logan. “Should I be doing anything?”
Logan shook his head. “He’ll wake when he’s ready to. I’ll do a little research on cat-sith.”
“Thank you.”
“Try and get some sleep.” He smiled kindly.
“A huge male has her bed,” Curo pointed out.
It wasn’t some random male, it was Finley. “It’s fine. The bed’s big enough and this is Finley. He’s slept on my bed for as long as I can remember.”
Curo looked like he was about to say something more, but he bit off his words and shrugged. “Whatever, I’ve got work to do.” He strolled out of the room, leaving me with Logan.
He sat with his head bowed, defeated almost.
Crap, I felt bad he had to cut his night short. “I’m sorry I interrupted your date.”
He exhaled on a laugh. “You did me a favor.”
Okay… “You don’t like your fiancée?” I mean I had picked up a vibe, but…
He gave me a weary look. “It’s not exactly a love match. It’s politics.”
“You can’t say no?”
He chuckled again. “I could, but there’s no real reason to. Not all of us find our fated mates.”
I’d heard of this phenomenon amongst shifters. Seemed it applied to hellhounds too. “But what happens if your fated mate comes alongafteryou mate with Chrissy?”
His gaze went dreamy. “Then I’ll break my bond to Chrissy. The same if she comes across her fated mate.”
“So your mating to Chrissy might not last.”
