Page 20 of April's Fool
“Mori, I wanted to thank you for changing the management at the hotel, and for the pay raise. With you taking more time in this area, I just know the hotel will be much better for it.”
“Oh, uh.” It caught me off guard. I’d just reacted. Seeing others suffer unjustly was a tender area for me. I would always react upon seeing it. “You’re welcome, Barr.”
“Can I… could I give you a hug?”
This was more like the hellhounds I knew. Most of them were like overgrown puppies. I adored it. “Of course.”
I kept the hug short and friendly. His arousal was sweet and simmered under his skin. The energy was a welcome boost with a tangy flavor. We parted with a last squeeze. “Thank you, Barr. See you soon.”
The castle loomed in front of us, the wards still intact until Gregoris touched them, asking for entry. It wasthe equivalent of knocking on the door in the human realm. In just a matter of moments, Cody came rushing out of the front door and down the short hill to greet us. Toth walked at a slower pace behind him and reminded him to wait.
Despite the last minute nature of our invitation, we appeared to be welcome. I caught sight of Damon loitering at the doors, his lean frame leaned against the wall, looking for all the world like he was bored, not watching us carefully.
Toth lowered the wards and muttered a spell which would allow us to come and go freely, and even admit people ourselves. This was such a significant sign of trust that I couldn’t help but hug my taciturn son-in-law. He went tense in my arms before relaxing fractionally. I wasn’t about to push his boundaries, so I quickly broke away with a pat on his shoulder. Was he blushing?
As we entered the castle, I noticed it was in perfect condition. Yes, I’d told Mama a white lie to save her feelings. I knew the place had charmed Cody, he just needed more time before meeting his grandparents. The castle had all the modern amenities that Mama would like, with tasteful, though simple, furniture throughout. It was decorated as a man’s haven, which I guess it was. Toth had few friends aside from his employees, having believed that other demonkinwould reject him just as his family had, so his home was built around his comfort.
I would have to confess to Cody about my lies later, before my parents come to meet my sons. Son-in-law was such a clumsy term. Toth would just have to be my son, too. We needed to be on the same page. Cody would know how to get me out of this mess.
The group of us lingered in the hallway, making our greetings. Things were awkward. I could sense that Toth wasn’t all that pleased to have so many guests staying with them. They were so new! Barely had days together before real life intruded.
More than once, I felt Damon’s eyes on me. He’d given me a tentative handshake, that same prickle of energy going through me at his touch. Even when we parted, he was there. Awareness of him skated over my skin. A pull I couldn’t deny. He looked good, dressed in a suit that probably cost more than most made in half a year. It emphasized the lean lines of his body. The cut of the slacks framed his ass so well my mouth watered.
Cody frowned at us both, catching us looking. Gregoris glowered, but quickly pulled on a blank mask of indifference. “Perhaps we should see our rooms. It’s getting late.”
“I’ll start dinner,” Toth offered.
“Okay, quick tour and then I’ll show you where you’ll be sleeping.”
The castle was gorgeous. There were more than enough rooms for my parents to stay if their first visit with Cody went well. Clearly, someone had aired out and refreshed the rooms with magic before we arrived. They showed Gregoris his room first, which was closest to the stairwell leading downstairs. It had a Jack and Jill bathroom, so he had easy access to where I was sleeping. Unnecessary, but it would keep him from complaining about his fears for my safety. As if there weren’t four demons staying in the castle. Well, three point five, but with Cody’s added witch power, we definitely had four very powerful beings keeping us all safe.
“Your room is here, Dad,” Cody said with a sweet smile. I glanced through the doorway at the movement opposite my door. My son caught me watching Damon enter his room. “I don’t care what’s going on there,” he leaned in closer to say, “but you will not fuck my best friend in my home, do you understand?” Cody’s eyes promised fire and retribution if I went against his wishes.
“So I can fuck him? Just not here?” I asked for the necessary clarification.
Cody flicked a look over his shoulder where Damon was lurking in his doorway, close enough to hear if we talked clearly enough. I had no idea what his human senses were like, though I wasn’t entirely surethat Damon was fully human. “You’re both adults. As long as it’s consensual, I don’t care. I will say this, though,” Cody leaned in even closer to bite out the words. “Don’t make me choose between you if this goes wrong. You might not like what happens.”
Well, that was charming. Not that I blamed him.
Distraction
Damon
My smirk was wideas I retreated into my room, as Cody exited Mori’s.
“Did you hear that?” he demanded, his tone still chilly from his warning to his father. Damn, that had been hot to watch. Mori had been all careful submission. Those big black demonic eyes staring up at his son so guilelessly. Just my type.
“Permission to fuck your dad, just not here?” I teased, unable to help myself. “Oh, and that you’d pick me over him? That right, sweetness? I love you too, Boo.” I blew air kisses his way.
Cody huffed out a laugh and crossed my room to launch himself onto my bed. He claimed one of the extra pillows and hugged it to his chest. “Yeah, yeah. Just don’t mistreat him, okay? I kinda like him already. Is it weird I feel protective of him? I know he’s my dad—“
“Hey, you don’t need to explain yourself to me. I get it.” I got onto the bed beside him and leaned against the headboard. This bed was something else. A fourpost monstrosity, though I supposed with how big demons were, it was necessary. Toth even had chairs that would be comfortable with wings out. Not that he, Mori, Gregoris, or even Cody, kept their wings out. They just had a few of their demon features on show. Mostly the horns, eyes, and ears. They were the same kind of demon, all incubi, but sex and lust did not feed Toth as much as with other potent emotions like despair and fear.
Cody hadn’t gotten the build his dad had. He was still his slender self. Mori’s demon form was smoking hot, with wide shoulders, toned chest and stomach, probably from holding those wings, right? His legs were long and muscular and I wanted to crawl between those muscular thighs and squeeze them while I sucked his cock.
I wanted to see his tail again, and to run my fingers over it to see if it was as sensitive as the horns were. I’d noticed a rune-like shape on them I hadn’t noticed before, not that I’d had much of a chance to explore his horns, and wanted to know what it meant. The pinky-red skin thing was weirdly attractive, too. I wanted to see how the color changed and deepened over his body. I wondered what he would feel like under me and it turned out I might actually get a chance. Incubi were vers, right? Cody loved me, butI doubted he’d answer that question even if he knew the answer.
“Mori is your dad, and more than that, he really cares about you. He literally dropped everything to come here and stay with me while you have your business meeting.” I couldn’t quite believe that the shifters were coming here. It was a pretty big deal to have shifters be open to working with demons. No one worked with demons. In our world, they were used. I felt a flash of anger, followed by gratitude that Cody and Toth were now safe from that fate, thanks to Mori.
