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That should have worked unless the witch that had cursed him was tricky and woven something into her spell to make things worse for him if someone tried to break the curse. I’d lay odds that was what she had done. Breaking that kind of magic was tricky.
I’d just made things worse for Balthazar, and I felt horrible about it.
Chapter 32
Balthazar
I
came to in my bed to a distraught witch and an ice pack on my dick. It looked like I finally had Ripley alone. Man did my dick ever hurt. I groaned and sat up. I peeked under the ice pack, and my fucking cock was covered in oozing sores.
“A little something went wrong with the potion?” I asked.
“I’m so sorry!” Ripley said, flying to the side of my bed. “That witch must have been pissed. She wove a protection into her curse that made it worse when I tried to remove it. I just need to figure out what she did to get it off. Reyson made your erection go down. It may have been stuck that way.”
I just chuckled and pulled myself into a sitting position. I tucked one of her black curls behind her ear.
“I want him making my cock go up, not down. He’s a little clueless.”
She smiled at me, and I swear her entire face just lit up when she did that. Note to self—make her smile more. I felt all warm and gooey when she smiled at me.
“Oh, he’s aware. He’s sure it’s going to happen too. He can kind of see the future. I think he wants me to do this so we can get to know each other better. He’s playing Cupid.”
I felt my eyebrow raise up to my forehead. I had my kinky god fantasies and I flirted, but I didn’t think it was actually possible. I wasn’t flirting with Ripley at all, no matter how much I wanted to because Reyson had all but licked her to claim her. He could be a little more obvious if he wanted us to hook up.
“How do you feel about that? How do you feel about all of this?”
That was my first question. Ripley had so much shit tossed in her lap. How was she doing? I’d be losing my shit. She bit her lip and stared at me. Gods, she looked so adorable when she did that.
“You’re asking how I am when I just made your cock curse even worse?”
Was that what was bothering her? Reyson took away the raging erection I got when she touched me. I didn’t know if it would hurt if she went for my dick again, and I popped one, but I was fine for now. I just winked at her.
“Did you take a peek when you were touching it?”
She started laughing. It was such a lovely sound. I needed to make her laugh more.
“It was quite impressive. Howareyou anyway?”
I just shrugged. Why was she worried about me with everything going on? I was much more worried about her.
“Me and my cock are just fine. I’ll answer you if you answer me. I’m just fine. How are you?”
“This is all just weird. I think everyone is giving us time alone for different reasons. Reyson wants us in bed, Felix is doing what Reyson wants, and Gabriel is hoping I cure you.”
“So, the god can see the future, and he sees us together?”
Interesting. He said nothing to me. Nor to her, apparently.
“He’s never quite so obvious when he talks about what he sees. He sees possibilities since things change based on decisions. The only thing he’s quite clear on is that we will eventually get married,” she said, rolling her eyes.
I shrugged. Maybe she didn’t see it like I did.
“I’ve been hitting on him, but I didn’t really think anything would come of it. I can see he’s into you. He’s trying hard, Ripley. That breakfast this morning was all to impress you. Everything he does is to impress you, including sticking around to fix this. He could be off in paradise sipping mojitos with the other gods.”
“Yeah, I guess; but he hardly knows me.”
“Because you won’t let him. He’s trying, darlin’. I think we all are.”
