I was lost in my thoughts and trying to pick up on obvious lies when Eros stiffened and tried to speak up.
“Correct me if I’m wrong, sister, but I do believe that is a relative of one of the realm rulers. She is known to sneak around and explore the boundaries of this realm and others.”
“Correct,” Oros agreed, giving no indication that she was alarmed about the topic at hand. Her body stayed relaxed and her expression didn’t change. “She’s harmless. We can let her go with a warning.”
There were a few murmurs among the group, but no one spoke up until the king stared straight at his children.
“It doesn’t seem veryharmlessto cross into my home without being invited. If she can do it, who’s to say an assassin won’t?”
“We need to make an example of her,” one of the other court demons said.
“Exactly,” the king all but purred.
“Yien will not be happy about this,” Oros reasoned.
“The last realm ruler I would want to piss off is the one who guards the souls,” Eros added.
“Then she should take better care of her wards,” the king said before motioning for another court member to speak up, changing the topic completely and shutting down all the twins’ arguments.
Obviously, they weren’t happy about it, but I couldn’t really pinpoint why or why the demon that they were talking about mattered anyway.
The one who guards the souls? What the hell does that mean?
The court proceedings continued into the same boring spiel, and the twins went back to their previous positions, chiming in when necessary, but, for the most part, staying silent.
I sorely wished I knew what the hell they were talking about. I could sense some lies here and there, but nothing very strong, and every time I did, I made sure to tap Eros on the hand lightly. Soon, even that became hard to keep up, and my mind wandered to dangerous territory.
Their claws on my skin.
I shouldn’t have liked it. Hell, I should have been appalled, or at least a bit scared… but I was none of that. Instead, I wanted more.
I wish I could pinpoint which fucked-up part of my life made me crave the demons’ attention.
Maybe it was my absent parents. Maybe it was how they pushed me away when I told them about my powers. Or how being able to tell that my father was lying about his affair broke up my family and caused them to ignore me for the rest of my life. Caused them to pretend I didn’t exist.
It could be, but it wasn’t.
It was the attention.
I was flourishing under it. It made me have all those warm and fuzzy feelings I only ever dreamed about.
Oros… The dichotomy between her and her sister was just too intriguing. Her coldness toward me only made me want her more. And I wanted Eros to watch.
I wanted them both. Even if just to try them out for the short time I was here.
A bit of fun in my ever so dull life.
Not once did I think getting kidnapped by demons was possible, but I might as well live it up while I had the chance.
Oros’s hand slipped around my waist. It was warm and just enough of a surprise that I jumped slightly just as her warm laugh filled my ears.
Eros’s hand moved upward.
Shit.
Both were obviously far more aware of my reaction to them than I wanted. How?Can they smell it on me or something?
Maybe they were finally getting bored enough to do something about it here, in the middle of court.
