11
EVE
There wasn’t much for me to do when court wasn’t in session.
Every single day I would go with the twins and attend their proceedings. I had caught many lies, but apparently none very important.
Or at least, if they were, the twins didn’t tell me.
It was the same thing, day in, day out, and I was bored.
I was even more bored because neither Eros nor Oros had tried anything. It had been a bold move on my part—especially since they were demons—and I guess I’d been expecting… something to happen?
And then I remembered the look on Oros’s face and the black veins, and a chill ran through me. Excitement? Yes. Fear? Also yes.
Today, there was no court session. It was some rare day that the twins told me they were taking off because of the multi-day hunting trip.
Apparently, the entire court was forced to go on some type of yearly hunting thing, which they had been banned from attending in the last four years due tomisbehavingthe last time.
They didn’t say what they’d done, but their secretive smiles told me it must have been enough to wreak havoc on the entire court.
And it made me wonder what they considered misbehavior…
So I did what any other sensible human would do if they were in a palace full of demons.
I explored until I came across the library.
I walked up and down the aisles, my fingers brushing across the books covered in a material I couldn’t quite make out. Something leathery.
I spent hours in there trying to find a book in English. When I finally found one, I sat down on one of the comfortable lounge chairs, only to be interrupted by the lights going out.
Shit.
My gasp was caught in my throat. I froze and tried not to make a sound. I wasn’t normally afraid of the dark, but the suddenness of it and the threat of a possibly hungry demon hiding in the shadows got to me.
They feast on our flesh.
My mind was running wildwith images of a demon sinking their fangs into me, so I took a deep breath, remembering something one of the demons in the auction house had said about smelling fear.
But I couldn’t help the jolt that ran through me when I heard a shuffle of feet to my left.
As soon as I saw them, all fear left me, though. Eros and Oros came around the corner, each of them holding a candle in their clawed hands.
Memories of Oros in my room, her lips on mine, the taste of her, played in my mind, and when her gaze met mine, I could tell it was the first thing she thought as well.
My body became warm, and my panties uncomfortably damp.
Did she share what happened with Eros?
Were they finally here to take me up on my offer?
I was a bit discouraged when Oros pushed me away, but I knew it was more than them sharing their pets. I knew she’d been struggling with something. Maybe even struggling not to… eat me?
I should’ve been scared. I should have run. I definitely shouldnothave offered myself to them. But I couldn’t help it. I almost pitied Oros. I could tell that she wanted me, but she wouldn’t dare move forward without her twin there, maybe to act as some sort of protective barrier between us.
Fine by me.
But now, in the dark,I was getting… nervous.
