Page 25 of Monster's Obsession
A moment later, something rubbed against my wing, which was currently flattened against the back of my blazer, and then my hair was brushed off my shoulder.
“Hello, Asmoday,” Selina purred.
She slithered sideways into the nonexistent space between me and the winter faery, forcing him to scowl and inch over enough for her to sit. She shivered—probably from touching the cool fae—and shifted so close to me, she might as well be in my lap.
Daruka glared at us from across the table.
Selina wrapped an arm around my neck, causing the front of her blouse, which was missing a few buttons, to gape, exposing a good portion of her breasts.
I tried to focus on eating and pretending she wasn’t here. The winter faery finally got tired of us invading his space and left. Selina didn’t inch away now that she had ample room to do so.
Great.
“Oh,” Selina said, placing her other hand in my lap. “I didn’t see you over there.” She gave Daruka a toothy smile.
I plucked her hand off my junk and dropped it into her own lap.
“Maybe you should get your eyes checked,” Krishna quipped in a ridiculously misplaced attempt to be brave.
I closed my eyes and shook my head. When I blinked them open, Daruka was glaring at Selina, challenging the other woman to respond to Krishna’s silly comment.
I nudged her under the table. It was not a good idea to bait the descendant of the academy founders. She delivered a sharp kick to my shin.
“Ow,” I complained, leaning forward to rub at the injury.
Selina dropped her hand into my lap again. Lilith be damned.
I grabbed it and slapped it onto the tabletop.
Daruka nodded at the appendage. “The message he’s trying to send is pretty clear.”
“What message is that?” Selina asked, sugar sweet.
“Keep your hands to yourself. It’s obvious he’s not interested.”
Selina gave me the side-eye. “Oh, trust me, he’s interested.” She tucked a lock of my hair behind my ear, which twitched in response. Not that I was still remotely attracted to Selina, but my ears were a serious erogenous zone. And that wasn’t even the lust demon in me. That was all elf.
Unfortunately, Daruka noticed.
Her eyes narrowed.
“This is the game we play,” Selina said in that same overly gooey tone. “Isn’t it, Asmoday?”
She leaned toward me and licked my ear.
Damn it.
Daruka’s eyes widened.
Krishna, in a moment of sharp observation that was entirely out of character, said, “Whoa. Did you hook up with Selina?”
Son of a…
Daruka abruptly stood and charged out of the dining hall. I’d have taken a moment to appreciate that she even had a reaction to that question, except I had no freaking clue how to recover from this.
Shoving Selina away, I bounced up and followed Daruka.
“Hey, don’t leave me here alone,” Krishna called out. His trainers slapped against the stone floor as he hurried after me.