“What happens if I don’t go through with it?” I ask him.
He tilts his head to the side. “I’ll let you guess.” His hand slides over and onto the front of my throat.
I swallow hard. Not just because I’m scared, but because this is the first time in five years a man has touched me, andsomething about the way his fingers press against my neck makes my knees weak.
Maybe there is more wrong with me than I realize.
Chapter Two
Mercurius POV
“What is your name?” I ask the woman as I take a step back from her. Standing in her kitchen is not where I expected to be tonight, but alas it’s where I am. Her blonde hair is a mess around her head, but it almost glows in the dimness. No…it definitely does. That’s not something that happens to a human.
She must be something from our world. But what? I am so caught up in the life of a demon that I can’t begin to guess.
“Felicity,” she replies as she takes a deep breath. I watch her as she moves forward. “What’s your name?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know,” I tease her, but then answer. “Mercurius. Call me anything but Merc.”
She tilts her head to the side. “Alright. Mercurius…” She repeats the name and looks to the side for a moment. “What do we do now?”
“Well, I’ll have to arrange a meeting with the woman that can help you, for now you’ll come home with me,” I tell her simply.
Her face flushes and her blood is hot, pooling in her cheeks and neck. It makes it smell even more delectable. I can’t help the saliva pooling in my mouth.
“Home with you…to do what?” she asks. I watch as her thighs squeeze together. Is it out of fear or something else?
Based on the scent of her arousal, I have to think it’s not fear. Not entirely.
I lick my lips. “Just to keep you while I set the meeting up,” I insist. “I won’t do anything you don’t want to me too, sweetness,” I reach a hand out toward her. “Now, take my hand. I don’t want you getting lost in here.”
“In where?” she asks.
I use my other hand to open up a portal to the side of us. With just a few hand gestures it glows a warm and blurry shade of gold in a circular pattern in the air a few feet ahead of us. Instead of her kitchen, the image inside of the portal is that of the board room of my family’s estate.
Felicity gasps. “I’ve seen this before!”
Before she can say anything else I step into the portal and pull her along with me.
For me it feels like absolutely nothing. Simply a warm light that disappears within a second or two. For Felicity, I imagine it feels like several minutes of pulsating light that surrounds her and pulls her forward regardless of whether she wants to go or not. Eventually, however, we’re both standing in front of the table of my family members who look at me with irritation.
“What is this Mercurius?” my brother Kane asks me.
I wave a hand. “This is the woman who summoned me on accident from our meeting,” I explain.
Felicity looks dizzy. She steadies herself and looks at the other demons in the room with wide eyes. “Where…am I? What is this?” she asks breathlessly. “What was that? Why did I dream about it?”
I look at her curiously. I’ll have to ask about her dreams later on. Perhaps it will help us discover who she is. Why her blood is so deliciously intoxicating just in smell alone.
“Ah, well, you’re needed in this meeting Mercurius. Take the girl elsewhere,” my uncle, Lucas insists. “She’s quite…distracting.”
I glare at him, feeling a sudden sense of possessiveness cast over me. Something I haven’t felt in quite some time.
“Of course,” I mumble. I grab Felicity by the hand and lead her out of the room into the hallway.
“I don’t understand what’s going on,” she says slowly. “Is this where I’m going to find help?”
“No,” I say with a sigh. “This is my family’s estate. We are…well, there’s no use in keeping it from you if I’m going to help you. We’re a crime family.”