Poison's Kiss (Deadly Beauties 2)

A wide smile spreads over his face as he looks me up and down like an unwrapped present he's ready to tear open. I keep myself safely tucked behind the magical barrier.

"Can I help you?" I prompt to the drooling fool.

"Yes you can. I'll take all the help you can give me," he murmurs, sex oozing from his lips.

"Dice," Dray says in an irritated huff. "Drackus said you'd be here tomorrow."

Dice?

The new deadly beauty keeps his eyes on me as he responds. "I decided to come early. Best decision I've made in a while."

Rolling my eyes, I wave my hand. "Fine. Dice can come in," I say to open the barrier to him.

He steps in, his greedy eyes still appraising me, and I cross my arms over my chest to show my obvious distaste for his gawking.

"You guys have it made out here. I'm glad I got invited to the party."

"Who is he?" Kane asks, not seeming thrilled with our new arrival as he comes to stand at my side. That makes two of us.

Dray answers, seeming equally unimpressed. "This is Dice Michaels. He's here to help us out, give us an extra set of hands, and some extra skills as well. His abilities could come in handy later, should we find a good lead."

I take him in, trying to study his aura, but he has his magic very well shielded. Just as all fey do.

"What are you?" I ask, growing more wary of the dark stranger with each pa

ssing second.

Then I feel it. His magic seeps out, sweeps through me, and intoxicates me. I've felt this before, but not to this extent. It's targeting me, drawing me in, and almost suffocating me with lust.

Before I know what I'm doing, I've jerked Kane to me, my lips attacking his, and he grips me tightly as he drinks me in. My tongue dances with his as he lifts me up, but then he suddenly releases me when Dice lets out a disgruntled remark.

"What the hell? That wasn't supposed to push her to you."

"Incubus," Kane murmurs with such agitation as he shakily releases me. "Put that shit away before I do it for you."

He clings to me lightly as I sway before him, drunk on a high I can't seem to come down from. He restrains me when I try to go back for more, desperate to feel him. As quickly as the lusty sensation came, it leaves me. A chill follows the immediate abandonment, and I shiver against the internal draft.

I turn to glare at the incubus who seems to be studying me a little differently now.

"Use your magic on me again, and I'll use mine on you. I can assure you it won't be something you enjoy either."

Dray swats away my threat as if it's unnecessary.

"Dice is harmless, Alyssa. Besides, if he does anything too extreme, I'm sure Drackus has threatened much worse."

Dice tilts his head, a wry smirk cocking up.

"That's why I came early. I was eager to see Drackus's new concubine."

I charge at him, ready to strangle the air out of his lungs, but Kane catches me midair, restraining me.

"You can't touch an incubus when you're pissed. Not while you're still mortal. Your energy provokes their defensive mechanisms, and believe me you don't want to go there," Dray warns.

"Right now, I'd risk it."

Dray laughs, covering his mouth as I try my best to slip out of Kane's locked-on grip. The smug smirk on Dice's face only fuels my anger.

Kane grumbles, agreeing with Dray when he says, "He's right, Alyssa. Touching him would either lead you to a lust-driven death, or-"