Page 34 of The Demigod Complex
“Like what?”
She toyed with the hair at the nape of his neck. “Like…can demigods really go all night long?”
She sent out a pulse of wicked pleasure and grinned as the result became obvious against her hip.
Dimples flashed as he grinned back. He was doing that more and more. Smiling.
“Let’s find out, shall we?” he asked.
Leia squealed as he spun fast, showing a small hint of the extra strength and speed demigods often inherited.
Chapter Twelve
She needed to recharge her system.
With that sole need in mind, she tossed back the covers and tried to stand up, only to be stopped by an arm curling around her waist and dragging her back into bed.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Castor nuzzled her neck.
She laughed. “You’re insatiable, and I need a shower.”
He didn’t let her up. “I wasn’t the only insatiable one.”
She giggled, then sobered, teasingly serious. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
He grunted his amusement as she peeled his arm from her. Not bothering to cover up, she padded across the room naked.
“I could get used to that sight in the mornings.”
She didn’t respond to his mumbled comment, pretending not to hear. Reality wasn’t something she was ready to face yet, and those words came under the heading oflater.
Once she was in the bathroom, she decided a shower wasn’t going to cut it. She needed water immersion. With a flick, she turned the knobs for the oversize spa. Once the tub was filled, she lowered herself in and leaned back, closing her eyes with a sigh, and letting the magical properties of the water seep into her skin. In an instant she was transported in her mind. Rather than bathwater, the pristine water of a warm spring surrounded her, the air fresh and clean.
“What have you done?”
The whispered words were barely audible. Leia sat up with a jerk, sloshing the water over the side of the tub. “Calliadne?”
But her sister wasn’t anywhere to be seen.
Must be more tired than I thought.She lay back in the water.
“What have you done to us, Leia?”
Her eyes flashed open. This time the voice was unmistakable. Calli was trying to talk to her.
Leia sank beneath the water and waited. “I’m here, sister.”
A shimmering version of Calli’s face swam before her eyes, iridescent and rippling with the water. “You’ve brought destruction on your own people.”
Leia shook her head. “I knew what I did last night wouldn’t make you happy, but I did it for the right reasons.”
“Your actions have brought death upon us.”
Leia gripped the sides of the tub hard. She hadn’t hurt anyone last night. Stirred them up and pissed them off, sure. “What are you talking about?”
“Kaios. When you first lost your spring, he warned us to stay away. Now he’s brought a warlock.”
Why? Why attack the nymphs? “But you had no part in it. I made you react to me.” Calli’s image wavered and faded. Seconds later, pain exploded through Leia, like a shard of ice being stabbed into her brain and down her spine. She curled in on herself and screamed in agony, the sound gurgling out into the water still clear as day to her nymph’s ears. She knew this pain. It could mean only one thing. One of her brethren was dead.
