Page 109 of Beauty At Stake
“Is he all right?” Sever called over the heads of Demons.
“Fuck off, motherfucker!” Nassar growled at him.
“Just tell me if he's all right!”
I ignored Sever. I was too mad. Too upset.
Then Star gasped in a breath and everyone breathed with him.
“Star?” I squeezed his hand.
He squeezed me back. “You've given your husband a gift, haven't you, Your Majesty?”
“Thank goodness,” Sever murmured.
“Don't make me punch you,” Nassar said.
“Seren?” Sever called.
I ignored him. “You okay?”
“Yes.”
Leo sat up, licking his lips, and his head kept its backward momentum until it arched in bliss. “Oh, fuck. That's the best thing I've ever tasted.”
I glanced at Leo as Sal helped him to another chair, thanking him as she did. Then I focused back on Star. His neck was fully healed.
“Seren!” Star hissed.
I followed his stare to my hands. They hadn't healed either. I held my hands out in amazement.
“What the fuck are you trying to do—reenact the crucifixion? Snap out of it!” Sal grabbed my wrist. “Leo!”
“Coming!” Leo swayed.
“You've had enough!” Vanessa pushed Leo back in his chair. “I'll take care of the Ambassador.” Vanessa knelt beside me. “With your permission, Ambassador Seren.”
I stared from my hands to her.
“Do it!” Star growled. “She's in shock.”
I nodded and lifted my hands.
Vanessa bent her head and licked my wounds. After the first lick, she started to moan. Then she grabbed my wrists and buried her face in my palms.
“Whoa,” Sal whispered.
“Enough!” Star grabbed Vanessa's shoulder.
Vanessa kept licking.
“I said—”
“Leave her be,” I interrupted. “She's not hurting me, and my blood is of no use to me now. She can have it.”
Star lifted his brows.
Vanessa started making sounds that shouldn't be made in public.
