Page 113 of Legion
Her demon snickered, amused.“If you want a mate who’ll turn to you for every little thing ...”
“I want you.Only you.”He nuzzled her face, his hand gliding down to rest on her ass.“I accept that this is who you are, but I reserve the right to complain when I don’t get my way in everything.”
“That sounds reasonable.”
“Does it?”
“Uh, no, but whatever.”
“And justwhydoes that legion have his hands all over you?”demanded a new voice.
Naomi froze.Ah, hell.She very slowly turned her head.Lou stood a few feet away in a scruffy tee and faded jeans, a joint between his fingers, his angry gaze bouncing from her to Luka.
Turning to face him fully, she forced a smile.“Hello, Dad.”
He stiffened.“What ...”
“Luka knows you’re my father.I had to tell him.”
Lou’s face scrunched up.“Why?”
“We claimed each other.”
His eyes fairly bugged out of his head.“Claimed?Youclaimedeach other?”
“Yes.”
“When?”he demanded, a near-hysterical note to his voice that tickled her entity.
“Like ...six days ago.”
His expression firmed.“So the same day clerics blew up your car—something you failed to mention.I had to find out from someone else, which is what I came here to whine at you about.Something I would have enjoyed.But this” —he flicked a finger from her to Luka —“I’m not so jolly about.”He peered down at his joint.“I’m hallucinating.That’s what it is.Maybe Jester dosed the weed with LSD.Sounds like something he’d do.”
Pausing, Lou inhaled deeply and then closed his eyes.“This isn’t real.My baby girl is not mated.She’s not.It’s an illusion within an illusion.When I open my eyes, the legion will be gone.Like magick.”He opened his eyes, his shoulders slumped, and he looked back at the joint.“The LSD is strong in this one.”
Oh Lord.“You’re not hallucinating.This situation is very much real.I claimed Luka.He claimed me.We’re mates.”
Lou’s joint abruptly disappeared in a ball of ultraviolet flames.His brows squishing together, he dropped his hand to his side.“How can you be mated?I didn’t even know you were dating anyone.”
“You didn’t ask.”
“And if I had?”
“I ...I would have told you.”
He shot her an indignant look.“You think you’re going to get a lie pastme, the ultimate connoisseur of deception?Really?And why would you datehim, of all people?”
Naomi felt her brows snap together in affront.“What’s wrong with him?”
“Uh,everything,” Lou drawled.“His reputation is widely known.He’s cold-blooded.Vindictive.Lethal.Volatile.He hasthree inner entities—even for me that’s fucking weird.”
She folded her arms.“And if he had only one entity and was none of those things you listed, you’d be fine with this?”
“No.”
“So, basically, you wouldn’t like him no matter what?”
“Basically.”
