Page 66 of The Slayer Seduction

“This means you two will need to come to an agreement, share time in the body, and work together. It’s all pointless unless we can figure this out, anyway.”

The Slayer is too quick as he reaches forward across the table, cupping my face.

“Nothing will take you away from me. No one will harm you. We should go back to your shop, where your wards are in place, while we strategize.”

I give him a quick nod, leaning into his touch. Why does it feel so good? His thumb rubs small circles on my skin.

I’m still not sure how I feel about the Slayer’s impulses, or what we have to do, but this tug in my chest toward him is something undeniable. Never in my life have I been this attracted to a man, or drawn to one.

Fate has brought us together. Even if I tried to avoid it, there’s no stopping it now.

Chapter 31

The Slayer

Scarlett was right—again. I give Adam a little time with the body and Iris let me hold her at night and cup her cheek.

Progress with my mate is going tremendously, but of course, there are three very strong vampire slayers out there trying to rip us a part.

It seems like their bloodlines have wised up over the years, no longer treating this like a curse and more of an advantage.

These slayers have spent far more cycles in the mortal lands than me. They understand this place better, and have spent more time killing than I have. It doesn’t matter if they are better than me, I’ll just have to outwit them. I have my witch and her familiar, and regretfully, I also have Adam.

“Seriously, dude?” he snipes.

“Yes, seriously. Do you know how annoying it is to have someone in your head all the time?”

“You’re fucking kidding me, right?”

I belt out a laugh, and Iris looks over at me with a raised eyebrow. She used magic to make a bunch of Adam’s things small and put them in a backpack. We rode his motorcycle home and I’ve got to say, I actually like the device. It seems much easier to use than a car.

“Adam and I are just getting more comfortable with one another,” I say and Iris shakes her head.

Scarlett scampers over to me, rubbing her head on my leg, and I pick her up, placing her on my lap and petting her soft fur, before placing a kiss on the top of her head.

“You’re a genius,” I whisper to her.

“Tell me something I don’t know,” she replies and Iris doesn’t even seem to notice.

She’s staring down at the spell book, even though she can’t read any of it.

Just seeing the book makes me shiver, knowing the pain it would cause if I touched it.

“What’s she doing?” I ask Scarlett. Iris doesn’t like to be bothered when she’s doing important magical things.

“She’s trying to figure out its magical signature. If all the books were created by the same witch, that might be a way to locate them.”

“She’s brilliant.”

“Ugh. This fucking book,” Iris exclaims, getting up out of her chair and starting to pace. “I need more witches to help me crack this.”

Iris pauses her pacing and looks at me. “You’ll need to be on your best behavior.”

I point to myself. “Me?”

“Yes. Either you need to let Adam take over or you need to promise to be polite as you possibly can when I have Violet and Ember over.”

I crinkle my nose. Sure, I saved the witch from being bled dry, but I still don’t like the fact she keeps the company of vampires.