Page 84 of What The Hex (The Family Spells)
Hex started to stand up from the sofa, and I put a palm on his chest.
“I get a vote, too, remember?” I asked dryly with a roll of my eyes. I was, however, also hiding a smile. “Alpha male fuckheads.” I pointed over at Argent and Caine. “Be nice. Didn’t Spec just teach that lesson to Hex over here?”
“I woulda been nice, but the dumbass chose to fuck you, impregnate you, and then take off. You cried, remember?” Caine’s mouth turned down in a frown, and he leaned forward as Hex glanced over at me, his face darkening as he wet his lips. Gee, Caine, thanks a lot for making me look completely pathetic in front of the new guy. “You ever pull something like that again, Hex Sorciere, and I will kill you. Demon fuckface.”
“I panicked; I’m sorry.” Not what I expected to hear from Hex Sorciere. I was pleasantly surprised by it. He glanced over at me, and I was suddenly afraid because it sure looked like something else was about to come out of his pretty mouth. “Not that you were nice to me before,” he mumbled after that, and Caine raised both brows at him.
“Ah, maybe not, but now we got a justifiable reason to treat you like the piece of demon crap that you are.”
“Guess you’ll have even more reason to do that after I admit this,” Hex said, the words coming out in a rush. I went still, the sound of the house creaking around us as it, seemingly, leaned in to listen to whatever secret this guy was about to reveal.
“You … you slept with Violet after I cured you, didn’t you?” I whispered, feeling like my heart was about to shatter. The way Hex’s face looked, it was the only possible conclusion I could come to.
“What?” Hex began, blinking back at me, but also with a hint of guilt creeping into his gaze. “No! No, no, no. Definitely not.” He ran his inked fingers through his hair and stared down at my red dress and its obscene retreat up my thighs; my panties were showing. “But I did, uh, kiss her.” He held up a hand as I raised my brows. “Just before the wedding, on order from my grandmother.” Hex shrugged as I sat very still, hoping that was the first and last of his confessions. I didn’t care about that; as a summoned demon, he wouldn’t have physically been able to fight the order. “Worse though is that I did go to Violet’s apartment the night we had sex.”
“If I were you, I’d talk more quickly,” Spectre warned him as I found myself scooting off of Hex’s lap onto the cushion beside him. I turned his way and waited. He looked away, toward the floor instead of my face.
“I’m not quite certain why I went over there. To see if … I could or would have sex with her? I’m not sure.” He forced his gaze back to me.
“My master isn’t particularly intelligent, never has been,” a dry voice remarked just before Connard trotted into the living room and sat down by Hex’s feet. “I warned him against the stunt.” The cat looked up at me with half-lidded orange eyes, looking very full of himself. Maybe he caught a rat? Maybe he was enjoying shaming his master? Or maybe he was simply a cat? Don’t they always look full of themselves anyway? “He was clearly already in love with you, but admitting that to himself wasn’t easy, thick-skulled as he is. With all of that extra bone, it takes time for thoughts to permeate.”
“Connard,” Hex ground out, but the cat ignored him and lifted up a paw, giving it a single lick before meeting Hex’s gaze dead-on.
“He was in love with you and so pathetically terrified; he took off for Violet’s apartment to prove to himself two things. First, he wanted to know that the erectile dysfunction spell had never really been a spell at all. Second, he wanted to make sure that he wouldn’t have sex with Violet Enfer—even if he could. I’m happy to report that he passed with flying colors.”
“You are about to see flying colors because I’mma chuck your ass right out the door onto the street,” Hex threatened, but he didn’t move from his spot on the couch, swinging his gaze back to me.
I didn’t know what to think, so I turned away from him.
“You want to Violet Enfer’s house the night you slept with Grace?” Argent repeated, his voice stone-cold. “Oh, demon, you have not stepped forward with your best foot, now have you?”
“I thought it’d be better to start this thing with complete honesty. I’ve never had sex with Violet, by the way. Not once. So there is that.” Hex didn’t reach out for me when I stood up. I offered him a soft smile.
