Immortals After Dark 06 - Dark Desires After Dusk

said, “Try not to break the law again before I get back,” then shut the door.
    When she heard him exiting from his front door, she realized he was going to act as if he were merely a neighbor. Clever demon…
    But what if something went wrong? What if they still demanded to see the room? She surveyed the debris in abject fear.
    How can I get rid of the evidence?
    Hitting on an idea, she began dismantling the remains of the table, breaking off legs and stuffing the pieces under the bed. Broken lamps and sliced pillows joined the collection.
    Thirty nerve-shattering minutes passed before Cadeon returned. “What happened? Tell me!”
    “Everything’s taken care of.”
    She frowned. “You smell like beer.”
    He rolled his eyes. “Oh, yeah, Holly, like me and the cop were downing a beer together.”

    Of course, he and the cop had completely been downing a beer together.
    They’d sat in a booth in the motel’s lounge as Cade spun tales that the man didn’t hear because he was too busy staring at the stack of cash Cade offered him. The small town cop seemed an honest enough guy, but he had five kids and Christmas was coming. What was he supposed to do?
    “No one’s going to want to come in?” Holly asked.
    He shook his head. “Not unless you start back up again. The room looks great, by the way.” It was cleaner than when they’d first come—except now it had less furniture. “So, I did my part, Holls. Looks like it’s showtime.”
    “I can’t believe you are going to make me watch something I’m opposed to.”
    “You put it down, but you’ve never viewed it? The bra-burner’s a tad hypocritical, no?”
    “Though I’ve not yet tried drinking acid, I still put it down. And don’t call me a bra-burner! There’s no need to make fun of my feminism.”
    “First of all, I’m not making fun—I’m poking fun. And second of all, I’m doing it to your face.”
    “What does that mean?”
    “If we bandy the subject, at least you know where I stand and you get a chance to persuade me to your way of thinking. Can you say the same about the other men in your life? The yes men ?”
    She narrowed her eyes. “Meaning Tim.”
    “He’s not as perfect as you like to think.” Naturally, Cade despised him with a deep and virulent hatred. But Cade had also gotten the feeling that Tim wasn’t the lapdog he appeared to be.
    “No, maybe he’s not perfect,” she said. “But I bet he doesn’t consider women to be tarts, who should be in a man’s bed twenty-four hours a day.”
    “I was jesting about that. Mainly. Almost totally.”
    She glared.
    “For the record, male Lorekind have higher opinions of females than human males do. The playing field’s more equal in our world.”
    “Ha! I find it hard to believe that men who’ve lived for centuries—and might even be medieval —believe in equality more than a human male raised in the Madonna era.”
    “The Lore is home of the Valkyrie, Furiae, Witches, and Sirenae. You underestimate females, and you find your balls nailed to the wall.”
    As she digested that information, he said, “You’re not going to distract me from this. We had a deal.”
    “Made under duress. Did you ever think that I might be morally opposed to watching pornography?”
    He snorted. “You’re not the good girl you used to be. You get drunk and carouse with demons, sitting on their laps and giving them horn jobs in front of an audience. You went rock star on this poor mom-and-pop motel room. And just last night, you got me to show you my goods, though I was vulnerable and weak from a bullet wound.” He shook his head sadly. “Face it, Holly, you’re a bad girl .”
    Her lips parted. Though his version of events was utterly skewed, the fact remained that all that had taken place to some degree.
    He patted the bed so arrogantly. “I believe we had a date. Come on, this is just porn lite. If it costs six-ninety-nine, it’s lite. Ah, the things I could teach you, halfling.”
    She gritted her teeth and sat on the bed as far away from him as possible. With her hands in her lap, she said, “Fine. I owe you one scene….”
    It started innocently enough. An attractive couple began undressing each other while kissing. I can handle this.
    But her face flamed when they were naked and stroking each other between the legs. Her brows drew together at how hard they touched. Surely that would have to be painful….
    By the time the man entered the woman, Holly’s mouth was dry,