A Beginner’s Guide to Revenge, Chaos, and Other Absurd Escapades (Demonic Disasters and Afterlife Adventures Book 3) by Shannon Mae

Author:Shannon Mae [Mae, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Michael

Michael was still in some kind of hazy sex afterglow, and the mood was light and giggly; Mike felt like he was practically floating. Sex had never been so easy and fun, but he guessed that just matched Ari, because he was easy and fun.

Then suddenly Ari was serious as hell and staring at his necklace. Ari went to grab it but let it go right away, and now he looked… Michael didn’t even know.

Mike sat up and leaned against his headboard, and Ari scooched up and did the same, staring at the necklace the whole time. He reflexively wrapped his hand around the stone, which felt so warm that it was almost hot. It didn’t matter, though; it gave him a sense of peace to hold it. He guessed that was from all the years he’d worn it—it had become a habit for him to hold it when he was super stressed or worrying, and it seemed to bring him some level of calm. He’d never thought too much about it before.

In fact, he never thought too much about the necklace at all, which was kind of weird now that he realized it. He had been given it at the same time as the book, yet he had never mentioned it in his retelling to anyone, even though he had thought about it before he’d decided to summon a demon.

That was odd.

Michael didn’t realize how odd until just now. He just didn’t talk about his necklace. People didn’t notice it most of the time. Heck, he didn’t even notice it himself half the time, almost like it was just a part of him. You didn’t notice your ears or your nose until someone called attention to them. The necklace was kind of like that.

“Umm, it’s my necklace?” Mike answered, feeling a little like he was about to get in trouble. It was a silly feeling; he knew Ari wouldn’t be mad at him—the demon just wasn’t like that—but Michael also didn’t think he’d ever seen Ari look so serious, and it was a little scary.

“You’re making me nervous,” Mike blurted, and Ari looked up at his face then.

“I’m sorry, little dude,” he apologized, and he pulled Mike into his chest, hugging him and rubbing his back.

Mike relaxed in his embrace, taking a deep breath. “I don’t know why I didn’t tell you about the necklace. I just didn’t think to, I guess. I should have. I didn’t mean to withhold a key piece of information, I swear,” Mike rambled.

“Of course not, my sexy little s’more. I know that. But if you can, I’d like you to tell me about it now,” Ari prodded, his voice soft and calm.

Mike didn’t know what it was about all of Ari’s ridiculous nicknames for him, but it was like the last bit of nervousness fled and he could finally relax. If Ari was still calling him ‘s’more’ or ‘little dude’ or whatever variation he came up with, then surely everything was fine. It was an oddly reassuring thing, but Mike didn’t question it.

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