Demons and Darlings: A Fake Dating Paranormal Romance by Emily Blackwood

Author:Emily Blackwood [Blackwood, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

“Where have you been?” Natalie exclaimed as I climbed back through my window the next morning.

I shut the cold glass behind me and watched as Alek’s car disappeared in the distance. “You wouldn’t even believe me if I told you,” I said.

Natalie wore a pink hoodie and sweatpants, and she swirled an iced coffee in her hand as she looked up at me from the couch.

“Have you been waiting here for me?” I asked her as I took in her tired appearance.

She sputtered, “Hell yes, I have! I need all the details! Was Alek as good in bed as he looks?”

I plopped next to her on the couch. “I don’t know, nothing happened,” I said. I tried not to sound disappointed.

“What do you mean ‘nothing happened’? You spent the night at his lake house!”

Chills erupted over my arms at the memory of the cold water. “Well, things happened. But none of them were good. His pack of demons made sure of that.”

“Shit, Lyra. Are you okay?”

“I’ll be fine. But I’m starting to feel like this isn’t a good idea. Too much is happening.”

She smiled at me. “Come on. You can’t tell me you didn’t at least have a little bit of fun getting out of the apartment.”

Fun? I thought about the events of the night. I wasn’t exactly sure I would call a night with Alek’s demon pack fun. Entertaining at the very least, but not fun.

“If I’m being entirely honest, I wasn’t sure I would even make it out of there alive.”

“Too many hot boys?” she teased.

I slapped her arm playfully. “Alek has a few enemies who apparently don’t like me hanging around. A few of them actually tried to drown me.”

Her jaw dropped. “You’re joking.”

“Dead serious. If it weren’t for Alek… I would probably be dead right now.”

She leaned forward and set her iced coffee on the table so she could give me her full attention. “He shouldn’t be letting you near them!” she hissed. A sudden protectiveness washed over her previous joking manner. “Alek should know better than that, Lyra. Demons are dangerous!”

“Yeah,” I agreed. “They are.”

She shook her head. “Maybe it’s not a great idea for you to keep seeing him.”

I shrugged. Like I hadn’t already thought of that. “I don’t think I have much of a choice. Until our deal is over, I’m locked in.”

“That sneaky bastard,” she muttered. I couldn’t help but smile at her squinted eyes.

“He’s just… I don’t know. He’s different than I imagined him to be.”

I thought back to how Alek acted after I finished warming up last night. He could hardly look at me. I had drifted off to sleep on the large bed, and when I opened my eyes a few hours later, he was in the same spot—perched on the end of the bed and facing the locked door.

Any friendship I thought we had built was gone, like it never happened.

I couldn’t help but wonder if he regretted ever getting closer to me. This was all part of a deal; it was all temporary.

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