Gula: A Monster Romance by Colette Rhodes

Author:Colette Rhodes [Rhodes, Colette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Selene woke up before me. I slowly came to right as she was slipping out of the bed and heading downstairs, but I kept my eyes mostly closed in the interest of giving us both a minute to get our thoughts together. I doubted she let people stay in her bed very often, so I guessed she was feeling at least a little odd about waking up next to me.

And I couldn’t even begin to unpick how I was feeling.

We hadn’t had sex. She’d panicked when we tried to kiss. I’d snuck off to the bathroom before we fell asleep to take care of myself because my dick was so sore I was pretty sure it was going to fall off. I’d been very dedicated to Selene’s pleasure, but objectively, I should have considered it kind of a failure of seduction for my part.

But I didn’t. At all.

In fact, it may have been the best night of my life.

I was the only one who’d touched my dick, and yet it had been the most intimate experience I’d ever shared with anyone, and I knew in my bones that it wasn’t a Shade-versus-Hunter thing. It was a Selene thing. I knew her, at least a little. I knew what it meant for her to let me get physically close to her. For her to let go and relax and enjoy herself.

Everything meant more because it was her.

It was kind of terrifying. I’d never really been at risk of developing real feelings for someone before, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about it now.

What if I asked her for more and she rejected me? Just the thought had me breaking out in a cold sweat. I’d poured my heart and soul into my music a million times, I thought I knew what it was to open up and be vulnerable, but apparently I was completely wrong.

Being vulnerable with just one person whose opinion actually mattered to you was a hundred times more terrifying than laying my bleeding heart out for consumption by an audience. There was no stage separating us, no emotional distance, no excuses.

Fuck.

I dozed while Selene bathed, eventually rousing myself to head downstairs once I heard her pulling things out in the kitchen. Just be normal, Austin. Don’t make it weird.

We’re just a couple of buddies who shared an amazing night of no sex together. There’s nothing to be awkward about.

“Good morning.” Nailed it. Chill as fuck.

Selene set down the mystery black ceramic jar she was holding on the counter and turned to face me, pinning me with the full force of her emerald gaze.

Oh man, I was so scared and turned on, I didn’t know what to think.

“I don’t understand how this works in your world. Is your intention to never speak of last night again? If so, tell me now so I can comply.”

I should have known Selene wouldn’t let me not talk about it. She was blunt, and she liked clarity.

And I liked that about her.

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