Horus (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld Book 32) by Laura Greenwood

Author:Laura Greenwood [Greenwood, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781773575841
Publisher: Naughty Nights Press LLC
Published: 2023-11-29T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Horus

It had been a long time since I’d wanted to spend this much time with someone, but every moment with Adelaide took my breath away, and that wasn’t just because her dress was a lot lower cut than anything I’d seen her in before.

She leaned forward and I had to clear my throat and tear my gaze away.

Adelaide let out a light laugh. “Is that normally how you look at your employees, Horus?”

“You know it’s not.” She just had an effect on me unlike anyone I’d ever met.

“I guess I don’t look at you the same way I normally look at my boss either.” She drew her gaze down my chest. “Though the view isn’t nearly as good as the one you’re getting.”

I chuckled. “Maybe not, but it can be arranged.”

She took a sip of her wine, but it did nothing to hide the slight blush on her cheeks.

I was about to ask her another question when something odd caught my eye. I frowned as a man with a warlock tattoo pointing down towards his eyes surveyed the room. I didn’t have much to do with my friends’ plight against the Sons of Seth cult, but I knew that they were bad news, and that if one of them was here, it was bad news. There were far too many gods in attendance for it to be totally comfortable for him to be around.

A woman sauntered towards him with an easy confidence that came from centuries of knowing she was desired and I let out a small groan. Of course Kuaket was getting involved with this. The goddess attracted trouble like no one else could.

“Horus?” Adelaide asked, touching my arm lightly and making me wish I didn’t have to deal with this. “Is everything okay?”

I let out a sigh even as the man and Kuaket disappeared into the corridor that led to the kitchens. “I’m sorry, I just need to go and stop a friend’s sister from making an awful mistake,” I said.

Adelaide frowned. “Okay?”

“I promise I’ll be back in a couple of minutes.” I reached over and touched her hand, hearing her breathing hitch in response.

At least I wasn’t the only one who was so affected by whatever it was between us.

“I’ll be right back. Please don’t go anywhere?” I met her gaze, hoping that she could see how much I meant it and that I wasn’t just trying to escape.

To my surprise, she nodded. At least I wasn’t going to mess up my chance with her just because I wanted to stop Kuk’s sister from making things harder for us all.

I shuffled out of the booth and headed in their direction, hurrying at the sound of Kuaket’s laughter. She was trouble at the best of times, and now she was getting herself into more.

My eyebrows raised as I turned the corner and found her pinned to the wall by the warlock, though it didn’t seem as if she was in any kind of distress after all.

“Kuaket,” I said.

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