Succubus Bargain by L L Frost

Author:L L Frost [Frost, L L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-06T06:00:00+00:00

Bargain Shopping

He crowds against my back in a rush of sparks. “Use the handrail. The steps aren’t evenly spaced.”

I discover that for myself a moment later when my heel slams into the third step down, finding resistance way before I expected to. Stumbling, I grab the thin rail mounted to the stairs as Kellen fists the back of my tank top to steady me.

“Whoa, there.” His chest presses against my back, hand sliding to cup my ribcage. “You okay?”

I study the steep flight of stairs and give the railing an experimental tug. It wobbles, the wall brackets loose. “These stairs can’t be legal.”

Back still pressed against him, I feel his chest move as he shrugs. “There weren’t any building codes back when the house was built.”

“Why haven’t you fixed it?” Cautious now, I locate the next step with the toe of my sneaker before putting my weight down on it. Carrying furniture back up will be dangerous.

“No reason to when we don’t come down here often.”

As we pass below the line of the floor above, the wall disappears to reveal a large room, stuffed haphazardly with furniture and boxes. Against the left wall, I locate what looks to be an ancient washer and dryer, buried in the mess. My shoulders sag. It will take forever to dig a path to reach them.

My gaze sweeps over the room. “All of this can’t be from the last succubus.”

“Our furniture from the last two remodels is down here, too.” His breath ruffles the hair over my ear as he whispers loudly. “Tobias is a bit of a hoarder.”

“Seriously?” A couple sheet draped pieces look like couches, and I spot a giant tube television. “It’s a waste of space.”

“As long as it doesn’t impact the upper floors, we don’t really care.”

“Yeah,” I agree. “The clutter probably wouldn’t make Emil happy.”

“Oh, you picked up on that already?” Kellen sounds surprised.

“He’s a clean freak, right?” Emil’s annoyance at the mess I made in the bathroom gave him away. Even if they have a cleaner in once a week, the pristine sink and trash can scream fussiness.

“He likes things to be in their place,” Kellen says noncommittally.

When we reach the bottom of the stairs, I pause, unsure where to start. The amount of stuff down here is daunting.

“Oh, look, there’s a dresser.” He announces and circles around me to lift a piece of furniture from the cement floor.

Envy rushes through me at the easy show of strength as he settles the large dresser back on its feet. I’d have to drain precious energy to do the same. The upper level demons sure have it easy.

We don’t get to choose the shape our corporeal forms take when we come to the human plane. While in dreamland, I’d gotten used to looking like a model, the centerfold of young male fantasies. Statuesque, with lean muscles. I’d been less than pleased to be handed an average height, physically weak body when I finally figured out how to escape dreamland. While

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