The Yule Log (Remarkable Remedies #3) by J. R. Rain & H. P. Mallory

Author:J. R. Rain & H. P. Mallory [Rain, J. R. & Mallory, H. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2021-12-20T23:00:00+00:00

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After Wanda had placed the necklace around her neck and the last of the gifts were distributed and everyone had drunk their fill of alcoholic libations, most of the partygoers made their excuses and left. Those more serious revelers (perhaps a handful of them) settled in around the massive fireplace of the drawing room (massive as in the walls of the fire box were large enough to accommodate a six-foot man) to relax and converse. I could barely keep track of the conversation, too preoccupied with drinking in Wanda’s heavenly beauty.

The necklace seemed to have given Wanda a new sense of security where I was concerned, because she was now settled comfortably on my lap, shortly after the gift-giving portion of the evening had finished. There she’d remained for the last hour and a half.

Though she was seated upon my lap and I reveled in the feel of her, I couldn’t help the sense of disgust that continued to plague me, riding up my back and causing my fight-or-flight reflexes to stand at attention. The spell upon the necklace was working like... well... a charm.

Regardless, feeling her shapely rump upon my lap was beyond distracting—I could scarce see straight, let alone keep tabs on the various conversations existing around me. No, all I could think about was her. She was a warm, welcome weight, soft in all the right places, though not as fulsome as she’d once been. Time, stress, and the new half-vampire metabolism she’d acquired from my blood had kept her from gaining an ounce since her move to the Hollow. In truth, she’d actually shed weight. I knew this new shape bothered her, because she preferred a more voluptuous body, but no matter what shape she took, to me she would always be the most sultry, beautiful, awe-inspiring and stunning creature I’d ever seen.

As much as I would have liked to press a kiss to the nape of her neck, instinctual revulsion gripped me every time I moved closer to her in order to try. With the spell pressing against my will, I’d have sooner bitten the brutish sasquatch than the woman upon my lap.

Speaking of the beast, he was currently moping on the opposite side of the room, watching the festivities though not partaking of them. I was more than certain he had noticed the recent… closeness between Poppy and my employee, Martin the human. Though Poppy did her best to display no outward affection or anything that might point to a difference in her friendship with the mortal, Marty was quite literally hanging all over her. And through the course of the evening and the more libations of which he partook, he now appeared more like her jacket than her date.

But, that was none of my concern. If Poppy wanted to carry on with mortals, who was I to advise her otherwise? And though I felt mildly disheartened for the brute (that was probably another reason he’d gifted me the beer—to play upon my sympathies, blast him!), I was more interested in the woman upon my lap.

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