The Demon's Bargain (Demons Unleashed Erotic Novellas) by Lisa Alder Page B

Zepar circled around her, then locked her between their arms as they searched the shadows of the pub with suspicious expressions.
    Amara placed her fingers gently over Vetis’s forearm. “What is it?”
    “You have to come back with me,” Vetis said in measured tones.
    For a moment, her heart leapt. Back with Vetis. The staccato beat of joy almost drowned out the voice of reason in her head. She said slowly, making her words a question, wanting the answer to be no. “Because of the Fae?”
    “Yes.”
    And her heart dropped. She couldn’t go with him. If he wanted her, if he wanted to be with her that would be different. While it was lovely that he wanted to keep her safe.... “I would be no better off than before, same reason of protection, different prison.”
    Amara broke free of the circle of his arms, already bereft.
    His brows arced down, his face drawn. “You would compare me to him?”
    “You are nothing like him.” Her fists were clenched, her words fierce.
    “Then why do you protest?”
    Zepar took two steps back. “I’ll leave you alone now. Perhaps you should discuss what we talked of earlier.” Zepar pivoted around to face the empty tavern.
    Vetis yanked Amara close to him. His erection prodded her belly. “You do not wish to have more pleasure?”
    “Sex is not enough,” she said desperately, even as moisture pooled in her lower body.
    “Who said anything about just sex?” He growled and he nuzzled the side of her neck, nipping at her tender flesh.
    “Who said anything else?”
    Vetis pulled back to gaze into her eyes. “You are my heart.”
    With those words, she melted. Amara threw her arms around his neck, rubbing her body against his and kissing his mouth hungrily. A subtle light surrounded them in a pure white glow.
    “What is that light?” Amara had noticed it this morning.
    “Ahh, I believe the energy,” he cleared his throat. “is love.”
    “I did that?” she flushed, knowing that her emotions had given her away.
    Vetis pressed his forehead to hers. “ We did that.”
    Truly? “I love you, Vetis, Demon of Corruption,” she confessed, holding his gaze with hers.
    “I love you too.” He skimmed a hand up underneath her sweater to cup her naked breast. The nipple beaded in his palm.
    Amara squirmed against the pressure of his fingers only wanting to get closer to his heat. But first, there were things to be discussed. She curled her fingers around his wrist to stop his wandering hand. “What are the terms?”
    “Pleasure.” Vetis stroked his tongue up the side of her neck.
    “ Our pleasure,” she said breathlessly and let go of his wrist. She gave herself up to his carnal attention.
    “It’s a bargain.”

Excerpt from To Summon A Demon
    Look for Prince Gaap’s story, the next installment in the Demons Unleashed series:
    The moon hung low in the sky. Pale blue light rippled over the lapping waves. The soft shush-shush of the ocean licked at the shimmering white sand like a lover.
    Lili spread her blanket in the secret little cove, hidden by a pair of boulders rising out of the sand like breasts laid out as an offering. “Apt,” she murmured.
    With a gust of warm wind, the ties on her shift loosened and the rough material swished against her naked skin. Lili constructed a small ring of stones near the edge of the water with careful precision, close enough that if the fire tried to spread the sea water would put it out and yet far enough inland to burn. She arranged the dry tinder in the small circle, making a small teepee, then threw in the shredded pieces of clothing she’d had worn yesterday.
    She would have never done something like this before.
    Before Brian had died.
    Before her life had been reduced to scrabbling for existence.
    She remembered the world before the Demons were freed.
    She’d been in computer sales. She’d had a good life in the city. A condo in a high rise and her fiancé in her bed. Sewing, hand-stitching, had been a hobby. An activity that