preferred blondes, and this girl was stunning. Her eyes were a delicate shade of hazel, and he loved the fact that her body was curvy like a real woman, not skinny like a twelve-year-old boy. He liked something to hold on to when he was fucking them. But his throbbing dick would have to wait a while longer. First he needed to get past her defenses and find out what she knew.
“Take your time, Paige. We have all night.” He gave her a smoldering stare, hoping he didn’t have to push again. He wasn’t sure she could handle it.
“I read things online.” She held up a hand. “I know, I know. Never believe anything you read on the Internet. But I’m on a lot of occult sites, and this particular message board isn’t known for having trolls or players like most of them.”
“What did you read?” Gregory would be rolling his eyes right now and ranting about the Internet if he were here. As far as he was concerned, the Internet was the work of demons. Zach and Emmett thought it was a godsend because it made running this place so much easier, but Gregory and Demetrius had both always believed it would also be their downfall. Too much information instantly available to everyone and anyone. It was a miracle they’d been able to keep their secret for this long.
“That this place was a front, and that the owners running it were…”
She cut her gaze to the tabletop, and Demetrius bit back a sigh. Patience. She’s almost there.
He lowered his voice. “It’s okay, Paige. I won’t be upset, no matter what you say.”
She looked into his eyes again. “Promise?”
Demetrius bit the inside of his cheek, but he couldn’t stop the twitch in his jaw muscle. She’d see it, of course. “I promise.”
“I read that you weren’t human. That you’re all some sort of supernatural beings.”
He let out a slow exhale. There was a time when telling a guest their secret without the consent of the others was considered the ultimate betrayal. Leo and Andras had first done it with Blair. Granted, they’d had a damn good reason to tell her, but Demetrius still remembered the outrage the others had expressed before they heard what had brought Blair to Lilith’s Playground in the first place.
Then when Hugh and Sterling had told Caleigh, it hadn’t had quite the same impact. They had all known for some time that they’d be forced to tell their staff, and Caleigh was part of their staff at the time. By the time Blade and Cristian told Joelle, the outside world had already begun to impact their business.
“What exactly did you read that we were? What sort of beings?”
She no longer looked confused or reluctant to talk. Her eyes lit up, and she leaned forward, her body language more open now. It would be easy to tell her the truth, because clearly she had an interest in the occult. The ones who did were always more willing to believe them and accept them for what they were.
“Some say demons, some say angels. I’ve even seen a few posts to suggest you’re vampires or ghosts.”
“What do you believe, Paige?”
The question hung in the air as he watched the emotions cross her face. Things were crashing down around them so quickly that Demetrius didn’t feel he was on sure footing. He’d never experienced this tilting sensation before. It had only been a few months since Zach and Emmett had become mortal. Abigail had been a guest here, just like Paige was now. In two short weeks Abigail had fallen in love with Zach and Emmett, and now she lived here with them.
Then Sofia had shown up, and the fact that she was the great-granddaughter of Frankie Fillipone, the mob boss from whom Blair had been hiding, had caused quite a stir. But that was nothing compared to what her ex-husband had almost done to her and to the resort.
Had Reeve and Niko told Sofia their secret yet? Demetrius still couldn’t believe that four of them had fallen in love with mortal women within the past few months. It was a shock partly because,
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