I was starting to wonder if it would have been safer to go dancing after all, not that I would have ever passed up the chance to see Nix like this.
The link flew open as Damien projected Nix’s feelings. She was definitely turned on. Theo blasted an image through our minds of Nix with her hands fisted in his blonde hair, holding him in place as he pleasured her with his tongue.
Ryder groaned and the Ceraptor hit the floor. “I’m out!” He held up his hands in surrender as he moved to Hiro’s side.
Damien had his jaw clenched tight, and I could feel him grasping to control his reaction to the scene Theo had fed us.
Nix hesitated when the next move was called, but ended up swinging off of Theo. Her chest was heaving as she tried to keep her balance, and the sea monster had a self-satisfied grin on his face.
The fox finally let out a breath as the tension faded minutely.
Half a dozen turns later and Nix hit the floor as she tried an overambitious move.
“Damn!” She hopped up with a small scowl on her face, upset at having lost.
Scooting over, Ryder patted the space between Hiro and himself as she made her way to the couch.
As soon as Nix was off the board, the game between Damien and Theo grew fierce. The link was closed tight as Damien focused on trying to move as fluidly as Theo, but it was a losing battle. Within minutes, Damien’s elbow brushed the ground as he tried to twist himself to the colored circle he needed.
“Out! Damien’s out!” Nix called all too cheerfully as she pointed at where he had made contact with the board. “Theo wins!”
Theo puffed up as he stood, looking proud of himself.
Don’t look so smug. You still have to get through me. I stood as I threw the challenge mentally.
Stretching my arms over my head, I limbered up. There was no way in hell I was going to lose this game. I knew exactly what I wanted as my prize, and I couldn’t let anyone else win.
“I feel like I’m going to want popcorn for the rest of this show.” Nix’s smile was infectious as she prepared to watch the battle between Theo, Hiro, and me. Excitement settled around us as Damien brought out the staples—popcorn and Twizzlers—and everyone settled in to watch the battle.
Hiro was hard to beat. He was almost as matched in fluidity as Theo was. I, on the other hand, couldn’t move like that. My tall frame didn’t bode well for playing on such a small game board, and to top it off, my movements were a bit jerky as I looked around for the circles I needed.
Damien and Ryder took turns calling the body parts and colors out.
“Ass on yellow!” Ryder teased as he and Damien took turns calling the moves. I heard a thump and looked over towards the couch just in time to see Nix finish bopping the Ceraptor on the head. Her eyes met mine and she smiled, her eyes bright with amusement. She was so damn pretty. Something in my chest tightened, and I knew I was falling hard for her.
My Puca itched to hop from space to space, wanting to come out to play. He wanted to show everyone how well he moved and how quickly he could outmaneuver both of the shifters on the board with me. He wanted to impress our Annie. Holding steady, I worked my way through the game on shear strength and determination. Theo lost first, and after an inordinate amount of time, I finally beat Hiro when he second-guessed the call and used the wrong hand.
Nix’s cheer from the sidelines had me smiling as I re-adjusted my clothing back into place and smoothed a hand over my short hair.
With a bow of his head. Hiro conceded the win.
“Alright, bunny, what spoils of war are you requesting?” Ryder lounged backward, throwing his arm over the back of the couch and grazing his thumb over Nix’s shoulder. She leaned into his touch this time and looked at me, waiting for my answer.
The truth was, that was what I wanted. I wanted Nix, and anytime she would give me.
“A date,” I said, looking right at her trying to gauge her reaction to my question.
“Aw, big guy. All you had to do was ask!” Ryder quipped, feigning flattery.
“Not you, douche canoe. I was talking about Nix. I mean… I was trying to ask Nix…” I trailed off and turned to her. She placed her hand on Ryder’s thigh and used it to push off of as she crawled from the space between Ryder and Damien. Coming to stand in front of me she placed her hand on my chest.
“You want a date with me?” The deep chocolate pools of her eyes pulled me in, and I couldn’t speak. What if she turned me down? Fuck. I hadn’t thought this through.
Swallowing, I answered, “Yes.” My voice was gravelly.
“I’d like that.” She said softly, and I felt like her eyes were looking straight into my soul. I felt her power flare and zip along my body, and I wondered if she felt it. I saw her sway toward me, and I leaned into her as well, her hands trapped between our bodies as I brought my hands around her waist, ready to pull her firmly into my body. Her sweet breath mingled with mine, and I let my eyes drop to her full lips.
The crunch of popcorn reminded me that we had an audience and Nix and I looked over toward the couch as we placed a little more breathing room between us. Ryder was smirking at us—the popcorn culprit—but every eye in the room was locked on us.
“Don’t let us stop you, by all means.” Ryder waved his hand at the both of us, popcorn falling from his hand as he motioned between Nix and I. “This is good stuff!”
“You all seriously have a kink with watching me kiss your friends!” A rose color tinted her cheeks, and she pulled away from me, throwing her hands on her hips as she faced everyone.
“What can we say? It’s rather hot. Or do you need another demonstration of what watching someone enjoy physical pleasure is like?” Hiro’s eyes were sparkling, begging her to take his bait.
She bit her bottom lip and I wanted to groan. She wasn’t a lip bitter, but there was something about the action that was sexy on her. I could tell the thought of watching Hiro kiss Ryder again was enticing to her, and it was attractive as hell to me the way she just accepted all of us the way we were.
“As long as we all kink responsibly.” Damien shrugged one shoulder.
Shaking it off, she gave a nervous laugh. “You guys are ridiculous.”
“Ridiculously good looking.” Damn, Ryder was on a roll tonight with his quips and comebacks. I rolled my eyes at him, but my Puca wanted to come out and join in Ryder’s shenanigans. It was a damn blessing that Ryder wasn’t a puca. The mischief and trouble that combination could create together made me… I didn’t even want to think about it.
Turning back to me, she smirked. “So when are we going on our date?”
Stepping closer, I reached out and ran my thumb over her lip. “Soon.”
“Will you at least tell me what we’ll be doing?”
“Yeah, Kill. No hanky panky, got it?” The Ceraptor jokingly scolded with a mock serious expression.
Hiro reached out and smacked Ryder upside the head. “You can’t dictate who Nix gives her body to, even if you were joking about it. Plus, if you set rules for Killian, those same rules apply to you.” Hiro set the Ceraptor straight.
“Sorry. I was just messing around.” Ryder looked cowed.
Reaching out, I gently put my hands on Nix’s shoulder’s and put her back to the group, gaining her full attention.
“I have an idea for our date, but I’m not going to tell you what it is yet. I’ll let you know when I have it planned. Okay?”
“Alright, Romeo. Keep your secrets for now.”
I couldn’t wait to take Nix on a date. I wanted to get to know everything about her, and I wanted to kiss her again when we were blessedly alone.
Thirteen
Damien
Watching Nix walk up the stairs as she hesitantly waved goodnight was sweet torture. Her hips swayed as she climbed and a collective sigh sounded around the room once she was out of sight. Damn, tonight had been fun. And sexy. And a huge fucking turn on. More cold showers were in sight.
I want her so fucking bad! Ryder groaned. I haven’t even gotten to kiss her yet.