Chapter 7

CHAPTER

SEVEN

ACAROS

A dark pink blanketed the night sky in the Kingdom of Lust. We had returned from Earth about seven hours ago, but it had already been too long. I inhaled the scent of roses that lined the walkways of the kingdom and leaned back in my seat.

Succubi and incubi danced around poles inside Rebel, a popular bar in Lust.

But none of them could hold my attention tonight.

I sipped on my Passion Delight and ran a hand over my face, wishing that I hadn't accepted Varoth's invitation to come out, but we were dining with the queen of Lust, her husband, Eros, and a couple of her playthings.

And nobody could say no to the queen.

The scent of cinnamon, mixed with apples, drifted in through the air, and then Eros appeared in the doorway that led to the patio area outside. I stared blankly ahead, watching Dani and Lucifer, the king of Pride, follow behind him, chatting quietly.

Dani, Eros, Lucifer, and a couple of high-standing demons in their court sat at the table.

"Acaros." Bazzon whistled.

Blankly, I glanced over at him. "What?"

"Eros asked you a question."

I shook my head, trying to get the thought of Iza out of it, then looked up at Eros. "Hmm?"

"Pussy that good?" Varoth said, squeezing my shoulders from behind, then taking a seat beside me. After a low chuckle, he looked over at Eros and smirked. "He's been high off lust since this morning."

I narrowed my eyes at Varoth, wishing that he'd drop it.

But if I had actually wanted him to drop it, if I had not really been into Iza, then when I had seen her this morning, I wouldn't have followed her out into the alleyway. And I really wouldn't have brought her back into the café to fuck her.

Though after last night and this morning, I couldn't get her out of my head.

Her sweet scent. Those eyes. How her breath quickened around me.

Incubi always had an effect on women, and I had made so many women's heart race, breath hitch. But I had felt nothing for them. Absolutely nothing until Iza. Until last night. Until her.

Eros curled his lips into a smirk. "Still getting off on your summoning?"

Dani leaned forward, breasts pressing against the table. "Do you have a crush?"

"No," I said sharply.

Because I didn't trust any demons. Sometimes not even my friends.

It didn't matter what kingdom a demon was from; they were all known to backstab each other for a plethora of reasons. If anyone saw Iza, they would do anything to have her in bed. Varoth and Bazzon had already commented on her this morning on the return through the portal.

My claws cut into my palms. I wanted to slice their throats open for it.

"It's not a crush. Just some good pussy." I sipped my Passion Delight. "Virgin."

"First time with a virgin?" Dani giggled. "Must've been good. You're blushing."

I dropped my mouth into a frown, but held back a growl so I didn't offend her. With half-angel, half-demon blood running through her veins, Dani was one of the most powerful beings in all of Hell. Her power comparable to God herself. Rumor had it that Dani was preparing to go to war with God after she captured one of God's angels last month.

"It was okay," I lied.

"Acaros met her again this morning," Varoth hummed. "She's so fucking hot."

Before I could even stop myself, I snapped my hand around his neck and squeezed. He had been one of my best friends since we had been mere children, but I had told him to drop her as the topic of our conversation in the portal.

Now this?

Dani giggled again, and I blew out a low breath and released my grip on him. After muttering an apology to the queen, I returned to my Passion Delight and glared at the roses just outside the patio.

I shouldn't fucking feel this way. She was a human—that was all.

"Why don't you relax with Qina?" Bazzon suggested, gesturing for Qina.

Not Qina. Anyone but Qina.

Qina danced at Rebel and for Dani at many of her gatherings and balls, and she'd had a major crush on me for years now.

"Acaros," Qina whispered, her voice like a snake traveling across the table as she approached us, her hips swaying side to side and a smirk painted across her red lips. "Seems I've been summoned to help you out a bit."

"I'm not interested tonight, Qina," I murmured.

"Oh, come on," Varoth taunted. "You're not falling for a human, are you?"

Nostrils flaring because I wasn't falling for any human, especially not one that I had only met last night and had zero connection with, I pushed my chair back. The legs scratched the stone floor underneath it. Then, I grabbed Qina's hand.

"We'll be in a Lust Room," I growled.

Qina giggled and followed after me, bouncing on her toes like the happiest fucking woman in the world because I, Acaros, was bringing her into a Lust Room—a place in demon bars where Lust demons could fuck—after years of sucking up to me and flirting nonstop with me, even after I showed her no interest.

But I didn't want Varoth and Bazzon pulling my fucking leg about a human anymore.

If I had to fuck Qina to prove it to them, then I would.

When we reached the Lust Rooms in the back of Rebel, I pushed one of the doors open and shoved her into the room. I locked it behind us and turned around to see Qina already pulling off her dress and climbing onto the bed.

I stared at her for a few moments, lip curling in disgust.

I didn't want to do this. I didn't want to be here.

"Acaros," she cooed, spreading her legs and showing me her pussy. "I know you like playing hard to get. Come here and take what you've wanted since we were kids. I can't wait to finally?—"

"I don't know why they keep you around," I growled.

Her eyes widened, and she stood to walk closer to me. "Don't be like?—"

Wrapping my hand around her throat, I lifted her into the air and glared at her, my eyes burning with anger. I didn't have any ounce of wrath inside me, as far as I was aware, but I couldn't stand this bitch. "If you lay a hand on me ever again, I'll lock you in the deepest pit in Hell. And my friends in Wrath won't think twice about tearing you to shreds."

"B-but?—"

"And if you tell anyone that we didn't fuck in here tonight, I'll be sure to do it myself."

Qina's eyes widened. "Acaros …"

After tossing her back down onto the bed, I opened a portal to Earth and stepped through it. Fuck being in a Lust Room tonight with a girl I couldn't care less about, who would show no interest the moment I finished inside her.

I wanted Iza.

And tonight, I'd get her.

Again. And again. And again.