my business.
Before I go back out, I give myself a little pep talk in the mirror. “Come on, Sable. You can do this. Just seduce your mates. You already grinded all over them. How hard can it be?” Mirror Sable just looks at me like I’m an idiot.
Exhaling slowly, I walk out of the bathroom only to find Toreon and Vudu talking. As soon as they see me, they immediately straighten up. “Ready?” Vudu asks.
I hesitate, my steps faltering as they look at me with an inscrutable expression on their faces. “Can we talk?” I blurt.
They turn to face me with frowns on their faces. “Right now?” Toreon asks.
“Yep,” I say, and then I start opening doors down the hallway again. The first one is a bedroom, but…gross. From the quick cursory glance I give it, I count seven head busts in Taz’s likeness. I cannot seduce my mates under those kinds of conditions. With a firm shake of my head, I close the door and then try the next one. I strike out there too because there’s a giant portrait of his face hanging over the mantel. I shudder before quickly moving to the next door.
“Finally,” I say, breathing a sigh of relief when I find that this bedroom is Taz-free. “Come on,” I urge my mates, and they come inside, looking around the cream floor and the gold bed near the balcony on the other side.
As soon as they come in, I shut the door behind us and lean against it. Toreon and Vudu turn to look at me expectantly, and my heart thunders in my chest, my feet caught between wanting to turn around and run and to rush forward and jump them.
“Why do you look terrified right now, Little Mate?” Vudu rumbles, his face unhappy.
Crap, do I? I quickly school my features, trying to go for seductive rather than scared, but I think my face gets screwed up into a grimace instead. Oh, well. I’ll practice in front of a mirror later. For now, I just need to roll with it.
“Not terrified,” I say, in the world’s worst saucy tone. I tried to drop my voice way too low from what my vocal cords are capable of, and it’s like I’m just mimicking a seventy-year-old smoker.
Both guys are still standing there looking at me like they don’t know what the hell is going on. Even when they seem bewildered, they really are so handsome. Toreon looks good dressed up in a suit, and already, his lean body is growing stronger and filling out. Vudu is the type of male you can’t look away from because every part of him is fascinating with his bulging muscles and red eyes and bat wings.
Like always, when I look at my mates, my body immediately responds. This intrinsic pull just calls to me, and I use that to bolster my resolve. Straightening up, I start walking toward them. Slowly. Seduction is all about the tease, right?
I try to pop my hips out left and right to add more flair. I’m not actually sure why. I have no clue what this really does for the female body, but that’s what women in the Mortal Realm seemed to do, and the guys seemed to like it, so why not?
One foot in front of the other, I start really getting into it. In my head, I’m Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. I don’t know why my head goes for a prostitute’s walk, but I don’t have time to try and think of another character to base my sway on. By the fourth step in my heels, I have the hip pop down. Vivian Ward would be so proud.
I’m halfway there.
The guys are watching me, though they still have a little bit of frown action going on. I can fix that. Straightening my spine, I pop out the girls, making sure to really showcase my cleavage. Like I just activated a homing beacon, both of their eyes immediately drop to my breasts, and heat flares in their eyes. Bingo!
I’m three steps away. Gotta bring it home.
Shoulders thrown back, hips popping like balloons, I pout my bottom lip and then, to really round out the whole effect, I let my wings flare behind me in all their purple glory.
Unfortunately...I didn’t account for the weight.
With my left hip shoved so far out on my two inch heels and my boobs thrust out, the wing move makes me go topsy-turvy as I throw myself off-balance.
A squeal escapes