as I was out of her sphere, she forgot me, took other lovers and didn’t give me a second thought.”
Gregory is chewing slowly now as he watches me spill my secrets.
“I was so much of a sap around her, her father even noticed. We were friends, Luc and me. Are friends,” I amend. “He knew me well and he could see how much I loved Anna. When he confronted me, I expected him to tear me a new one. I seriously thought the end of my days had arrived. But he wasn’t mad,” I say with a small laugh. “Well, not any more mad than a father of a daughter can be, I suppose. He told me he knew what it was like to be in love with someone like me, and he told me that there wasn’t even the tiniest shred of hope that Anna would accept what I did, just as he didn’t accept Axelle being a Seductress anymore. He told me about their relationship, how he knew that accepting her other men went a long way to keep her urges in check. But he also said that it wouldn’t work the other way around. Annabelle wouldn’t be one of several women that I kept around and apart from that fact, he would not let her be.” I snort as those words were said forcefully and with Luc’s hand wrapped around my throat. “I asked him to help me, to tear the Incubus out of me and let me be with her.”
I stop speaking now as I have Gregory’s full attention. He has abandoned his sandwich and is staring intently at me.
“And did he?” he asks after an exceptionally long pause. “You’ll forgive me if I can’t tell.”
“No, he didn’t. He said he couldn’t,” I say with a sigh. “He said removing the Incubus from me would just plain old remove me from existing. I’ve never felt so…” I punch my gut to make my point.
“Yeah, I get that feeling,” Gregory murmurs.
I nod and take a breath. “He did, however, have a solution. One that I took without even a second thought. I knew he was right about Anna. I knew that I had to quit what I was if I had any chance of her agreeing to be with me.”
“What did he suggest?” Gregory prompts me, so engrossed in my story, it makes me smile.
“He said I would have to remain an Incubus but that he could redirect my focus.”
“How?” Gregory asks.
“The ‘how’ isn’t important. I won’t go into details, but it wasn’t the most pleasant experience. Anyway, he redirected my focus onto Anna. I think he was partly punishing me for screwing his daughter, maybe, I dunno. Maybe he was trying to genuinely help me. He did help me. Like I said, I’m not complaining. I owe him everything because I can give Anna what she needs. I can give her my absolute fidelity when it comes to other females.”
“I’m not sure I understand,” he says with a frown.
I sigh again. “Luc made me focus only on Anna, with her blood. She is the only female that this Incubus can be with.”
“Oh!” Gregory exclaims. “Really? You don’t desire to be with other women anymore?”
“Nope,” I say and sit back.
“Interesting,” he mutters. “But how do you feel about that?”
“Well, that’s the burning question, Doc. I feel great about it. It got me what I want. Annabelle. She is the only thing that matters, and therein lies the root of my frustration. She is the only thing that matters. If I’m not fucking her it eats at me. It claws at me. I need it. I need her. All of the time. Sharing her in the way that we are, not getting her undivided attention, rubs salt on it. I’m not complaining,” I reiterate. “But that’s the way it is.”
I feel a bit lighter now that this secret is out. Not that he can help me but just having talked about it eases the burden.
“Does she know?” he asks.
“No and she won’t,” I say menacingly. “This is my issue to deal with. I won’t put worry on her because of something that I did.”
“I understand that,” he says. “But you require her one-on-one, an all-out seduction that will appease your hunger for her.”
“You get it,” I breathe out.
“I do, more than you know,” he says carefully. “Plan something for later. Just the two of you. Arrange a romantic dinner, flirt with her, seduce her. She will appreciate the