Buttercup (Spell Library #10) - Helen Scott Page 0,49

as though he could sense the turmoil within me, Logan came and kneeled in front of me. Well, me and Magnus, considering I was sitting on his lap.

"Buttercup, you don't seem to realize how long I've been in love with you," he began as he took my free hand in his own since Casper still held the other one. "I've been in love with you since you got excited about blood infused muffins. I remember the first time I saw you, which was weeks before. You were at your counter with flour dusting your hair and a bit of frosting on your hand as you rang someone up. It was adorable. Plus, you have a body that just doesn't quit and a smile that any movie star would be jealous of. I started coming in and buying food, just to see you smile and talk to you. Then when you started doing blood infused products you were so proud of yourself for being able to make them, and you got so excited when you showed me, that my heart just couldn't take it anymore and it's belonged to you since that moment. Any other woman you've seen me talking to was either a friend or a food source, that's it."

My throat had closed up with emotion.

"When I said fuck it, it wasn't because I was throwing caution to the wind, but because if you need to know our responses then I'm game to try anything that will make you happy. And I do mean anything." He smiled and pushed up from his knees so he could kiss me.

His lips were cold and firm against my own and made my body shiver, not just from the temperature difference between us, especially with Magnus under and behind me, but from the need that bloomed within me almost instantly. When we broke the kiss and Logan had moved back to his seat, I could see the lust on the other's faces and it made me squirm with desire.

"If we don't do this now, I don't know if I'll have the courage to later," I said quietly.

"Then sing for us," Ausar said, looking more than a little cocky. He was so confident that this was all real, that they were really my mates, that it took my breath away.

"Go for it, love," Logan said with a nod and a soft smile.

If he could bare his heart in front of everyone to make me feel more comfortable, then I could sing, dammit. I cleared my throat and my mouth went dry while my heart began galloping in my chest. My breath sawed in and out of my chest as I reached for my coffee. I took a long sip, using it to postpone the inevitable. I mean I'd been the one who wanted to do this, so why was I the one who was freaking out now?

I pushed all the thoughts aside and focused on the bonds I could feel between us. If these weren't real I'd be crushed, but I'd rather be crushed now than years later when whatever this is ended or changed to the point that it was unrecognizable as a bond of love between us. I needed to focus on that and not what would happen if this wasn't real. I mean what if it was? What if I had four amazing mates? What if I got to have earth-shattering sex whenever I wanted? What if I learned more about who I was with the help of these fantastic men? And what if I helped them in turn? Focus on the positive.

After taking a deep breath I sang the only thing that came to mind... ‘Baby Got Back’.

It took a few moments, but one by one their faces screwed up until Magnus leaned forward and said, "Sweetness, I think that's enough."

I cut my words off right before his homeboys warned him and waited with bated breath to see how they responded.

"That sounded fucking awful, babe," Logan said.

My heart leapt at his words.

"Agreed," Ausar chimed in as he banged on the side of his head as though that could get the sound out.

"You'd be welcome to sing in Hell any time, love," Magnus said.

"Except it would sound sweet to them," I replied, sticking my tongue out at him.

"Promise you won't do that again?" Casper asked.

"Not a chance. I hated every millisecond of it."

"I promise you, we hated it more," the kelpie said with a deep chuckle.

"So, do you believe us now?" Ausar