The Lure of the Devil (The Demons' Muse #4) - Auryn Hadley Page 0,76

she really wasn't, but I had now distracted her, which was all I really wanted. "So how bad was he?" I asked. "Because the first time I was with him, I would describe it as adequate. But I would never tell him that."

She leaned into me, tilting her head so it rested on my shoulder. "You know, getting off doesn't matter as much as being able to see that look on his face. It was like he'd never imagined such a thing."

Yeah, I pretty much agreed with her. Sometimes, sex didn't have to be about the orgasm. And I knew the exact look she was talking about, because it was the same one on her face right now.

"Which means he was really bad," I teased. "Not surprising, though. Men are easy to get off. Look at us the wrong way, and we’re making a complete mess everywhere. Women? We have to make sure you're in the mood, properly stimulated, and then hit just the right spot for long enough to make you happy. He'll figure it out."

She laughed once. "I have no doubt about that. He also has a few demons willing to give him pointers. Besides, I know how you guys are. The first time after a bit of a dry spell - let alone trying something new - and you're all two-second wonders."

"That's the truth," I said, trying hard not to laugh. "So, does this mean it’s going to happen again?"

"Definitely," she assured me. "Look, I really like him. I know he's not the biggest or the strongest demon in the world. I know that Nick has a reputation that precedes him, and Bel is made of muscles that no woman in the world could resist. And Sam is just amazing. He's cute, he's funny, he's smart, and everything else. I get it. Being around them has to be a little intimidating, and yet Ron is just as good. It's just a completely different type of good. The interesting thing is that I can't say I like one more than the other." She sat up and looked at me. "I'm pretty sure I've fallen in love with my legion."

"Yeah, me too," I said just as my phone started beeping, letting me know the timer had run out. "Want me to check that?"

Sia opened her mouth like she was gonna say no, then closed it and jiggled her head in a move I took to mean yes. I gave her shoulder a reassuring squeeze, then pushed myself off the bed and headed towards the bathroom. She'd left the stick on the counter beside the sink. The directions were open beside it, but I didn't need them. As soon as I picked up the test, I figured out how it worked.

There were two windows. The first one was the control. There was supposed to be a line in there to say it worked, and there was. The second window was supposed to have a horizontal line for not pregnant and a plus symbol for pregnant. I knew how pregnancy tests worked well enough to know that if there was even the faintest hint of a vertical line, that meant it was positive.

So I angled it to catch a little more light. I tilted it slightly to check from all angles. It didn't matter. There was no vertical line. Sia was clearly, and without a shadow of a doubt, not pregnant. Considering she’d just had a period, and had been on birth control for who knew how long, I wasn't surprised. I still had a feeling that it would take a little bit to convince her.

After looking one more time just to be sure, I carried it into the bedroom with a smile on my face. "I was thinking maybe we can celebrate with a few drinks at Mac's." Then I offered the stick to her. "It's negative, Sia."

The sigh that fell from her mouth proved just how worried she’d truly been. That bothered me more than anything else, mostly because she hadn't said a thing. I didn't really blame her, because we all knew that the guys would simply tell her over and over again that everything would be fine, that she couldn't be pregnant, and that there was nothing to worry about. And so she’d worried on her own, silently. Right then, I vowed to myself that she would never need to do that again.

Like me, she tilted and turned the test to make sure there wasn't a hidden