her,” Ruse said. “You’re not leaving her unprotected. Not that she’s defenseless on her own either.”
“Of course she’s not,” Snap said insistently. “But we’ve seen how aggressive these people are. You’re the only one who doesn’t have any kind of power that’s meant for combat.” His hand crept across the seat to give mine a quick squeeze, his chin lifting. Apparently last night’s interlude had stirred up a brand-new possessive instinct. I hadn’t anticipated that.
Ruse rolled his eyes. “Are you referring to that dangerous skill of yours that gives you the shakes when you even think about using it? How many attackers could you take down at one time anyway—two? Three? I could charm them into not wanting to attack us at all.”
“I don’t remember that strategy getting us out of the last few attacks.”
“All right, all right.” I held up my hands in a time-out gesture. “I appreciate everyone’s intense concern for my well-being, but for all we know, an entire militia is descending on us while you all argue about it. If anyone comes at Ruse and me, he can simply drive away, which so far has been the most useful power of all.” I gave Snap’s hand a reassuring pat in return. “I’ll be fine. Go see what you can find out there. Without your other powers, we wouldn’t have gotten even this far.”
My touch and the reminder of his past contributions appeared to mollify my new lover. His posture loosened. He nodded in agreement and then, so suddenly I didn’t see it coming, leaned in to give me a swift kiss.
His lips pressed warm against mine for all of a second. I barely had a chance to return the gesture before he’d slipped away into the shadows. Thorn let out a wordless mutter of what sounded like consternation and vanished too.
Ruse shifted in his seat to lounge sideways where he could look back at me. There was nothing surprising about his smirk or the raise of his eyebrows. “Well, that was certainly interesting.”
“Shut up,” I said, because that had worked so well before.
“I did notice that Snap wandered off for quite a while last night. Now I’m getting an inkling where he might have gone.”
“Which part are you having trouble with: the shutting or the upping?”
“Who said I was criticizing?” A sly glint had lit in his eyes. “I’m impressed. I didn’t know he had it in him, but you obviously woke up a sleeping dragon.”
I folded my arms over my chest. “Is it going to be a problem? I really don’t need you two arguing like that all day long.”
The incubus laughed. “I’m hardly one to push for monogamy, Miss Blaze. As far as I’m concerned, you should take your pleasure wherever and from whoever suits your fancy. I’d just like to stay in the mix if that’s an option.” His gaze turned more heated.
I couldn’t say that I wasn’t imagining a repeat of our past encounter when he looked at me like that. “We’ll see.”
“Making me work for it. That just turns me on even more.” He winked. “I could teach the newbie a few things, you know, if you ever wanted to invite me along for the ride. How to get you off, how to heighten that enjoyment…” He extended his arm to trail a finger down my leg from knee to shin. Sparks coursed from me from that line of heat.
Ruse and Snap attending to me in unison? What gods had I sacrificed goats to in some past life to be worthy of that bliss? It’d depend on Snap being okay with the idea, though…
Ruse’s smirk grew. “I can see you’re thinking the possibilities through.”
I huffed and nudged his hand away with a playful kick. The incubus just chuckled as he withdrew. “The offer will stay on the table as long as you’d like. Or if you’d really like, we could put you on a table. What a lovely platter to feast on.”
If he kept going, I might melt into a hot, horny puddle right here on the seat. “Maybe we should be focusing on the whole saving your boss problem right now?”
“Spoilsport,” he teased, and shifted to peer out the window. “No wave of soldiers crashing toward us so far. I wonder how long we’ll be able to hole up in that motel before they—”
Snap cut him off, wisping out of the shadows into his seat with a quiver through the air. “Thorn’s gone to the drop-off spot already,” he said