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he vowed. So careful. He bent the rest of the way, softly pressing his mouth against hers. She didn’t pull away. She gasped, lips parting, and he swept his tongue inside. Her taste…so sweet, like a snowstorm after a millennium of fire.
    â€œMore,” she said. “Deeper. Harder.”
    â€œSure?”
    â€œMore than I’ve ever been.”
    Centuries had passed since he’d kissed a woman and never while in this form, but he began thrusting his tongue against hers, rolling them together, retreating, then going back for more. When he felt his teeth scrape hers, he stiffened. And when she moaned, he tried to pull away. But her arms slid up his chest, one anchoring around his neck, the other caressing a horn. So sensitive was the protrusion, he had to grip his thighs, nails sinking deep, to keep his claws off her.
    â€œLike?” she asked.
    â€œYes,” he managed to grit out.
    â€œGood. Me, too.” Her lush breasts pressed into his chest, her nipples hard and searching.
    She enjoyed his kiss? Tremors rocked him, their tongues beginning another dance, his muscles tightening against the strain of remaining exactly as he was. With every moment that passed, every breathy sound that emerged from her, his control snapped a little more. He yearned to toss her down, climb atop her and pound, pound so hard he would brand himself on every inch of her. Inside every cell.
    â€œStop,” he finally said. “We must stop.” He jerked to his feet, away from her, already mourning the loss of her taste. He kept his back to her, panting, his heart racing.
    â€œDid I do something wrong?” she asked softly, and there was a catch in her voice.
    Oh, yes. You stole a heart I could not afford to give . He’d promised never to lie to her, however, so he merely said, “Come. We have waited long enough. We have demons to hunt.”

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
    They stopped at the first building they came to: a tavern. An actual, honest-to-gods tavern, where blood was served rather than alcohol. Kadence had known such things existed down here, but it still struck her as odd. Demons, acting as humans.
    They’d had a two-mile trek from the pit’s entrance to here. A two-mile trek she had spent remembering Geryon’s earth-shattering kiss, cursing him for stopping it and fretting about his reasons.
    Throughout her endless life, she had welcomed only those three lovers into her bed, and all three had been gods. If gods had not been able to handle her, there was no way Geryon could. But she had hoped. For once she’d had no thoughts of controlling her nature, only enjoying. Yet Geryon had walked away from her, just as the others had. Am I so terrible? So horrible a person ?
    More than the others, she had wanted Geryon to find pleasure with her because he meant more. She liked who she was with him. Liked how she felt when he was near. Instead, she had…disgusted him? Repelled him? Failed to arouse him in even the slightest way?
    â€œStay by my side,” he said as he shoved open the tavern’s swinging double doors. They were the first words he had uttered since reminding her of their quest. “And keep your hood over your head. Just in case. Actually, are you versed in glamour?”
    His voice was deep and rough and caressed every one of her weeping senses. Surely she did not disgust him. Surely she did not repel him. He had held himself back during their kiss, had stopped it, but when he looked at her, he made her feel as if she were the only woman in the world. The most beautiful, the most desired. A treasure, something to cherish.
    He paused before entering. “Kadence?” Cleared his throat. “Goddess?”
    â€œI will glamour myself and stay by your side,” she told him, though inside she beseeched, Tell me why you continually push me away .
    He didn’t. He nodded and stepped forward. She stayed close, as promised, mentally projecting the image of