Be Careful When You Bite Me novel Chapter 18

Damon!” She screamed out, planting kisses all along his face,” I’m so happy to see you!”

Damon returned the hug with less enthusiasm and I found myself suddenly wondering who she was to him.

“Luna,” he greeted,” it’s a shame we have to meet under these circumstances.”

They pulled back from each other and Luna turned her previously enlightened gaze to meet with mines. She looked doubtful and sarcastic.

“So this is the foreigner?” She asked Damon, still looking at me.

I gulped nervously.

Damon took a hesitate and almost nervous look at me and smiled at Lunda,” yes it is.”

“Well, come in.”

Inside, her apartment was small and cozy. A black velvet couch took up most of the living room. Plants hung by pot holders dangling from the ceiling and about a dozen pillar candles lined the corners of the apartment.

I could see part of her kitchen in the back where a small black cat hid behind an appliance, watching me.

Following my gaze, Luna said,” That’s Jinx, he’s friendly....most of the time.”

I forced a smile and figured it be better if I behaved myself if there was any chance that she was willing to help me.

“He’s adorable,” I replied softly.

Damon took a seat on the couch and it was almost odd to see him in a setting that was so humane. He stuck out like a sore thumb and anybody within a hundred meters could tell you that he did not belong.

I sat beside him and watched as Lunda opened up a bottle of red wine and poured it into some glasses.

She reached out to hand Damon a glass who took it without a second thought and she did the same me.

“I’m not 21-“ I began.

“Drink it,” she insisted.

I nodded and took the glass from between her fingers, bringing it up to my lips and taking a sip of the rich and bitter wine.

“So Damon,” Luna sat on the L shaped part of the couch, facing me and Damon,” I have to admit it makes me sad that you chose now to come visit me, when you reached out I thought you had something else in mind.”

She sipped on her wine and in her hands it looked like a million dollars.

“I meant to reach out sooner, but things haven’t been so smooth at the castle and what you see here,” he pointed his chin in my direction,” is an example.”

“I assume it was Seth who got you into this mess.”

Damon smirked slightly,” Of course. He had just turned eighteen a few weeks ago, he had been trying out his new powers and she-“

“Was collateral damage,” Lunda finished his sentence.

He nodded in disappointment,” You see why I need you, father does not have much say with the witches ever since-“

“Ever since he tried to kill one of us for mating with a blood sucker,” Luna hissed out.

Damon’s gaze hardened,” yes, so as you can imagine, it’s a little difficult getting a witch to perform the ritual of obliteration. We have no more credibility with the witches.”

“If your father keeps going at the rate that he’s going, soon enough he won’t have credibility with all The Underworld,” Luna’s words were almost like a threat.

“He’s the King, you think that would mean something in this city-“ Damon began but Luna cut him off.

“He’s your King, not ours.”

Damon nodded but remained silent.

Luna’s gaze trailed over my body and she looked me up and down, her eyes resting at the bites on my neck.

“Does she taste good?”

“I wouldn’t know,” Damon answered, sparing me a quick glance,” that wasn’t me.”

She chuckled,” Looks like someone else at the castle had enjoyed having her around, perhaps the King,” she winked towards Damon.

“It wasn’t the King-“

“Perhaps your rule-breaking brothers, or that mischievous Isabelle-“

My focus asserted at the mention of Isabelle name and I was surprised to know that she knew Isabelle. I wondered what she meant by mischievous and if she knew how mischievous Isabelle really was.