ASMODEUS: Demon of Lust

Chapter Three

Chapter Three

Kai sat in the booth and tried to concentrate on the laminated menu in her hands instead of on the man sitting across from her, but it was an effort in futility. She'd read the contents of the menu about a dozen times, but had not retained a thing.

She glanced at the clock. Seven fifteen and no sign of Ben yet. That was just as well because she still hadn't figured out how to gracefully explain why she had invited another man along on their date.

Kai peered at her new friend over the edge of the menu. 
Mr. Aaron Miles had no light. Nothing. Nada. Zip. 
He was a Dark One—and yet wasn't. At least he wasn't what she expected. Based on her mother's stories, she was expecting a drooling, fanged, hunched over ball of evil. Not a super-hot hunk that catches fainting women in gas stations.

Aaron caught her looking at him again and smirked. Kai's face heated with embarrassment just as the waitress came back to their table with the beers they had ordered.

"Two ice-cold Coronas with lime," she said as she slid the bottles onto the scarred, wood table. The waitress, probably in her mid-forties, gave Aaron a big smile and tapped her chin with the end of her pen as she inched closer to his side of the table. "Have you decided what you'd like to eat? A hulking fella like you would probably love our Big Devil Burger."

"That sounds right up my alley," he said with a wink. "Thank you, Matilda. I believe I'll take your professional advice and have that to go, if you don't mind."

"How'd you know my name?" Matilda giggled, as she jotted his order down. 


"Name tag," he said in a conspiratorial whisper. 


Kai watched the exchange with genuine awe. The woman was seriously ready to drop her panties, not that Kai could blame her, but the odd part was that Aaron seemed totally unfazed by it. Was he arrogant or genuinely unaware of the effect he was having on poor Matilda? He flicked his pale blue eyes to hers and winked. 


Arrogant. It figures. 


Kai rolled her eyes and put her menu down on the table top as she glanced past him toward the door of the bar looking for any sign of Ben. 


"Oh my," Matilda said as one hand flew to her ample cleavage. "You are a charmer, aren't you? Most folks that come into this place don't bother to learn my name."


"Kai?" His voice brought her out of her thoughts. "Do you know what you want?"

The waitress huffed and gave Kai an exasperated look. She was thoroughly annoyed to have to take her attention off Aaron or have his attention taken from her.

"Oh, yes." Kai blinked and shook her head. "Sorry, I should probably wait for my friend to get here. He should be here any minute."

"Well, that's fine by me," Matilda said as she tucked the pen behind her ear. "Y'all just give me a holler when you're ready." She turned her attention to Asmodeus. "You want me to put your order in now or do you want to wait?"

"I think I'll hold off until Kai's date gets here. After all, I have to see what kind of man entices my new friend, here." He leaned back in the booth and draped one arm along the back of it as he took a sip of his beer.

"You got it, doll." Matilda sauntered off toward the bar. 


Kai didn't miss the seductive sway of her hips or the fact that Aaron's gaze was fixed firmly on the waitress' ass. 


"Charming," Kai sighed as she picked up her beer. "Well, I can clearly see what entices you."


"What?" He asked innocently. "I'm only looking."