“Wait a second.” Cara gaped at the black velvet walls, which were drenched in atmospheric red lighting, while Hux closed the door to the stairway leading up from the tunnel. “Is this Nudiustertian?”
“Yep.”
“And it has its own connection to the underground grid?”
“Yep.”
“That is so cool.”
Huxley grinned over his shoulder at her, the jarring flickers in his aura belying his nonchalant façade. That male had a dressing down coming, thinking he could pretend he wasn’t hurt in front of her.
Approaching a demon waitress, Hux said something to her, and she nodded to her right. He steered Cara toward one of the more secluded corner booths, his hand on her lower back sending pleasant shivers to her core. The background music twined around her senses, the beat low, its rhythm seductive.
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