Free Cole's Haunting Melody (The Gods' Executioner Series) by A.L. Bridges Page B

totally heard us. Ryuji quietly moans and shivers when Isis embraces him; thankfully he was able to keep his mouth closed so the no one else heard him.
    “Come on , Isis; give the guy a break.” I whisper while covering my mouth with my hand.
    “Do I have to? I promise I’ll only make him cum in his pants once!” Isis whispers.
    I give her a look to inform her that that is not cool and she pulls away from Ryuji. He gives a sigh of relief as the music stops and the projectors along the walls display Jason’s spot on the balcony. Now that I have a zoomed in image of him, I see that his cape is part of his vampire costume: that is hilarious.
    “Testing. This is working, right? Alright… For those of you who don’t know, I’m Jason, Prince of Niflheim. Thanks for coming out tonight to help celebrate Halloween and my girlfriend Reyna’s birthday. Happy birthday babe!” Jason announces.
    The alcohol pyramid sparks up and spells out ‘Happy Birthday Reyna,’ in flames. I notice that Jason is holding onto the balcony railing with his left hand while gripping his left wrist like he’s trying to break it; this seems like the kind of thing that I would do if I had to give a speech and was worried about absentmindedly stroking my nipples during it.
    “And to everyone else, Happy Halloween. Drink, be merry, and enjoy yourselves!” Jason exclaims while raising a glass of amber liquid.
    Alright, so the first part of the plan has gone off without a hitch… if you don’t call the drinking, vomiting, and ecstasy, a hitch. Natasha and Cheza walk over and hand me a drink.
    “Isis, Tali, this is my fiancée Chezarei, whom Tali knows; and this is Natasha, my friend and ex snow elf fiancée.” I introduce.
    “It’s good to see you again , Chezarei. Wait, so Natasha is an ex snow elf who is also your fiancée, or is she your ex fiancée who is a snow elf?” Tali asks.
    “No, she is my ex fiancée for a wedding that only pertained to snow elf society; we’re just friends.” I remark. “How could she be an ex snow elf?”
    “Well , you never know when you’re involved, Cole.” Isis chimes in.
    “I t’s nice to meet you, Natasha.” Tali says, obviously still a bit confused.
    “Likewise Queen Tali, and to you as well, your highness.” Natasha says to both of them.
    The night continues on with chatting and drinking as I keep an eye on Ryuji. Jason and Reyna come over and join us before Jason excuses himself and takes the stage of the balcony where he announces the winner of the costume contest. He chooses someone dressed as Feros just to spite me, which I know because he looks directly at my face the entire time to judge my reaction. Jason comes back down, proceeds to invite Reyna to dance, and asks Ryuji and Naia to join them; presumably so he and Ryuji could work out some of their ecstasy fueled inclinations toward grinding without it looking completely out of place.
    Towards the end of the night, Jason takes Reyna’s hand, positions himself next to the fountain and turns on his microphone.
    “Now, I ask that you all join me in singing happy birthday to Reyna .” Jason announces as a squad of servants wheels in a ‘stripper-cake’ sized cake along with forks and plates. We sing happy birthday and people start to line up for cake.
    “I’ve got one more surprise for you, Reyna.” Jason says.
    “Come on, Jason! Cake!” Reyna whines.
    “This will just take a second.” Jason says and takes a small black box out of his jacket pocket. He gets down on one knee and holds up the box.
    “Reyna Reyes, will you marry me?” Jason asks and opens the box to display the contents. As he opens the box, the fountain turns on and blood cascades down it .
    “Jason, I don’t want you to feel like you have to do this just because… ” Reyna trails off to sniff twice in the direction of the fountain.“Is that AB negative? Cole’s AB negative?”
    “Yes it is, and that isn’t the only reason I’m asking. I love you,