Chapter Four
“Perry, I was going to tell you. The opportunity just hadn’t presented itself.” My mother looks flustered. I haven’t said a word to her since she and my dad got here half an hour ago. I’ve learned from my father that the best way to make my mom spill her guts is to say nothing. “I knew you weren’t in danger because you hadn’t come into your powers yet.”
Silently, I uncross my legs and tuck them both under me. I glance at my father to see him trying to hide a partial smile. He knows what I’m doing.
“A succubus doesn’t develop all of her powers until she begins having sex and feeding her appetite.” She takes a sip of water. “You know our Goddess is Lilith, but She didn’t create us all by herself. Samael tempted her and she made love to him. That’s how she and three other women became succubae, and how we came to be. Perry, please,” she says. One word from me would shut down our ‘sharing’ session.
Haines looks at my father. “Kevin, would you join me in the kitchen? Perhaps we can…”
