Chapter 48

Erick: “Erick! Brother!” I turned to face the duo I had least expected to show up at my wedding. “Lancelin! Acelin! I’m so glad you guys made it.” I gave them both a hug and motioned for a waiter offering champagne flutes. “No dates?” I asked the brothers. Well, half -brothers actually. Ace and Lance both had the same mother. “We’ve fed before arriving,” was Lance’s curt answer. By fed, he didn’t mean blood. It had more to do with the body. Ace and Lance are incubi, sex demons who feed on the life force of the opposite sex. I knew it was their source of nutrition, but Lance could be a bit too blunt sometimes. “Don’t mind the prince,” Acelin cut in with his usual refined cheerfulness. “He seems to have left his good humour back home.” “Like I keep saying,” Lancelin retorted, “food is food, whether you eat it or sleep with it.” I hid my chuckle with a cough while Ace choked on his champagne. A few other guests stopped to look at us, but most of them kept on going around the room with a w