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BookBoyfriendLover69:Like he’s gonna get himself killed in the Shadow Realm?

TheRealisticRomantic:He’s got no plot armor to protect him in our world.

That was the crux of it, wasn’t it? Adrian couldn’t let Knox run around by himself. Besides, his friends hadn’t experienced theincubus’s power the way he had. Adrian couldn’t deny that Knox was real, even if there was no way to prove this to his friends.

BookBoyfriendLover69:I still want a picture.

TheRealisticRomantic:He looks exactly like he does in the official artwork. Except that he claims to be ‘bigger.’

Adrian had to add that because the fact wouldn’t leave his mind. He glanced at the body pillow. The drawing still didn’t look ‘small’ to him. How could Knox be bigger than that in reality?

Not that his bigger size would be an issue.

He possessed incubus magic to help his chosen targets… accommodate him.

Adrian grew hot all over, just thinking about it.

Getting up from his desk, he took a picture of his broken skylight, another one of all the shards of glass on his floor. He really should get that cleaned up. He had to be so careful not to step on any of it as he walked around.

He uploaded the images to the group chat.

LiteraryLion:That looks bad, holy shit.

BookBoyfriendLover69:I want a picture of the hot guy. Where are you hiding him?

Adrian typed: In the living room. I don’t want to go in there now.

But he didn’t hitSend.

He didn’t want to admit that he was scared. He wanted to be the kind of person his online friends thought he was. The cool andcollected rational thinker who wasn’t afraid of anything, least of all hot guys.

Adrian looked at the faint light shining under his door. There was still a lamp burning in the living room. He could not hear any sounds, though.

Slowly, he pushed open the door, his heart thudding against his ribs. The small table lamp on the coffee table cast a warm glow over the room. Knox lay on the sofa bed, his head resting on the pillow Evelyn had placed there. His eyes were closed, his chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm.

Asleep?

But why hadn’t he turned off the light? Did he not know how to?

Adrian crept closer, each step hesitant, but Knox didn’t stir. He looked almost… peaceful. Peaceful and too hot for words.

Adrian took out his phone and aimed the camera at Knox, his finger hovering over the button. What was he doing? This was insane.

He took the picture.

His phone processed for half a second and then it was done.

Adrian stared at the picture on his screen. There, captured in perfect detail, was Knox. His dark hair was tousled around his horns, resting on the pillow. His lips were slightly parted. He looked real. Solid. Not like a figment of Adrian’s imagination.

He hit upload and sent the picture into the group chat.

And just as he was starting to feel victorious and self-confident, Knox stirred and looked at him. A small smile curved the demon’s lips.

"Are you joining me in bed after all?"

Adrian damn near jumped out of his skin. Fuck! He’d thought the incubus was asleep.

"I, uh…" Adrian stammered, his carefully constructed composure crumbling under Knox’s intense gaze. He’d been so focused on his friends’ reactions, so caught up in proving Knox’s existence, that he’d forgotten how utterly unnerving the man could be.