Page 52 of Coven of Corpses

“I’m not carrying him to the road,” Cody said. “We’ll call it in once we get back to town. Let’s go.”

Demetrius began to walk in what he hoped was the direction of the truck.

“It’s okay, you know,” Cody said from behind him. “I did it, too.”

Demetrius glanced over his shoulder and narrowly missed knocking himself out on a tree branch. “Did what?”

Even though it was his own body he was watching, Demetrius could see Cody in the shrug he delivered. So. Very. Strange.

“Felt you up six ways to Sunday. It’s just natural, Demmy. And who better to get the opportunity with than each other?”

“We can’t focus on that right now. Let’s get home and call in about Heath, then figure out what our next step is going to be.”

They were quiet as they followed the red rags through the woods. When he’d untied the final one, Demetrius looked around. He wasn’t sure where to road was, so he looked at his phone—Cody’s phone—and had to hold it out and have him point out the compass app for him. He corrected their trajectory slightly and they set off again.

“Don’t be posting stuff on my social media,” Cody said. “And don’t go into my hidden photos folder.”

“What’s in your hidden photos folder?”

“Photos I like to keep hidden.”

Demetrius looked over his shoulder. “Such as?”

“Personal stuff.”

“Are you blushing?”

“No, you are. Your body blushes, like, every six or seven minutes. What is up with that? And why does your neck hurt so much?”

“That’s where Nicolae bit me.”

“Fucking fucker,” Cody muttered. “I’d like the opportunity to kill him all over again for what he did to you and this town.”

“Don’t say that out loud. There’s a witch running loose around here who might be able to make that happen. And maybe a demon.”

“Jesus tobogganing Christ, the shit we get ourselves into.”

“You can’t say stuff like that while you’re inside…while we’re swapped. People will know right away something is off.”

They were quiet again for a while, then, when they were almost back to the road, Cody said, “We definitely need to have sex at some point.”

“Oh, my God.”

“You know you want to.”

“Can we discuss that later, please?”

“Sure, but now you’re thinking about it. And I really want to know what it feels like to be fucked by my dick.” He laughed, the sound startlingly bright amid the insanity of what had happened to them.

“What is going on?” Demetrius looked over his shoulder and saw Cody shaking his head as he laughed to himself. “Are you having a breakdown inside my body?”

“No. Saying that, I just realized it’s going to bring a whole new level of meaning to the phrase ‘go fuck yourself.’”

“Oh, for God’s sake.”

Demetrius let out a breath of relief when he caught a glimpse of the road through the trees. “We made it.”

“My ass looks pretty good from back here,” Cody said. “I need to keep up those squats.”