Page 49 of Shifter Situations

The gossip began to trickle into my thoughts, and the darkness in Sloane’s mind grew hungrier, swallowing up bits of the pink.

“She said to pick a fight, but every time I go near one of the Elliott brothers, those fucking vampires run me off.”

“I don’t care what she asked us to do. I want to fuck Bay again, and I wouldn’t be upset if his brother or one of those other guys wanted to join.”

“How difficult is it to kill a vampire? He’s hot, so it’d be a shame, but is it really that hard to accomplish?”

“Did you see the other guys, though? I don’t know what they are, but I want to find out.”

“Who is that stunning English guy? I’d sell my soul to the Devil for a night or two with him.”

I scoffed, running my lips down the side of her throat.

“The Devil already has my soul,” I murmured against her skin.

“I don’t just want your soul, Fae; I want all of you.”

“I know you do, Princess,” I confessed, tucking my face against her neck.

The group across from us had grown silent, and one last statement had some of them splitting apart.

“Do whatever you want. I’m not risking the wrath of the Supreme Alpha’s daughter. I’m leaving. The moment you bitches start shit, it’s going to get nasty, and I don’t want to be a part of that.”

Sloane cut off our connection to them after that, and we made our way back to the group. It was clear to me that we shouldn’t separate while we were here.

I felt like we were all being watched. Someone was waiting for one of us to leave the safety of our own misfit pack so they could pounce.

Palmer was tipsy, and Baylor and Jack were rather drunk when we reached them. Stone and York were a few feet away with Grim and Blaire, chatting and laughing. Novak and Briggs looked exhausted.

“How does it feel to be the babysitter for a change?” I asked Novak.

“Keeping Jack from prancing off is the hardest job I’ve ever had,” he bitched as he rubbed his eyes.

“I’ve not so much as blinked in like twenty minutes. I was worried that his drunk ass was going to disappear and take these two idiots with him. Then we wouldn’t know where the fuck they went.”

“They made me the beer bitch,” Briggs grumbled.

Sloane covered her mouth with her hand as she tried not to laugh.

Novak rolled his eyes as the hellsteed slurred, “Lo, do you remember that time that Dad came to the academy when we got in that fight?”

“Yeah, what about it?”

“Nothing, I was just thinking about it.”

Baylor glanced between them before his wide, serious eyes settled on Jack. “What happened? Was it bad?”

“When we were freshmen in high school, there were some kids at school who kept trying to bully us. Girls are fucking mean,” Jack stated dramatically.

“Wait, wait. I know how this goes.” Palmer patted at the air before asking, “Ye killed them, didn’t ye, Love?”

She grinned, shaking her head at them. “No. Jack and I got into several fights at the Devil’s Academy, but I didn’t kill anyone.”

“Tell them what happened,” Jack urged her before turning to Palmer and Baylor. “She’s shit at telling stories, but I love this one.”

“Thank you for that vote of confidence,” she told the hellsteed.

He grimaced and shrugged at her.