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"Dibs on throwing him," Dex said immediately.
"And who will throw Viva, if she's on their side?" Kerina asked.
I twitched. This again. "I will," I said firmly. "But it won't come to that. If it does, I'm a cute bunny shifter."
Dex grinned. "Youarepretty cute."
I snorted. "Thanks. I try. I'm missing a cotton tail though."
"Shame." Dex clicked his tongue. "I'm sure there's surgery to fix oversights like that."
Now Kerina was grinning.
I looked at them all darkly.
"It still wouldn't make me a rabbit. And I'm not wrong about Viva. You believe what you want to believe." I wasn't one for blind faith, but I know she wouldn't betray us. She was smart. She would deceive Seth until the time came to deal with him. I had to believe that. I held a death grip on the idea and clung to it like it would keep me from falling into a chasm.
"I hope you're right," Devlin said. "I like you better as a wolf."
Dex chuckled. "Me too."
"I wouldn't mind being Dragonesque right now," I said with a sigh. "Nice big claws to dig us out with, wings to soar away…"
"You wouldn't be here in the first place," Dex said. "You'd be high up on a cliff somewhere."
I shot him a reproachful look, but he was unmoved.Asshole.
I smiled wryly. "When you put it that way, you're right. I wouldn't come to save your sorry ass."
Dex grinned. "Sure you would. I'm me."
"That doesn't help your argument," Devlin said.
Kerina chuckled.
"It really doesn't," I said to Dex. I smiled to show I was teasing. "I might come to save Viva."
"If she needs it," Devlin said darkly. "She wouldn't be the first to be seduced by the idea of power. It corrupts people. Even me."
"Surely not," Dex said dryly.
"I know, it's surprising, isn’t it?" Devlin smiled lopsidedly. "That's why our system works. I keep Dex in check, and he tries to do the same with me."
"Triesbeing the key word," Dex said.
Devlin shrugged one shoulder. "I might have listened to that bitch a bit too much."
I suspected that if she was in front of him right now, he'd rip her in two with his bare hands. Or bare claws.
I probably wouldn't try to stop him. Dex might, if only because he knew how Devlin would feel later if he did it.
"Lesson learnt," Dex said. "Listen to your Keeper, not your wife."
"You'd say that regardless of what she’s done," Devlin pointed out. "You always were a smug bastard."
Dex responded with a smug smile. "Yeah, but I'm also right. About this and a bunch of other shit. I'll make a list when we get out of here. Unless someone brought chalk?"
"Sorry, I didn't think to put any in my pocket," I said. I spread my hands to show they were empty.
