“Okay, there are a lot of similarities, but it’s what we’ve always celebrated here. The ancient witches of Wales called it Nos Galan Gaeaf, which means night of the winter calends. It is essentially our New Year.”
“And what will you do at this party?”
“Well, in witch fashion, there will be a bonfire, lots of drinks, and fraternizing between students.” Avery wiggled her eyebrows.
Felix’s eyes darkened at the wordfraternizing. Over his dead fucking body. The image alone of some drunk asshole feeling her up in that sexy costume that no witch or shifter alike deserved to see had his blood boiling. “I’m coming with you.”
“You can’t. You don’t have a costume.”
“I can just make some devil horns with my shadows.”
“No. That simply won’t do.” Avery tapped her chin, calculating some diabolical plan he was sure, before she clapped. “I have an idea.”
Felix groaned and flopped back onto the bed as Avery went to rummage through her closet with far too much enthusiasm. Before he knew it, she emerged from the closet holding what could only be described as a costume straight from a porn set. A maid’s outfit, complete with ruffles and an apron that wouldn’t cover a damn thing.
“Absolutely not,” Felix said sternly. He was pussy-whipped, but no one on earth could make him show up to a party in that.
Avery gave him a sour look. “Geez, what crawled up your ass and died?”
“You did.”
“You wish.”
He rose from the bed and closed the distance between them in two strides. Avery gulped and took a step back, but he could tell she secretly loved it. The sweet aroma of her arousal was already filling the air, the cute way her pupils blew out. It was un-fucking-bearable. He needed to taste it. They had time, right? Just a little taste.
A knock interrupted them. Godfuckingdammit. Something about this night was off.
“Avery, it’s me!” Maya said.
Felix quickly let the shadows reshape his clothes into a uniform, camouflaging his tail and ears and created Lucky the shadow cat that went with Avery to the door.
Avery gave him a look that screamed,what are you doing?
“What? She already thinks we’re fucking.”
She glared at him. “Fine.”
Avery opened the door for Maya, let her in, and gave her a hug that made his own heart squeeze just a bit. God, how soft he had gotten. Already, Avery had rubbed all the edges off of him.
The crow saw him first, giving him a squawk that made Maya stop short. “Oh…hey!”
“Sorry, I should have warned you he was here,” Avery said.
“It’s all good, the more the merrier! It’s Felix, right?” Maya said.
“Yeah, and you must be Maya?” Felix asked faux politely.
“Yep!” she said, popping the ‘p.’ Her crow cawed again on her shoulder, obviously sensing the danger as she got closer to Felix. “You can hold this.” She thrust a bottle of whiskey into his hands, smiling before spinning toward Avery and mouthing somethingto her that he couldn’t quite catch.
“What did she say?”he asked.
“That’s for me to know and you to find out, bitch boy.”
“Careful, kitten, you’ll get a spank for that.”
A shiver of arousal ran down the bond that had him grinning like the cat that got the cream.
“We were just discussing Felix’s costume for the night,” Avery said, her voice dripping with mischief that made him want to grab her and kiss that smug little smile off her face. He groaned, running a hand down his face.
