“I don’t want to get into trouble!” The thought of Montgomery using his awful magic on me again sent me into a tailspin.
“I like it when you’re a bad girl,” Zane purred. “But fear not, we’re using a fae portal to escape, so nobody will know.”
“What? How?” Did that mean Farris the Fucking Fae was in town again? I wondered how Glynda would feel about that. She’d seemed awfully interested in all things fae lately.
“Farris has business in Thornville, so he agreed to give us a lift there.”
“You’d better not have made a terrible fae bargain, Zane!”
He grinned. “No, pet. I have more sense than to make a bargain with a fae.”
I folded my arms across my chest and scowled at him. “Are you saying I’m stupid?”
His eyes widened in alarm when he realized what he’d said. I almost smiled before deciding he deserved to feel bad because, yes, he had pretty much implied I was too stupid to live.
“Finally someone understands what I’m dealing with daily,” Kenji snarked in my head.
“My beloved little pet, you are the most precious thing in my world.” Zane cupped my cheeks. “Now make yourself pretty while I organize your other mates for a fun night out.”
54
Raven
“Don’t you want to come with us?”
Kai shook his head. “Crowded nightclubs are not really my thing.” My heart fell. I didn’t want my merman to feel excluded. He already struggled with sharing my bed when I was with my other mates.
“Fish boy will be fine, pet. Now get your sexy ass moving before we miss our Uber.”
“Uber?”
“Well, the fae equivalent.”
Farris scowled from his seat by the fire. “Excuse me? You’re damn lucky I’ve agreed to this, but by all means, carry on comparing me to a human rideshare if you feel like being stuck in town later.”
“What’s a rideshare?” I’d heard the phrase before, but the meaning hadn’t stuck in my brain. Probably because my witchy brain was more like a sieve than a steel trap.
Kenji rolled his eyes at me.“Too stupid to live.”
He never lost an opportunity to mock me. Thank the goddess Fig was always sweet and supportive. My pig snorted loudly and collapsed onto the rug by the fire. His fat little belly gurgled loudly as he digested his dinner.
“A private taxicab, little mate. Humans book the service via an app.”
“Oh. Do the fae have an app so we can book passage through your portals?” Farris sent me a look that would have upset a witch with lower self-esteem, and he sniffed loudly. I had no clue why he refused to answer my question. It seemed like a perfectly reasonable one to me.
As I glared at the obnoxious fae, he glanced at the front door for the millionth time. Anyone would think he was waiting for someone.
I turned back to Kai. “Are you sure you don’t want to come?”
He smiled and tucked a loose lock of hair behind my ear. “Yes, I’m sure. I’ll stay with the pig and catch up on some reading.”
My merman loved books. He and I were working our way through a series of fantasy romance books about dragons. I enjoyed it when he read aloud to me. His sexy voice brought the spicy scenes to life in the best way, and the fact he blushed when reading them was just adorable.
“Don’t read any of theDragon Warriorseries,” I said sternly. “I’m excited for you to read the bonding ceremony chapter to me.”
“Is it sexy, pet?” Zane came over and grinned. “If it is, I want to hear it too.”
“Maybe,” I hedged, well aware it was very spicy. Of course, Zane detected my lust and realized instantly how eager I was for the next chapter. His grin widened.
