We are both playing a role right now: The Alpha and Beta on a hookup at a hotel bar.
I can’t let the act drop.
“Are you sure?” I allow Joker to lead me out of the bar, although he is staggering as well. “Do you want me to take you back to your room?”
“Why don’t we use your room?” Joker suggests.Of course he does.“What number is it?”
“Thirteen.” I lean more heavily on Joker, as we climb the stairs, attempting to sound casual. “Unlucky for some, but where you’re going to get lucky.”
He winks. “I thought that I was the one who made bad jokes?”
“You’re the pretty Beta seducer.” I take a deep breath of Joker’s sweet scent, wishing that everything we’ve acted could have been real. Yet the thrill of the hunt still rushes through me, as we stumble down the corridor toward my hotel room and what awaits inside. “And you’re about to get everything you deserve.”
“I hope so.” Joker looks up at the door to my room. “We’re here.”
Adrenaline rushes through me.
The moment has come to turn the tables.
Joker is the gorgeous honeypot of the Hunter pack. I wasn’t lying when I told him how dangerous people in this town are.
Yeah, me.
Joker can’t say that I didn’t give him fair warning that he shouldn’t be here alone.
He believes that he is luring me to my death, but I am luring him to his.
Time for the predator to become the prey.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Sanctum Lodge, Sanctum
Joker and I are both laughing, as we push into my room.
I slam the door behind me, caging Joker against it. “Hello again.”
Joker’s honey gaze is half-hooded. “Have you heard the joke about the Beta swimmer who meets the Alpha magician in the bar?”
I shake my head.
“Good because it’s bad.”
I chuckle. “Enough talk. Aren’t you here to be fucked?”
“Eager.”
“You’re the one who seduced me.”
Joker’s scent becomes sweeter and more intoxicating. My head swims.
He leans closer to my ear, whispering, “Did I?”
I pull away from Joker, sharply.
My skin is prickling. I feel feverish.
I must remain in control.
