Page 358 of End Game

“Oh.” She straightens in her chair. “Right.”

Shawn murmurs, “You came in with me.”

“Did I?”

“If you want.”

Alexis thinks about it.

“No.”

Shawn raises an eyebrow.

“I kick the door open behind him.”

Cami starts laughing immediately.

Ronan looks at Alexis. “Why?”

“I don’t know. I’m a barbarian.”

“That is not a reason.”

“It feels like a reason.”

Griffin looks at me.

I shrug.

I’m not arguing with her logic.

Ronan sighs. “Fine. Edrin walks into the tavern. Approximately three seconds later, the door slams into the wall behind him hard enough that several patrons turn.”

Alexis grins. “My name is Vera.”

Shawn mutters something under his breath.

“And I’m carrying a very large axe.”

Ronan nods. “What do you look like?”

“Hot.”

Shawn covers his face.

Cami nearly spits out her drink.

Ronan closes his eyes.

Alexis keeps going. “Tall. Muscular. Long dark hair. Leather armor.”

“Actual armor?” Ronan asks.

She frowns. “Sure.”

“Because leather bikini armor isn’t particularly useful.”

“I never said bikini.”