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“We aren’t seriously letting them play, are we?” Starla said as she took her usual place at the table.
I glanced around the room. Everyone seemed to have arrived right after the twins. Most of the other shifters were watching them with suspicion. I didn’t blame them.
Most mages treated us terribly. And aside from Raven, they never came down here.
“Why not?” Remi asked.
I looked at Remi, my eyebrows raised in surprise. He seemed like he’d be the last to accept them in our game. Shit, we only recently allowed Remi to join. And that was only because of Makayla.
Frowning, I realized that we’d set a precedent when we let Remi play. Since he was seeing Makayla, even if she still hadn’t admitted it officially, he was allowed in. And as much as I hated it, one of the twins was spending time with Raven.
“You sure you two can handle it?” Raven asked. “It doesn’t seem like your game.”
“Oh, we can handle it,” the twin with the money shoved it back in his pocket.
“What do you think, Ben?” Raven looked up at me. “Do we have room for two more?”
“I guess so,” I said.
“Alright, if you’re in, take your seat. I’m dealing,” Starla said.
While everyone grabbed a seat around the low table, I leaned close to Raven so I could whisper. “You’re still spending the night in my bed tonight.”
“Of course I am,” she said. “But you still need to earn me.”
I’d never been so turned on by the prospect of playing poker in my life. I wanted to get her naked and then I was going to carry her over my shoulder back to my room like a cave man claiming his bride.
As we played, someone put out glasses and we passed around bottles of liquor. With each hand, the conversation grew louder and the laugher more boisterous.
Three rounds in and I was still fully clothed. Raven had lost her shoes and one of the twins, Zach I think, was down to bare feet. He was terrible, which was turning out to be entertaining to watch.
Finally, I lost a hand and pulled off my own shoes. Raven leaned in closer to me, her body pressed against mine. Feeling her warmth on me was the best thing in the world.
I had to admit, even the twins couldn’t ruin the mood.
We kept playing and drinking and everyone was having friendly side conversations. To my surprise even the mages were getting along with the rest of the group. I hated to admit it, but they weren’t as bad as I originally thought. Not that I felt any better about Raven spending time with them, but I supposed there were worse people she could hang out with. I’d even managed to figure out which was which. Though, if they changed places, I’d be screwed.
A few more hands and I had lost my socks and my belt. Raven had lost her pants in the last round and another loss would have her losing her shirt. A couple of the shifters had left the game and the twins were down to their tee shirts and boxers. There were in surprisingly good spirits about it.
“There was that one summer when I convinced him he could breathe under water,” Zach said.
“You didn’t!” Raven laughed. “What happened when he tested it?”
“He nearly drowned. It was the angriest I ever saw our dad.”
“I was a kid,” Matt said.
“You were thirteen,” Zach said.
Everyone around the table laughed.
“Alright,” Starla said. “Moment of truth.”
Raven groaned as Starla turned the cards. “Shit.”
“It’s about to get very cold for you,” Starla said. “Take it off!”
“Dammit,” Raven stood up, setting her cards on the table. Then she pulled her shirt off. She was standing there in her bra and panties and I can tell you there was nothing cold about it. In fact, I felt like I was on fire.
