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“Yes. Pretend ones. Eden promised Ghua she would never shoot a real one. She is the only one who promised, though.”
I coughed to cover up the laugh that had exploded from me at his deeply troubled words.
“I’m sure no one plans on shooting any real ones.”
He grunted. “Hannah says that accidents have been known to happen.”
“The new girl,” a cheery voice called.
I turned to watch a fey approach. In his arms, a blonde grinned at me.
“I was going to come say hi if you didn’t show up before long. I’m Angel.” As soon as she was on her feet, she handed me a snack cake. “Welcome to feight club. Stands for fey fight club. There’s only one rule. Nah, I’m kidding. There are no rules. Last week Eden punched Hannah in the baby box.” The fey around us hissed out breaths. “It wasn’t pretty, but Eden won the match.”
“Eden fights dirty?”
“Don’t we all?”
She ate a bite of cake and rolled her eyes at me when her fey wrapped his arms around her from behind and started groping her belly.
“How’s your man holding up? I heard the assholes in Tenacity are starting to tip their hands.”
“Adam’s doing as well as can be expected. The swelling is down. He can see. But they messed up his leg. The pain is unbearable when he tries to put any weight on it. He’s hurting even when he doesn’t use it, too.”
“I’m really sorry to hear that,” Angel said sympathetically. “June, right?”
“Yeah.”
“I think it’s normal for all of us to ask ourselves if we’re lucky to have made it this far or if we’re cursed. Life is so different, but we’re still holding ourselves to the same expectations of the past. He’ll come around.”
“I hope so.”
“Are we ready to rumble?”
I turned toward the sound of the new voice. A young woman with brown hair pulled back in a ponytail jogged our way.
A fey jogged beside her, his gaze flicking to his partner.
“You want to rumble here?”
She snorted. “Wrong kind of rumble Ghua, and no, we’re not doing that here.”
“Hey, June. I’m Eden. Welcome to feight club.”
“Nice to meet you, Eden.”
“Hannah should be here soon,” Angel said. “I think they went to check on the cows.”
“Any idea if Brenna and Tasha will be here?”
Angel shook her head, looking sad. “Uan’s not doing so well. I think they’re starting to consider the caves.”
Eden frowned, growing serious. “But I thought Cassie said…”
“Exactly.”
“What’s happening?” I asked, lost.
“The caves, where the fey came from, had special crystals,” Eden explained. “The crystals changed the fey, making it impossible for them to truly die when they were down there.”
