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She heaved a sigh, eyeing Axel as she lifted my wrist to her lips.
“I already threatened to castrate him if he attacks you,” I offered, when she hesitated.
I hadn’t threatened that exactly, but I was pretty sure that the threat of locking him up would impact him more, because he likely wouldn’t believe I was willing to castrate him.
And since I wasn’t, he would’ve been right not to believe it.
Iris reluctantly bit me, her venom numbing the pain as her teeth slid into my skin.
Axel growled, low and angrily, as she drank from me.
“I’m fine,” I told him, though I was getting a little light headed.
Iris finally released me a minute later, and her coloring looked slightly better. “You still taste awful,” she whispered to me, though she settled back down on her pillow.
I grinned. “Good. Sleep well. I’ll try to pick up a few new vamps tonight.” I flashed her a smile even as Axel roared at me.
“Careful with that thing,” she hissed at me.
I smirked. “That’s what she said.”
She grumbled at me as I grabbed a fistful of Axel’s hair and tugged lightly. The door closed behind us, and I stepped into my room. It was exactly as I’d left it, with just my scratchy sheets and old, thrift-store quilt on the weird-smelling mattress. There was no other furniture in the room, but it was home.
Ish.
Homeish.
Could I think of something homier? Of course.
My mind flicked back to Axel’s house, and I had to push back against the wisp of yearning that swelled in my chest.
Mist Valley was home.
I needed to accept that.
My hair went up in a high ponytail, and I shoved a couple of bobby pins into the back part so the little thin strands didn’t end up plastered to my neck in the next ten minutes.
A glance at the clock had me swearing under my breath as I yanked a cleanish pair of shorts on, followed by a black tank top. My clothing supply was nearly nonexistent, but that was tomorrow’s problem.
I grabbed my can of pasta from a few hours earlier and shoved the last two bites into my mouth, hoping that could tide me over until halfway through my shift, when I’d get a free meal from the bar.
“No growling at anyone,” I warned Axel, as I headed out of the apartment. My ponytail swayed behind me, and I noticed him watching it closely. “Definitely no biting, either.”
His eyes darkened suspiciously at that.
“No biting meoranyone else,” I clarified. “Save it until we’re back here, alone. Okay?”
His silence was not a satisfying answer, but it was the best I was going to get.
“Please, don’t screw this up for me. If I lose this job, I’m hosed,” I told the wolf honestly.
He huffed at me.
Also not a satisfying answer, but it was going to have to do.
I strode down the stairs, rubbing the wolf’s head as I went. He remained glued to my side, his fur brushing my bare leg as I walked.
Something told me I was going to regret not wearing clothes that covered a little more skin, but I ignored that something.
