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“A large bunny comes into your house at night!” he exclaimed, horrified. “Aren’t you afraid it’s going to eat your face off while you’re asleep?”
Yeah, apparently, there’s this ginormous bunny demon that roams the Midnight Realm, and it sometimes likes to nibble on paranomals’ faces.
“I don’t know why they don’t,” I tell Legend. I’ve learned that it’s best to agree with him when he freaks out like this. “Humans are just weirdos, I guess.”
“That they are,” Legend agrees. “It’s a good thing you aren’t one anymore.”
“Yeah, but apparently, you never thought I was.” Irritation leaks into my tone.
“Do you want to have this conversation now?” Legend whispers in a low tone. “Just say the word and we will.”
I peer around at the silhouettes of at least twenty werewolves, then lean closer to Legend. “No, but we definitely need to talk about it.”
“I know we do,” he says. “So, let’s plan on having a little one-on-one time tomorrow after I make a quick trip to my lair.”
I nod. “All right, it’s a date.”
A growl thunders through the darkness, making the hairs on my arms stand on end.
“Not a date,” Legend stresses, shifting uneasily. “Just two good friends hanging out.”
“Okay.” I sneak a glance at the werewolves again, wondering which one growled and why. “I didn’t mean an actual date. It’s just a term I use sometimes, which you should know by now.”
“I do know that.” Legend scratches the back of his neck. “But not every creature here does.”
“So what? Who cares if I go on a date with you?” I don’t really want to date Legend. I’m just trying to prove a point. My point being: why does it matter? Because it feels like it matters, yet no one will say why.
Violet light pierces the night.
“Okay.” A werewolf claps his hands together as he steps forward into the silvery moonlight. I recognize the wolf immediately.
Shade.
He points a finger at me. “You, gorgeous, little creature, are a troublemaker. We’re going to have our hands full. But I sensed that when I first saw you in the club.”
I gape at him. “What the heck did I do? And how the hell did you sense that when I was hiding behind Legend? That’s hardly anything a troublemaker would do.”
“Yeah, but then you opened your mouth and nothing but trouble spewed out of those pretty, little lips of yours,” he jokes, then winces at the noise of a rabid growl and teeth snapping. He shakes his head, looking to his right, at Jules. “Will you chill out? I’m just teasing her.”
“You were the one doing all the growling!” I shake my head at Jules. “What’s your deal, dude—”
Jules hastily places a finger over my lips as shuffling echoes from the distance.
“Do you smell that?” he hisses at Shade.
Shade sniffs the air. “It’s the Shadow Thornwall pack’s scent. There’s a lot of them, too.”
“Why would they be this close to our field?” Jules murmurs, lowering his finger from my lips. “They should know better than to cross into our boundaries without permission.”
He trades a look with Shade. Shade nods his head once, then lets out a whistle as he strides toward the entrance of the alleyway. The werewolves lining the alley snap into motion, stepping closer to Jules, Legend, and I, creating a makeshift human wall around us.
I inch closer to Legend as the feeling of being trapped creeps up inside me.
“They’re going to be able to smell her,” Legend tells Jules, absentmindedly trailing his fingers up and down my back. “Her scent’s getting stronger by the second.”
I discreetly take a whiff of my armpits, curious what my scent smells like. Jules said my scent is like stars and moon dust and violets, but all I can smell is my cotton candy perfume and cat.
Stupid shifter cat.
