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“You know, the auction where they sell blood slaves to vampires and sex slaves to the rest of us? It’s still running.”
“Are you fucking kidding me? I shut all those down decades ago!”
“It’s not in your jurisdiction, so don’t get your panties in a twist, brother.” Cal grinned at me, but it wasn’t a happy grin. It was a sly one.
Ihatedseeing women be exploited and actively worked against it. Cal liked it when I got all riled about something.
He went out of his way to piss me off.
“It’s the last day, so you get to join in on the fun if you still want to. I mean, not that fun is something you’d understand.” He laughed and held out his hand to Dagger for a high-five that Dagger refused to return.
Cal didn’t seem to care he’d been left hanging. He scratched his short beard instead, ran his hand through his slick long hair, and flexed his muscles for good measure.
If he wasn’t Hauser’s blood, I would have gotten rid of that asshole a long time ago.
“I’ll pass,” I said.
“Come on, you’ll like it. They have all kinds of epic beasts to sell, you know. Word on the street is they caught a rabbit shifter.”
Cal had my full attention now. “Awhat?”
“That’s supposed to be the stuff of legend,” Dagger said.
“Yeah, we’re going to see if that shit’s real,” Cal said with a shrug. “Come on, you know you’re curious, at least a little bit.”
Cal was right—I was curious. I knew rabbit shifters existed, but they were an anomaly. They only showed up once every thousand years or so. Nobody I knew had ever seen a rabbit shifter in person, despite some shifters living to be hundreds of years old.
“We’re going,” I said to Dagger.
Cal grinned. “Yeah? It’ll be nice to hang out, some brother bonding time for a change.”
I bristled. “That’snotwhat this is.”
“You’re no fun. Since you became alpha, you’re so boring, you know that?”
“Thanks for the personality assessment,” I said sarcastically. “We’re leaving,now.”
Cal chuckled, ignoring my clear irritation with him, and got up to get his shit together so we could go.
“You’re serious about this?” Dagger asked.
“Are you kidding me? A rabbit shifter?”
“You know, it’s probably a fake.”
“Wouldn’t hurt to see,” I said.
I could figure out who the fuck was running a shifter auction and shut them down while I was at it. Besides, I could use the distraction, anyway. I was pissed that one of my own had died and I didn’t know how. An icy hand clutched my heart, wrapping me up in fear. What if it was the demon, coming closer to make good on its promise to take care of me?
Let him try.
I’d been around for two centuries, and I was still here. I might have had to look over my shoulder every minute of the day, but I was still alive and kicking, and as long as I could keep it that way, then I won. Demons lived forever, but that didn’t mean that I couldn’t outsmart the son of a bitch.
“I guess not,” Dagger said and stood. “I’ll call Uma, let her tag along. She’ll be able to tell us if it’s real.”
I nodded. Uma was a fae and Dagger’s best friend. Dagger had been Hauser’s beta, and when I’d come into power, he’d pledged his loyalty to me. He’d always said Hauser had done the right thing, plucking me from the demon’s claws, and Uma was right by his side, willing to help however she could. It was thanks to her that the demon was kept at bay. Her spells helped me through.
It was always a good idea to have a fae on the alpha’s side—any alpha who made the fae their enemy left themselves wide open for attacks.
