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Now, I couldn’t face three dudes I barely knew, who had no dangerous abilities, and who…
Who loved me until they inevitably chose to break the bond.
“You can break the spell. By rejecting your mate like Ram did.”
“You rejected Alyssa?” Moe said, aghast, and I glanced up to see him gaping at Ram.
Ram ran a hand along his chin. “Well…”
“More Alyssa for us,” Jag said with a shrug.
My eyes widened. “Wait… what?”
Jag’s eyes glinted with amusement. “The spell didn’t work in the prison, did it? But I liked you then too. This just means I get to be with you.”
I giggled. What the fuck? I had never giggled in my life.
Moe, still kneeling, scooted along the shag to take my hand. “I have a mate!” He kissed my fingers like some fantasy knight.
I smiled down at him like some stupid, spoiled princess. Damn it.
Ram groaned and dropped from his knees to his ass on the carpet next to Beverly. If he did love me, watching all this must sting, but he decided to handle that in the most dickish way possible.
“I’m surrounded by dollar store Casanovas.”
I clenched my teeth, still pissed at him for the blackmail. “Better than the bargain basement Bond villain shit you had going on,” I said. “Octodicky.”
“Octo… oh, wait!” Moe scooted on his knees back to Ram’s side and grasped the other man’s shoulders. “I was here to check on you. I forgot because of the human-eating alien and because of love.” He gazed at Ram so intently that the other man leaned back from him.
“What are you doing?” Ram said.
“Making sure I don’t get distracted again.” Moe put his face so close to Ram’s that it looked like he was going to kiss him. “How are you?”
Ram’s eyes darted from side to side as though looking for an escape route.
Speaking of escape routes… Elliot was going to break the mate spell; I was sure of it. He had been silent since I told him his feelings were caused by magic. I glanced at him now, and he stared a hole into the jukebox like he was trying to pretend the rest of us didn’t exist.
Jag and Moe being on board was more than I could hope for; it wasn’t reasonable to expect anyone to love you because of a spell. But I was still going to miss Elliot’s thoughtful dark eyes and dumb puns. I was going to miss getting to know him.
He cleared his throat. When he started to speak, I tensed, ready for the blow, even as my name spoken in his soft rumble of a voice made heat pool in my belly.
“Alyssa…”
Chapter 15
Elliottappedhisfingeron the jukebox as he met my gaze. His dark eyes were heavy. “Alyssa, I…”
I held my breath, waiting for the blow. I shouldn’t care about breaking the bond. I shouldn’t care.
That didn’t stop my heart from aching and my hands from trembling.
Go kiss him. That’ll show him!my brain said.
That’s the last thing he wants!
Elliot cleared his throat and glanced away. “The guards and police will be searching for us. Can they find us here? Where is here?”
My eyes widened in surprise. He didn’t break the mate spell?
