Page 58 of Tortured Beasts


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“First one who does all 5 wins.” She smiled looking at me, then Aeon and then over my shoulder for Zev. “I will say it's better with more people.”

“Come on, Zev, one game and we can run,” I said, knowing he was just waiting for the run.

He grumbled something before I heard his chair scoot back. Katarina’s eyes lit up in excitement that we were all going to be playing the game.

“If I play this, I’m on Katarina’s team,” he said, standing next to her.

I narrowed my eyes at him. He had only chosen her because he knew that they had a better chance at winning.

“Great!” Katarina yelled, pulling him to one side as Aeon came to mine.

“Alright, pick who goes first, and we can get started. Also, whoever is not flipping should refill the cup for your round, preferably while the other team member is still playing so that your shots are ready.” Katarina looked excited. “Alright, who is ready?”

Aeon looked at me, nodding his head with the challenge in his eye.

“We are ready to win,” I said confidently.

Katarina said something to Zev who blatantly looked down her shirt. He nodded a few times before she said they were ready.

“Alright, remember you have to flip the cup in order to go to the next one,” she said, looking around at each of us and patting Zev’s shoulder, since it looked like he was going first. “Alright. Ready, set, go!”

I drank the contents of the cup, realizing it was tequila. Licking my lips, looking up at Katarina, I thought I might need to take another shot of this off of her. I set the cup down, hitting the bottom to make it flip, getting it on the first try.

I smirked as I went to the next cup. Once I drank the contents, I tried flipping it again, only to fail a few times. Zev was still on the first one, so I took a deep breath trying to be a little more patient. I flipped it on the next try.

“Yes! Come on, Zev,” Katarina squealed.

“Lu, he’s catching up,” Aeon growled.

“Go!” Katarina yelled excitedly.

I went on to the next one, seeing both of us on the same cup. He stared at me as he drank the contents, the challenge clear in his eyes. He completed the next one easily, making me nervous. I finished my last cup when Katarina was starting her first one. I filled the last cup up for Aeon while he started, too.

“Come on, Aeon,” I urged.

He flipped the first cup with Katarina, going on to the next one quickly. They glared at each other while they drank the shot, trying to flip it quickly. They did the next three quickly. Katarina laughed as she tried flipping the last cup.

“Come on, Hellcat,” Zev growled.

Hellcat?

I needed to remember that later to tease him.

“One more, A!” I yelled, the excitement of possibly winning was getting to us all.

“Shit!” Katarina yelled when her cup fell off the table. Her face was full of happiness, something I hadn’t seen too often. She needed this, seeing everyone else’s expressions, we did too.

“No!!” Katarina yelled, throwing her cup at Aeon. “You cheated.”

“We won, don’t be a sore loser, Kitten.” Aeon looked more relaxed.

“I think we need a rematch.” Zev started looking like his old self before he became this grump guy. Katarina leaned into him smiling, but she checked her watch.

“As much as I would love a rematch, I think we need to do the run now,” Katarina said, looking outside.

“Let’s run,” I said, getting excited.

Aeon took a deep breath as his eyes changed color. “Yeah, it’s time to run.”

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