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“If you two aren’t fucking, can we eat?” Jai calls, and I pull away with a sigh.
“Come on, beautiful, let’s eat.” I offer her my hand, and she accepts it, holding it the entire way to the gym. I expect her to let go when we get there, I even try to step back, but she holds me at her side and walks in without an inch of shame.
Surprisingly, no one seems to bat an eye, and as we grab our trays, she leads us over to a half full table. Her mum is there, as are White and Dom. I sit next to Quinn and without even realising it, I put my bread onto her plate, making her grin, and when I glance up, her mum is smiling too.
Clearing my throat, I begin to eat as they talk around us, but Quinn nudges me. “You belong here,” she reminds me.
Trying to make an effort, I glance at White. “Is there anything we can do to help with the new border security?” I’m sure that’s what they were discussing, right?
“Oh, erm, actually, yes.” He blinks, surprised. “We wanted to lay some new traps, but I’ve used all of ours. Do you have any experience with building some?”
“Lucien and I are very good at them. Believe it or not, hunters actually get sent to workshops for that kind of thing.”
Quinn laughs. “Oh my god, is there a hunter summer camp?”
“Pretty much.” I grin. “Though we learned spear making, archery, and how to gut animals for bait.”
She laughs, her head falling back with the sound, and I can’t help but watch her. She’s so beautiful. I place my hand on her thigh under the table, needing to touch her, and she winks at me. “I’m just imagining you three at summer camp in little uniforms.”
“I pulled it off.” I grin.
“What else do they teach you?” Dom asks curiously.
“A lot.” I shrug, but then I carry on, seeing that he’s trying. “We attend school like normal, but sometimes we would be forced to miss it for hunts. We have to be taught all the skills by what they call senior hunters and pass a test before we can become a full-fledged hunter. The health benefits aren’t great, but they had killer uniforms.”
He chuckles. “I bet, and cool toys.”
“The coolest.” I nod.
“What about your family?” Marie asks.
I freeze at that, colour draining from my face, and Quinn leans into me, offering comfort. “His father is dead. He has no other family bar Lucien,” she tells her mum. “Just like us.”
Marie looks at me and nods before going back to eating, and I relax as much as I can.
“What’s it like being a hunter?” Dom asks.
“Lonely,” is the first thing Lucien says. “And tiring. You are always on the road. The people who should have your back sometimes don’t. We got lucky with us three though.”
“Do you pick your unit?” Quinn asks.
“Sometimes. Most don’t, and they get thrown together. We got Jai because no one wanted the crazy bastard.”
Jai just grins, but Quinn leans over and whispers something that has him smiling wider.
“And Lucien and I came as a packaged deal.”
“So you’re just given hunts and off you go?” Marie asks, but it doesn’t sound mean.
“In a way. We were left on our own a lot. I’d never hunted wolves before. You are classed as the top dogs,” I admit, which makes them whoop. “We hunted vamps, trolls, and witches, usually ones that killed a lot and drew attention. Do you remember the spree of drained bodies last year about four hours from here?”
“Yes.” Marie frowns.
“We caught that vamp. He was a lone male draining them dry, a serial killer vampyr.” I shrug.
“I see.” She nods. “So maybe you’re not all bad.”
“We aren’t all good either,” I reply. “I can admit that. We’ve made mistakes, but we are trying to make up for them now.”
