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Aurelia seemed hesitant about it but she looked over to me and I gave a slight nod. I was hoping my look would tell her we needed a moment to do some real business shit, and I guess it did because she responded with, "Looks like your Alpha is down with us partying a bit. Think you can last thirty minutes of dancing?"
"Make it forty," she hummed in delight for a brewing challenge.
"Deal," Aurelia laughed. I could see a big difference in her whole aura when Willow was around her. Even now, that sullen seriousness that seemed to darken her aura had faded entirely and there was that bright, joyous energy that wrapped around her almost protectively.
Willow was clearly far more important to Aurelia than she realized, but then again, maybe she did but decided it was safer to move on from their past relationship for the sake of protecting Willow.
Protect her from a system that uses and abuses their power to force her into submission.
"Let's go dance, Willow," she encouraged, hooking an arm around Willow's waist to ensure her bestie didn't go face-planting on the floor. "Forty minutes."
"You're my best friend!" Willow sang.
"When she's tired, bring her back to me," Saint encouraged. "I'll take her home."
"Weeee! Holy Dancer of Devilish Banter is going to take me home!"
Aurelia gave her best friend a look and rolled her eyes. "He's too evil for you."
"Nah, nah," Willow sang. "I love evil. Sexy evil. Onyx is sexy evil. He's good to me."
"That's because he loves you far too much for his own mental sanity."
"Stalker loves me. Bloody Prince loves me. Alpha Asshole loves me."
"Is she referring to you?" Saint snickered as he pointed at me.
Aurelia was trying not to laugh, while I just blankly stared at the three of them.
"Run away!" Willow cheered and was skipping away.
Aurelia sighed. "You guys are going to unlock psycho Willow at this rate," she spoke to us.
"Uh, aren't you worried she's going to destroy something?" Saint asked.
"Or someone," I muttered.
"She found Onyx," Aurelia announced like it wasn't a big secret.
We both frowned and tried to find Willow, and sure enough, she was hugging the bulk of muscle who was in a black dress shirt and silver pants. Watching her from this distance brought a weird feeling within me. Especially when I saw the way she smiled so charmingly even though she was drunk as hell.
Her eyes lit up with pleasant joy for Onyx, and their energies didn't just pulse against each other. They intertwined, molded like fire and ice, opposite powers and yet the key puzzle piece to their completion.
I could see why they were fated mates.
We hadn't even dived into that area of knowledge, and I knew it was a priority, but everything seemed so important: those behind-the-scenes deals, the meetings to ensure we had enough loyal businesses backing us up and that those who wished to defy us behind our backs were dealt with.
That's why we need to find the rats tonight.
Checking to see Willow was still with Onyx -the two of them lost in a kiss while the music shifted to a slower melody -I returned my attention to Aurelia, but Saint was already asking the prime question.
"What are you doing here, Aurelia?"
"There are a number of reasons," she replied and walked closer to our booth until she was standing right there next to Saint. "Viktor called me to say Beta Malachite of the De Luca pack sensed Russians in the territory."
That made Saint and I frown as Aurelia slowly nodded.
"He's unsure what side they are on, but suggested I should warn you guys. I was also going to question how you're getting home."
