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"A groupie what?" I questioned, and that just confirmed I didn't hear half of what he said before the word groupie. Neo was grinning, Dimitris was shaking his head, and Jayce was simply admiring me.
"I'm unsure whether Willow stands a chance at the moment," Jayce commented.
"You'd be a fool to think Wilting Flower is going to allow us an easy victory," Saint commented as he elbowed Jayce lightly before jumping in place and rolling his shoulders. "Man. The last time we did this, we got beat up by Neo."
"Let's not remember that horror story," Jayce suggested. "I still have a scar after that fuckery."
The remainder of us looked at Neo, and there he was, innocently standing there with his eyes closed. "Are you ready, Willow?" Neo inquired, completely ignoring our stares.
"You're just excited to see her aura," Onyx suggested.
"You're not wrong," Neo replied. "It's rather spectacular right now. Sweetness is excited."
My cheeks actually began to turn red at his statement, before I looked at my attire.
"I can't fight in this," I voiced and proceeded to take the shirt off. "This bra ain't going to hold shit in combat."
The group was far too busy checking me out. Suddenly, Saint pointed at my legs. "Hey, Willow. When did you get another tattoo?"
"Huh?" I looked down to my thigh to see a massive triangle symbol. I blinked a few times to see if it would go away, but the solid, thick-lined triangle was very apparent. "Uh...that wasn't there before."
Viktor knelt down on one knee to get a better look at it, while Saint walked over from where he'd been hopping to join in the brief assessment.
"You think it's a side effect from the double dose you took this morning?" Neo offered.
"I doubt it," I admitted. "It shouldn't make random tattoos show up on my skin."
"Maybe a magic imbalance?" Saint offered. "It feels magic originated.”
Viktor didn't comment on it, but he reached out to trace his finger along the shape - the action sending tingles through me. He did it two more times before he commented, "Doesn't seem harmful. It's probably because of Willow switching back and forth. Her magic is most likely reacting to that."
"So it ain't permanent," I concluded. "I already have a hard time hiding the bruises from those needles."
"You have a cream for that, remember," Onyx offered.
"You're right, but I don't have cream that hides tattoos," I voiced. "I already have to do enough to hide these during the day so I don't get jumped."
Onyx and Neo looked disappointed at my statement, leaving me to sigh. "I'm not hiding my mate marks on purpose! Stop being emotional fuckers."
Now they were smiling.
"Can we get this over with?" Dimitris announced. "We’ve only got a few short hours of moon left."
"Right," I replied. "Are you giving me a sports bra?"
His blank stare told me no, but the snap of Neo's fingers replaced my black lace bra with what I was positive was my spare sports bra that I kept in my private locker room for cage fights.
"I'm not even going to ask how you did that," I concluded and was rewarded with a pleased smirk from my mate. "Thank you," I expressed my gratitude.
With a quick scan from Viktor and Saint, I was ready to go.
Everyone else moved off to the edge of the clearing, giving us plenty of space for what was to come. Saint was still stretching his arms while I was loosening up my muscles. I'd already removed my shoes, and so did Saint.
He still had that playful glint in his eyes, but I wasn't going to be fooled by his expression when his aura was oozing with dangerous power. He was actually going to take this seriously, so I wasn't going to insult him by acting like this was no big deal.
Maybe to some packs, a Beta wasn't anything special, but to my understanding, they were the second-in-command in a pack, especially when their Alpha wasn't physically present. If I wanted such a position, I had to prove that I earned the right to carry a title as high as Beta.
I knew none of my men were sexist in comparison to other packs, where women were deemed submissive by default. No way would those women get the opportunity to be a Beta, and if they were, it was only because of their sheer power and the approval of their Alpha.
