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They both had a uy math Physically they could totally take me—we all knew it—but it wasn’t about physical prowess It was about other kinds of power
“You are endangering our ht now You areat Angel and Pierette like they’re fucking steaks Get your priorities in order, gentleet the fuck off my team”
“You heard her,” Nicky said “Go make coffee”
Custer and Milligan had been cal down, but suddenly I felt their hackles rise I pointed a finger at Nicky “Don’t you start We are not going to play ‘Who has the biggest dick?’ right now”
“Sorry,” he said, but not like he , doether Until dominance was established, and sometimes even after, they’d push at one another Add that they were all wereanimals, and it was just worse
I walked toward Olaf and the wo what I’d told the back to double-checkMicah had already established his leadership over the new guys I thought I had, but apparently I hadn’t in the field When I’d told Micah to stay hoht h to be the boss of these guys, and souys clashed, which left me to be boss Damn it, you fix one problem and then cause another Fuck unintended consequences all to hell
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“ANGEL, PETRA, WHAT are you both doing here?” I said with a big smile that didn’t reach my eyes The tone in my voice matched my eyes, not the smile
Angel turned with a smile until she saw the look in es “Hey, Anita” She moved to the side so she could keep an eye on Olaf and still see h the cars Her base ht the scarlet lipstick and the black-and-red eye makeup There was a tiny cluster of fake cherries pinned at the center of the rounded collar of the white button-up blouse More black lace traced the collar She had a red heart-shaped enamel watch pin on the left side of the blouse The sht out the red in the makeup, or maybe it was the other way around Either way, it was adorable and sexy
Pierette’s makeup was subtle in comparison, a natural look except for the eyeliner around her dark eyes The slight uptilt to theinal French and English ancestry Though she ht have been older than either country—I wasn’t sure when France and England officially becah her vampire le of a face looked
I wanted to ask out loud, What the fuck are you doing here? You know you’re his perfect victim, but that seemed a little blunt, so I tried, “I asked a question, ladies What are you both doing here?”
“You know I travel with the Coalition to help new Therianthropes control their shifting,” Angel said with a smile
“You and Ethan are two of the best we have at helping the newbies I need the help with Bobby, so great”
Angel smiled at me It was a version of a se of evil That expression reminded me so much of her twin brother, Mephistopheles, that it was disturbing I still had some issues with the fact that both of them were my lovers now It just seemed a little incesty Was that smile on purpose to pull on Olaf’s tail and see ould happen, or was it just her sel and I were so going to talk
I turned then and said, “But Petra doesn’t have your skills with keeping weak little Therianthropes in human form, so I’ll ask the question onehere?”