“Animal fights.”
Everyone, apart from Star, gasped. She just asked, “I can trawl for info?”
I shook my head. “It’s fine.”
“Hardly! You slept in separate bedrooms,” Aela pointed out. “So, what led to that?”
“I’m not even sure. He said he’d know if any faction was hosting those kinds of events, and then things just spiraled.”
“Spiraled, how?” Aoife cleared her throat. “Not going to lie, Savvie, you two are usually the least argue-y of the bunch.”
Camille took a dainty bite of a scone. “Argue-y?”
“What?! You know I’m right.”
“That’s because Savannah thinks with her clitoris,” Star intoned.
“Maybe.” I inhaled another sandwich. “Look, I’m okay. I just woke up with a headache.”
“Because you went to sleep crying?”
“Mostly out of exasperation. He didn’t even raise his damn voice.” I shuddered. “That’s so fucking hot too.”
“Only because your mom and dad blow hot during arguments.” Star clucked her tongue. “So, you’re going to overdose on carbs and then…?”
“Go home.”
“Where are you sleeping?”
“Depends.”
“On?” Camille prompted.
“I don’t know.”
“Jesus, you guys reallydon’targue, do you?” Aela laughed, but it wasn’t mean, just perplexed. “I don’t know how you can’t. They’re all so fucking stubborn.”
“Did I hear a swear word?” Kat hollered.
“Not from me!” Star yelled back then added, “Brat!”
“Did someone say my name in vain?” Victoria chimed in.
“Not you,” Star groused. “Mybrat. And that isn’t a curse word, Kat, so keep your noseandyour hands out of my wallet.”
My lips twitched into a smile. “Just take her to Lapland already, Scrooge.”
“I will, but there’s no point until after school breaks. Then we’ll head over for a couple days, but don’t tell her that. She can pay for her own damn ticket.”
“This is your way of teaching her fiscal responsibility?” Aoife sputtered.
“Duh.”
“You could just ask me to get her an afternoon job in one of the bakeries?”
“Nah. Conor would insist on a protective detail, which she’d hate, so I’d have to sit in there, and my butt has doubled in size since we got together.I still need to kick ass, and I won’t be able to if I’m surrounded by your fucking food—” She jumped when Kat popped up from out of nowhere. “Fuck’s sake, Kat! Where the hell did you come from, demon teenager? Which, before you ask, is infinitely worse than demon child!”
“Pay up!” Kat’s gleeful voice earned her a huff, but Star handed over a twenty. “Hey, you used ‘hell’ and ‘ass’ too.”
