“Party’s over, bitches.” Vanessa sounded drunk, even to her own ears, and her vision was getting darker and darker around the edges. Waving one arm while the other cradled her pregnant belly, she demanded, “Give me my clothes! I need to get the hell outta here!”
Stumbling forward, swinging her free arm back and forth to keep everyone away, she made it two and a half steps before the blond She-Hulk scooped her up. Doubling up her fist, Vanessa stammered, “I-I’ll hit a-a-a girl. Don’t-don’t ma-make me do-do it!” Throwing the punch, she missed everything but the She-Wolf’s shoulder and spat, “Put m-me d-down, and I’-I’ll show you wh-who-who’s the b-b-boss.”
But the mountain of a woman wasn’t listening. No matter how many times Vanessa tried to kick and thrash, the huge She-wolf just kept moving away from the door.
Lying her back onto the bed, the blond Wolf whispered, “I am so sorry,” before standing up and leaving the room. “Oh, I’ll make you sorry, alright!” Vanessa yelled at her back, the words running together and sounding like Scooby Doo.
Squinting against the ever-growing dimness of her vision, she saw Angeline and Angelique smile and nod at one another.
“You b-b-botches dr-drug-drugged me!”
“It was only for your own good, dear,” Angeline sarcastically cooed. Then to her sister she asked, “Can you keep her docile until they are Mated and the babe is delivered?”
“Yes,” Angelique snipped. “I told you I could.”
“Then do it.”
Barely conscious, but madder than she’d ever been in her life, Vanessa slurred, “I’m gonna love watching you die.”
3
“Idon’t know!” Cyrus roared.
“You don’t know? You don’t know?” The Black Bear’s bellow echoed through the mountainside, reverberating back to them somehow stronger and louder than when they left his mind. “How the fuck do you not know?”
“I don’t know!” Cy tried to get around the Bear again, then snarled when the big guy once again blocked the way. “Get the fuck outta my way. I need to…”
“You ain’t goin’ nowhere. So, you might as well just tell me what the fuck is goin’ on, and why somebody you thought was dead has shown up here and taken your Mate.”
Looking up, something he wasn’t used to doing because he was almost always one of the tallest people in the group, Cyrus took a step back to lessen the upward tilt of his head and seethed, “You think you can stop me from leavin’ Smokey.”
“I’m gonna ignore that Smokey shit even though I already warned you, but I’m only gonna do it this one time ‘cause you’re worried about your Mate.” Taking a step forward, something Cy knew Luke did subconsciously because he wasn’t the type of man to use his height against a friend, the Black Bear Shifterflatly stated, “You’re not goin’ nowhere ‘cause we’re locked down tight. Whoever threw that bolt of nasty Magic at you and made that big, old hole over there…” He poked his thumb over his shoulder. “…tossed a net of nasty Voodoo or Hoodoo all over this whole side of the mountain and it’s got an especially heinous Dampening Spell attached to it.”
“Nope. Can’t happen. Maybe that shit affects you, Big Guy, but not me. I got pure, white Dragon Magic and wings.” Putting his hand on Luke’s bicep, he moved the Black Bear to the side. Clapping his hands, he rubbed them together. “Ain’t no crappy, homemade Voodoo Spell and a little hole in the ground gonna stop me from gettin’ to Nessy,” he snickered with the best southern accent he could muster. “Now, step aside, and watch me work.” Then mentally, he said, “Dom, it’s your turn, Old Man. Make with the wings and let’s get…”
“I can’t.”
“…into the… Huh? You what? The fuck you say?”
“Yep, the fuck I do say,”the Dragon King with whom he shared his soul deadpanned.
“I don’t have time for this shit, Dom,”Cyrus almost begged.“We need to get to…”
“You know I can hear everything y’all are saying, don’t ya’?” Luke snickered.
“How the hell…?”
“I’m pretty sure King Dom put it all on the loudspeaker.” Tapping his temple, Luke added with a grin, “Buster, my Bear, he does that shit all the time when he gets tired of me bein’ a pain in the ass.”
“DOM!” Cy snarled.
“I do not have time for your childish tantrums,”the Dragon King sarcastically replied.“I felt it necessary to keep Luke in the loop, as he is also trapped, and I did not want to repeat myself.”
“But…”
“Furthermore, I could not tell you because you were– as I stated before– throwing a tantrum.”
“I was…”
