And so, I leaned against my big oak tree and waited for my moment to arrive, unable to prevent the small smile from blooming on my lips.
When Shemhazai returned home to find a bound and gagged Harper Bishop waiting for him to play with, I was sure his little moment of weakness would be forgotten, and he would remember just how much fun I could be.
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“Hello, Harper. Fancy seeing you here,” Axel’s voice rolled through the cemetery like a deadly threat.
I immediately slipped my fingers into my pocket and hooked them into the eyes of my kitty knuckles.
I’d been wondering when this guy would show up again, and I was ready for him. Ever since I’d pulled that tower card, I’d been waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I guess today was the day.
“Fuck off. Not interested,” I snapped, trying to bulldoze past him. However, predictably, he reached out to grab me.
I danced away and flashed my self-defense weapon at him.
“You get one warning. Try to touch me again, and I will fucking stab you,” I hissed. Axel’s grin only widened.
The sun was beginning to set, casting long, deep shadows across the graveyard. I glanced around, hoping to see someone passing by that might help, but it was just me and Axel. Looking up at his massive, looming form, a spike of fearshot through me.
Maybe I should run?
I hovered on the balls of my feet, my mind whirling a mile a minute as I tried to come up with a plan.
“I like a little fight in my women.” He laughed, stepping closer to me and forcing me to back up.
“I’m warning you,” I growled, tightening my grip on my kitty knuckles.
Axel let out a dark chuckle. “Warn me again, gorgeous. It’s cute.”
There was a deep rumble, and a sudden familiar voice asked, “Is this cute, asshole?”
I grinned as Remus appeared, grabbing Axel by the arm and jerking him around just to plant his fist directly in his face.
I laughed and whooped just as I felt Romulus’ familiar presence approach from behind me.
“What did we tell you about cutting through the graveyard, little sister?” he rumbled in my ear as he passed me, joining his twin brother who was sizing up a sputtering mad Axel.
“Come on, douche fuck, you were acting so tough two minutes ago!” Remus was chirping, his boyish face cracked open in an amused grin.
His knuckles were bleeding from hitting Axel so hard in the face, but he didn’t seem to notice it.
“It might be a good idea torun,”Romulus growled, prowling around Axel so he could corner him from behind.
The twins were the epitome of light and dark. Rem’s sunshine smile laced with violence was a direct contrast to Rom’s dark scowl.
I stepped forward, ready to jump in and help kick the shit out of this dude, when Axel fell back into a loose and practiced fighting stance.
He grinned at Remus, a small trickle of blood dripping from the side of his mouth where my brother had hit him.
“Come on, Fenrir, we both know how this is going to end.”
I frowned.
Why the fuck had he just called him Fenrir?
Romulus roared in rage and launched himself at Axel from behind as Remus snarled in response to the strange chirp Axel had thrown at him.
