“Sounding the alarm was the right thing to do, Eleanor. Just in case.” Lorian looked mildly traumatized.
“Fucking psychos.” Dimitri rolled his eyes and slammed the door behind him.
Koa’s hand was still glowing as he sighed and sat back on his heels. “You sure you’re okay?”
“I was until everyone turned my evening tea time into a dramatized scene.” I took another slow sip of my perfectly normal poisoned tea.
Slater pushed up to sit next to me and slung an arm around my shoulders. “You know, if you ever do need saving, I’d give you a kiss of life or something.Oh!How about a slow-mo romantic scene where I cradle your dying body, whispering your name? Then, my love brings you back to life.” A tear slipped down his cheek as he thought about it.
“You’re going to be cradling your own body in a minute,” I muttered, drinking my tea. My magic hummed in delight, filling my reserves in a warm and honeyed way.
A drop of it slipped down my lip, trailing down my chin and falling onto my shirt.
Slater’s eyes were watching it, and he gulped. “You have poison on your lips, and it’s the hottest thing I’ve seen in my entire life, venom baby. Swear to the Fates.”
Zuko adjusted his hardening cock in his pants, not bothering to hide it. “Can I taste it on your lips?”
Koa’s eyes bulged out as if he just remembered something. “Shit, this is what he meant. Zuko, Slater, on behalf of Tibby, you need to chill with Rune.”
A giggle burst from my lips as I pushed back to my feet with my mug. “Tibby would thank you, Koa.”
Eleanor and Aura followed along behind me, and Aura paused at my door as I walked in.
“Ew. No men allowed, thanks! The girls need to bond. Have a great night!” She shut the door.
Slater and Zuko whined audibly on the other side.
“Guys, she could kill you,” Raze muttered.
“Nah, I’m immune,” Zuko gloated.
“I’m sure I am, too.” Slater chuckled lowly. “But if I’m not, it’d be a good way to go.”
“Girl bonding time?” I questioned, standing next to my bed, mug in hand.
“Of course! Girl bonding time is the best, and we’re the only three girls on our level,” Eleanor murmured, sitting down carefully at the foot of my bed, twirling the end of her braid.
“Exactly that. It’s important to have each other’s backs.” Aura paced slowly by the wardrobe. “Plus, we should get to know each other.”
“Slater and Rune seem toreallyknow each other,” Eleanor said shyly. “Zuko, too, for that matter.”
“That’s true,” Aura agreed, looking at me with a smile. “There’s a difference between flirty and predatory, and Slater and Zuko somehow seem to be both with you.”
“I wouldn’t say that.” I brought the mug to my lips and took another long sip.
“You can’t really deny it without lying to us,” Aura pointed out, flopping dramatically between Eleanor and I.
“Okay, fine, they do seem interested!” I shot back too quickly, sipping the last of my tea.
“Well, Koa, too. I saw him watching you like you were his world already,” Aura teased. “How do you have three men into you on day one?”
I rolled my eyes but couldn’t help the faint burn to my cheeks. “Slater, Zuko, and Koaaresweet.”
“Sweet?” Eleanor gasped. “Sweet? Rune, the three of them are literally built like the Fates themselves carved them. You stabbed Zuko, and he flirtedharder.”
“Pretty sure that’s when he fell in love,” Aura giggled.
I groaned, setting my mug on the nightstand and lying down on the floor, staring up at the ceiling. “Men are exhausting.”
