“Now who’s the bitch?”
“I said STOP.”
Star sat on the ground while Hannes marched toward us, extremely pissed.
She whimpered, lowering her head to look away from him.
The single action took the ire out of him.
Reaching for her face with both hands, he lifted it so she would look at him. “Never lower your gaze from me, you understand? We are Alpha equals, Starlight. We are mates, and I will never be above you.”
Hannes placed a kiss on her nose and let go, looking into our eyes.
“The two of you still don’t get it, do you? This isn’t about who’s out longer or who can take over. It’s about embracing all the sides of you and uniting toward one goal.”
Turning around, he ran full throttle and jumped, turning into the Beast as he hurled through the air, and then landed on all fours. His wolf turned and began to strut toward us, changing into the Beast again, before stopping before us as a full, sexy, lumberjack man.
“Am I the only one aroused by that?”Star asked, and he sighed.
“Star, you are literally making him hate us right now.”
“It’s Starlight, Bitch!”
I sighed too, standing as a woman. Thankfully, Dante had adjusted the spell on the new clothes he gave me, so I wasn’t naked anymore.
“You know what? Forget it.” He snapped. “Just forget about working together. Let’s start with imitating what I just did. Can you do that much?”
“He’s not as hot when he’s all pissy like that.”
I grinned, seeing him throw his arms in the air. We had driven him crazy already.“I don’t know. I kind of like it.”
His lips quivered with my response, but he bit his lower lip not to laugh and accidentally encourage us to misbehave.
“Nicely done, Bitch.”
“Thanks. I love it when he bites his lip too.”
“Let’s start simple,” he continued, ignoring us. “I’m going to yell out a command, just like I did with the fire exercise, and you do as I say. Is that simple enough for you? No fighting for control, just do as I say.”
“Cause that won’t be a disaster,” Dante mumbled, doubling over when André punched him in the stomach.
I snickered.
“Do I make myself clear?” Hannes growled, knowing I wasn’t paying attention.
“Yes, Sir.” I gave him a military salute.
“Your wish is my command, hunk.”
“Goddess…”He sighed in our minds, making me grin. “Okay, Natalia and Starlight, I’m going to call your name and tell you to do something. One at a time. Whoever I call shows up and does whatever I say while in that form. Easy enough?”
“What do we get exactly? You know... if we do this for you?”
“You are not doing it for me?—”
“I mean, I would like an incentive.”
“Me too.”
