"Itshouldn'thappen."
"It's fine."
"It's not fine, Livvy."
"It'll stop when we eat." It was true. Sort of. It would stop while I ate, but would start again as soon as I was back at it. The nosebleeds were just another part of the price I paid for my magic. They only happened when I used a lot of it, the way growing plants like this required.
"You don't get nosebleeds."
"I do sometimes." I batted his hand away, glancing over at Gwen.
She was staring openly at Niall. The man was a fucking work of art, and he wasmine.
"Put some pants on," I said, and noticed the possessive gleam in his eyes.
Him and Jonah being anywhere near each other was a bad idea. Hopefully the werewolves were planning on leaving.
"How many forms do you have?" Gwen asked him, and I knew they weren't on their way out.
She was too curious.
If he showedanysign of interest in her…
"I've never counted." Niall pulled on a pair of navy-blue boxer-briefs that he'd tucked into the snack bag after shifting. They hid nothing at all.
He took the food from Jonah while I slumped back against a tree. Whatever energy I might've had toward socializing on a normal day was completely and utterly gone.
Niall sat down against the tree next to me and handed me another bottle of the electrolyte drink after digging through the snack bag.
Something told me there would be an extra bag dedicated purely to those the next time we came out here.
Hehadcounted how many forms he could come up with when he and Larson were kids. They had a whole game about it. He just wasn't interested in telling her, which I liked immensely.
"How many of them have you seen?" Gwen asked me.
"Liv can't talk until her drink's gone," Niall said without batting an eye.
He had always been an asshole.
Probably always would be.
I fucking loved it.
I rolled my eyes in his direction anyway, and lowered the bottle from my lips. "I've seen him in two or three dozen forms. The panther is his favorite, but the grizzly is a close second."
"Drink." Niall flashed me a warning look.
Since my nose was still bleeding, I lifted the bottle back to my lips.
"I thought you were exes," Jonah said, glancing between us. "Are you back together?"
I kept drinking.
Nope.
Wasn't going to play this game, whatever the hell it was.
"Iknowyou two were exes, since you fucked my female five months ago," Niall said flatly.
