Carl leaned back in his chair, making it creak slightly.“If you can do magic in your wolf form and you don’t have to say spells, that’s powerful.”He looked at Sage.“Not as powerful as your magic, obviously.But it’s sneaky.You can always tell when a witch is casting.”
Will leaned closer to Sage.“I wasn’t even aware that I did anything.”
Carl lifted his chin.“Are you sure you’re actually trying to learn magic and aren’t just here to get into Sage’s pants?”
Will growled.
“Can we stop with that posturing bit already?”Sage pushed his chair away from the table and stood.“I’ll go call Peter.Carl, did you get a license plate or anything from the loups-garous?”
Carl shook his head.“He didn’t park in the Boudoir’s garage, just walked in that way.I’ll be happy to help out, and Kira too.She doesn’t like it when the bad guys get away.”
Will growled.“I can protect my mat—my magic teacher.I don’t need you.”
Carl snorted.“Pup, you were brave last night, no doubt about that, but you are not a fighter.”
Sage tuned the two of them out while he called Peter from the living room.
“Did you find your cat?”the vampire asked.
“I am not dignifying that with an answer.Guess what happened last night.”He paced in front of the couch and fluffed a few of the cushions as he went.
“You had a vision that finally made you understand the benefits of a nice suit and a proper shave, and now you will throw out all those board shorts, invest in nice shirts, and get a haircut?”
Sage rolled his eyes.“Stop fucking around, Peter.We had a loup-garou in the house last night.”
“Are you and William all right?”
“Yeah, fine.Will attacked like a badass motherfucker and got hurt, but he healed himself.It was the full moon last night.”
“I’m aware, Sage.”Peter sounded annoyed.“The pup attacked, you say?”
“Yeah, but he’s fine, I promise.Carl dropped by and helped.”
“And who in the fuck is Carl?”
Elsbet was trying to jump out of a cushion pile on the armchair, so Sage caught her and walked her over to the dining table, where he put her on one of the chairs.“One of the security people at the Boudoir.I thought you knew them all.”
“Don’t be ridiculous.I don’t know all of them by their first names.Could you please organize your thoughts and give me the condensed version without all the irrelevant details?”
So Sage did.
“The bother of an extended family.”Peter spoke like an only child.“I’ll have to call Pryce again when we are done with this.Although, he’s dating, so perhaps it’ll be appreciated.”
Sage knew Pryce, the friendly neighborhood ghoul, because said ghoul had made it his mission to teach the ghoul version of stranger danger whenever Sage found himself at Peter’s place to get babysat.It was just another reason Sage had cited to his grandmother in his plea to be allowed to attend Wiccan nakedness, but it had done nothing for him at all.
“Do you need me to react to Pryce’s relationship status?”Sage asked.
Peter tsked.“I thought you would be happy for Pryce.He always gave you candy.”
“He held out a fucking lollipop to me, and when I so much as showed interest, he scared the shit out of me by dropping his teeth and claws and chasing me!”
“He made sure you got some exercise with your candy too, which was very thoughtful of him.I will look into that loup-garou family situation, and I will keep you apprised.I need a good distraction from all the paperwork at the office right about now.”
Sage thought Peter actually needed blood, but telling him that was wasn’t going to help either of them.“Fine.We’ll be here.”
Sage hung up, and when he got back to the kitchen, he was treated to the sight of Will and Carl sniffing each other and not being subtle about it.
“I guess I should be grateful you aren’t smelling each other’s butts.”
