All right.
Before I could respond to his question, he put his own answer out there. “Let’s say venom and venom, hmm?”
“Oof, he’s calling out your early antagonistic behavior toward him,” Evira said.
“As if he didn’t love that just a little bit,” I said, then gave Vax the eye. “Isn’t that right, sexy fucking snake prince?”
“Well, challenge has been known to excite me.” He swept his fingers over my jawline, earning a moan from me. “But be a good boy now. Have a taste of that drink you were so excited about making.”
I looked down at my glass that I’d placed in front of me.
A Whiskey Highball. The most low-key punk thing ever, really.
And then I was taking a sip, Vax easing back against his chair as Win hugged his arm and clutched at him.
“Damn, that’s the stuff,” I uttered, as it gave off a major kick.
“Holy crap, this is so good, too,” Evira commented as she gulped down some of her new drink. “Great call,” she told me.
As I smiled out at her, she raised her glass. “To Zayn! His exciting work with Requital beginning tonight.”
“Absolutely,” Vax said, raising his mug of Earthbark Elixir, the same thing Win was drinking—non-alcoholic and basically a type of warm milk—nut-milk actually for Vax’s dietary limitations. “This most definitely deserves a hearty toast.”
Winter raised his. “To our beloved fireball finding his calling.” He beamed out at me. “And himself.”
I slapped my hand over my heart. “You guys,” I uttered, getting a little choked up. Fine, maybe more than just a little. “Means a lot. Thank you.”
We all clinked glasses, then sipped at our drinks, smiling out at each other.
Yeah, we were kind of lovesick.
In the best way.
It was still a bit surreal to me… having this… having them…us.
“The way we fit together is so special.”
The light convo that had started up after the toast stilled.
The three of them eyed me, looking taken aback.
Me too—I hadn’t meant to say that out loud.
“Aww,” Evira crooned, leaning in and kissing my cheek. “It really is. Well said.”
“Yeah?”
“Yes, so don’t backtrack it. What you said was perfect and so lovely.”
I couldn’t stop grinning as she said those affirming words to me and stroked my hair.
I looked out and saw Win fondling Vax’s thigh. He went higher when a groan slipped from our snake prince, clearly wanting to draw more of that sexiness out of him.
Then Win’s eyes widened and he smirked out at me. “Mmm. Well, then. He really liked that from you.”
Vax ruffled his hair, then slapped his hand down over Win’s that was now right on his cock—something I was very grateful I could see from my current angle.
“Is that true, Vax? Did I get you all hard and needy?” I teased.
