A perk of being in control. I even have Duse and Gwen inching out of their room.
Bunny’s hand squirms within mine, reminding me of the furry goddamn friend that hitched a ride home with us. With everyone’s attention on me, I pull it out, panning over the stuffy room. “Someone’s watching us,” I tell them, holding the cryptic ass rabbit’s foot up for them to see. “Specifically, Bunny.”
Aries tosses her hands up, smacking her palms back down to her thighs with an exasperated head shake, the roll of her eyes guiding her back to the fridge for a beer.
“Think it has somethin’ to do with that detective?” Cash asks, roughly wiping the sweat from his eyes.
“No,” I answer. “Our little bunny just found a bug in the office.” Huffing, I get the rabbit’s foot loaded back into my pocket, scanning the wood paneling for anything similar to what we saw staring at us from the corner. “We’d be long gone if the ops were the ones watching… Someone’s getting a show out of this.”
“I fucking told you!” Ora points at Aries, shooting knives for eyes across the house, then she’s snapping over to Bunny. “I didn’t take your shit, Bun. I’d never. And I’d never damage something of yours.”
“I-I didn’t think it was you,” Bunny stammers.
“Razor did!” Ora thrashes a stiff hand my way, swinging back to Aries scowling at her from the kitchen. “So did Aries!”
Slamming her beer on the table, Aries steps closer, leaning into a viscous hunch with her hand pressing into the table. “You have an advantage. You’re the only one that goes in there besides…”
Everyone turning to look at me at the same fucking time simmers another wave of annoyance.
“Please don’t make me laugh right now. I’m not in the mood.” A silent growl vibrates my throat, closing my eyes for a moment so that I can hopefully breathe through the urge to burn this place down with them in it.
Not Bunny. You shouldn’t even question that.
“What about that Cassi girl?” Xene asks.
Her name being mentioned in front of Bunny pries my eyes open to him inspecting the walls, none the wiser to what I was trying to distract her from.
Anndd there she goes. She’s ripping her hand from mine and shooting her big eyes up at me.
I know I said I’d let her help dig up dirt on that girl. But if I have any say, I want her staying out of everything. She’s the last fucking person that should be standing toe to toe with demons.
Taking too long to say anything, Xene looks right at me, bumping a shrug. “That’s probably why she said Bunny kills you. She knows-”
“That’s enough,” I interrupt.
“Xene! What the fuck is wrong with you?!” Aries hollers, her face tightening just as irately as mine.
“Woah, wait.” Bunny waves her hands, stepping out in front of me and giving me the look I’ve been fucking waiting on. “She knows what?”
Ora shoves Xene in the chest, and instead of taking the damn hint that he, hm, I don’t fucking know, just started a war in Bun’s head, his palms turn up and he looks around like he’s confused.
“Nothing, Bunny.” Dragging in a deep inhale, I lock it in my throat, grabbing her by the shoulders and turning her around, ushering her toward the hallway.
“No!” Lashing out of my grip, she spins around with volatility sharpening her eyes, holding up her hands like she can’t stand my touch right now.
That alone concaves my chest. But the entire house falling to dead silence splinters the collective angst straight into my spine.
“I’m so fucking tired of this!” Bunny yells. Right at me.
I try to reach out to fix the flowers behind her ear, but she’s swatting my hand away and ripping the little, white blooms from the spot I put them in.
Thickness crowds my throat, my vision dimming to the incline of my heart rate. “Bun…”
“No,” she shakes her head, tossing the flowers and CD to the couch. “Unless you plan on telling me everything I wanna know, I don’t wanna hear anything out of your mouth.” Letting her venom seep in, she holds her eyes on mine, then spares a cunning scan around the house. “That goes for all of you.”
“What the hell did I do?”
I think it’s Ora that asks. I don’t know. My auditory receptors are beginning to thin all noise to a squeal.
