When we reached the outside of the villa, we forced ourselves to quiet down.
Liv led us to the back of the building, pointing out the window that looked into their room up on the second floor.
After a moment of whispered debate about who could get the window open the easiest, Grayson did it slowly and quietly with his shadows.
Kat said she couldn't watch, and buried her face in Callum's shirt.
Niall shifted into a small bird long enough to place the camera, then came back for the pills. He dropped them in a glass of water on Jonah’s nightstand before coming back a second time.
We had a small water gun full of some kind of hair loss liquid that Larson had created. After an intense tournament ofRock, Paper, Scissors, Darius won the right to shoot Gwen and Jonah with it.
We'd already tested it out on a tree nearby, and learned that the water turned to invisible dust before it hit anything
Grayson and Callum boosted Dare up to the window, grumbling about how heavy he was while he sprayed the gun like a maniac.
I covered my mouth to hide a laugh, and found Kat doing the same thing, with significantly more guilt than I had.
Liv silently cheered, raising her fists above her head.
Darius suddenly ducked his head below the window. He waved violently at Callum and Grayson, gesturing for them to move.
They dropped him, and he took off into the orchard at a sprint. A laugh escaped me as Liv and Niall ran after him.
Kat shifted forms suddenly, and Sable, her wolf, stayed glued to Callum's side as they hauled ass too.
Grayson grabbed my hand, and we raced after everyone else, though I was slower than them by a long way.
I'd never been able to run before. Not really. Even leaving my house was too much. Exercise in any form had always made me feel like my life was in danger.
But with Grayson holding my hand, I ran.
I'd never felt so alive.
twenty-one
GRAYSON
As we reached the car,Merrily threw up on the roots of an apple tree.
I held her hair back with my shadows just in time, and replaced the shadows with my hand as soon as I could. One of my arms went loosely around her middle, holding her upright.
Kat hurried over with a water bottle she'd pulled out of Callum's trunk. Her hair was tangled and she was wearing a wrinkled pair of spare clothes she must've found next to the water bottles, but her eyes were bright.
I accepted the water for Mer, and held it until she finished gagging.
"You okay?"I murmured.
"Yeah. I'm good. Just not used to running ordrinking beer."She rinsed her mouth with the water I handed her.
"Revenge is hard on my stomach too," Liv teased, bumping Merrily's hip lightly while Darius and Niall tried to figure out how to get the security camera footage running on their phones.
Mer managed a small smile. "Us and our sensitive souls."
Callum stepped in to help the other guys, and everyone grumbled when they realized Jonah and Gwen had stayed asleep without noticing what had happened to Gwen's hair. Most of it had already fallen out, and was sitting around her head on the pillow.
Kat made a face at us. "Maybe our family will get someone else who's perfectly hinged when Dare meets his mate."
"Seems unlikely. You're the exception to our insanity," Liv pointed out. "Niall and Grayson are as crazy as the rest of us." She glanced at me. "No offense."
