“Okay, let’s head back. I need to see Lucie. She almost stopped my heart,” Jasper said, shaking his head.
“Before that, we need to talk … privately.” Ryan pinned his gaze on Jasper, his face and tone serious.
Jasper narrowed his eyes at Ryan. “Lucie isn’t hurt, is she? If something happened to her?—”
“She’s okay. But we do need to talk about her.”
Jasper straightened and stared into the amber eyes in front of him.
What is it?Jasper asked through their mindlink. The best way to keep it private would be this way. No chance of someone eavesdropping. And from the look on Ryan’s face, it was a serious conversation.
Jasper, Lucie is my mate.
CHAPTER 17
“You are a demon! I’m convinced. This doesn’t make any sense. No, wait. WAIT! How the hell did that happen?!” Sabrina growled, turning to Lucie and glaring at her like she was the devil herself.
“I landed on a tweester, so the star changed locations.” Lucie could see the girl’s eyebrow twitching.
“So you mean to tell me, when I was just a few spots away from the star, you moved it?” Sabrina could hear Tonya snickering quietly.
“Yes. That’s correct.” Lucie smiled, biting her bottom lip.
Sabrina sighed and slouched back into the bean bag. “That was going to be my first star. That has to be the cruelest thing anyone has ever done to me. I feel so … so … defeated.”
“Don’t worry, Sabrina. There are bonus stars at the end of the game. Maybe you will get one of them,” Lucie said, trying to cheer her up.
“Really?” Sabrina asked excitedly.
“Yeah, they’re loser stars, though. They hand them out so you don’t feel horrible because you suck at the game.” Tonya grinned as she set her controller down.
“Ugh! That’s it. Let’s play a different game.” Sabrina tossed her controller in front of her with an overdramatic fling.
“I want cookies.” Tonya pouted and looked back to the kitchen.
“Well, go get some.”
“There aren’t any more, and the cooks left about an hour ago.” Tonya sighed loudly.
“Let’s go and make our own, then,” Lucie suggested.
Tonya groaned louder and Sabrina snickered.
“She can’t cook. She spent all her time training to fight. The only thing she can create is charred food.” Sabrina’s eyes glinted as she looked at Tonya, a smirk playing on her lips.
“Shut up! You can’t cook either!” Tonya spat out, her eyes furrowed.
“I know. And I own it. I can kick ass and sneak up on anyone. But when it comes to the kitchen … eh, that’s why we have cooks.” Sabrina held her hand out and shrugged.
Lucie laughed and stood up. “I can cook.” She watched Tonya and Sabrina turn to her with large, puppy dog eyes.
“You can? Like … well?” Sabrina asked.
“I think I’m decent.” Lucie smiled as Tonya’s eyes began to light up.
“Okay, we’ll help you then!” Tonya hopped up and lifted Lucie with a bounce.
“I don’t need any help.” Lucie was thinking that if the girls were as bad as they said, they would do more harm than good.
