“That’s Ryker in Knox’s body. You can tell by his walk and his smirk. Enough said.” The Bull’s head lets out a snort as the green light flashes, and Knox’s body winks at me as he moves to the side.
“Do I need to pull up the last one for you to tell me who it is?” Balam asks.
“It’s Knox,” Moni calls out from my body.
“Congratulations. It seems you have passed this one with flying colors. The next test will be the same but with different barriers. Good luck!”
There’s another flash of light, and I find myself in another body, but this time, I’m immediately bombarded with voices and lying flat on my back.
‘Mate!’Fluffers yells, and I have the urge to run.What the hell is going on?
‘Fluffers? How am I hearing you? Am I Knox?’
‘Sure are, Baby Girl,’Slayer says, curling around my mind like I’m prey.
‘Move over, you ill-mannered furred octopus. She wants a real gentleman,’Barren hisses, flaring his feathers out with his pride on full display.
Something inside me stirs, and I try to quiet the sounds to see if it’s Dusky or something else with us in here. But once I try to find it, it quiets again.‘Everyone hush. I need to try and play this game for a moment,’I tell them, getting up to see the closest person to me, which is Moni’s body. I go to talk, only to find out I’m mute.What the fuck?Great. Balam has muted us, and we can’t speak to anyone. Biting my lower lip, I try to reach out to Lynx through my link but find I’m cut off like I was in the first test.
Movement catches my attention, and I burst out laughing at Knots’ angelic form, running around trying to chase his wings. He’s acting just like…Reaper.I immediately stop laughing and rush over to Knots’ body, stopping Reaper by grabbing Knots’ neck and squeezing his head against me like I would my normal puppy. I pet his head, saying “Good boy” even though he can’t hear me, and kissing his nose.
My puppy is the smartest puppers in the world.
‘What about me?’Fluffers whines.‘I thought you loved me too.’
‘Oh my word. I’m talking about my puppy, not my mate. You know you guys mean the world to me also, but Reaper just figured out a way to play this game so we can win,’I explain,pointedly looking up to find the others watching Knots’ body with me.
I guess it’s time to play Charades. I stand up, chocking my hip, and give them all my signature smirk. And just to make sure they understand, I act out gathering my mess of hair and throwing it up in a ponytail. Levi’s body claps his hands excitedly, giving me a thumbs up, and then runs around before suddenly fainting out of nowhere.Bingo! Moni!
JP’s body knocks it out of the park when he gets on his hands and knees and lifts a leg like he’s pissing.There’s my Lynx.Zeke’s body makes one simple gesture, and we get it. I don’t think he even means to since we aren’t even focusing on him, but he instinctively pushed up his non-existent glasses.Hello Chester.
Moni’s body makes a bowl with one arm and acts out like she’s stirring the bowl. I stifle a laugh, knowingJPis hating the idea that he’s stuck in Moni’s body. I can’t wait to tease him about it after this. Now he really can’t pick on her since he’s been in her shoes.
‘He does tease her a lot. Do you think she will finally get tired of it one day and put him in his place?’Barron asks curiously.
‘I know I wouldn’t stand for it. She should go ahead and show her dominance and teach him a lesson. Only the strong prevail,’Slayer interjects.
‘And that’s where I disagree. Violence doesn’t always need to be used. Just because it’s been your way in the past doesn’t mean it’s the way of the present or future,’I argue.
‘Ahh, Baby Girl. This is something you’ll just have to learn the hard way, I see.”’
That feeling of something else stirring inside of me comes once again, and I try to quiet everyone, but instead, I lose my concentration when laughter rings out.
Balam’s heads laugh, echoing around the platform as they discuss our “silly gestures.” It’s apparent he has no idea we are communicating in our own way else he would probably change up this game too.
Glancing over at Lynx’s body, anyone could tell who’s in his body.Leviis too busy straightening out his clothes and brushing off the dirt. I’m so grateful my man hasn’t changed his core. If anything, this game is making me appreciate my family and what makes them unique.
A frown takes over as I get a look at myself. My body is feeling myself up and groping my tits. My gray eyes look up and meet my gaze before I blow myself a kiss, and a wicked smirk appears.Fucking Ryker.I take it all back, I don’t appreciate shit. My body starts bouncing up and down and I roll my eyes before focusing on Chester’s body.
Standing with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face, there’s no question who’s in his body. My Alpha,Knox.He can look grumpy all he wants, but I know he’s relieved that he doesn’t have the guys yapping in his thoughts. The last two people are standing next to each other. Ryker’s body next to a stoic Reaper. Ryker opens his mouth and points to his teeth. Got it, that’sZeke.Which means my stone-cold Reaper that’s normally running around is our Door Knight,Knots.
‘I thought Balam was supposed to make this more difficult,’Barron sighs.
‘Well, technically, he did,’I tell him as Balam starts calling up bodies. Since everyone is playing along, I sit back and talk to the guys in my head, watching as the others take point in revealing who is who.‘But I wonder if he’s doing it on purpose. Like he really doesn’t want to make it that hard on us. Because really, he could have made it so much worse, you know?’
‘Definitely, he could have made you slow and stinky,’Fluffers agrees.
‘God, you’re cute,’I tease him.‘Hey, I was wondering, when Ryker was in here with you, was he able to talk to you all?’
