“No, wait,” she pleads, grabbing for my hand again. Torn, I panic slightly, wanting to go to my mate but also wanting to be here with my mother who I haven’t seen in years. But seeing the state of things, my decision is made. I’m here, and my parents aren’t going anywhere. My woman and my family need me first.
“I’ll be back. Rez needs me,” I explain, and she looks up and notices my friends for the first time. I don’t wait, though. I run back to where I had laid down Knots and take in his prone form.
A curse flies from my lips as I see the blood pooling under his head and Reaper standing in it, licking at Knot’s face. Was he attacked while I was going against Dad? Maybe I should have had someone take over for me instead of sitting him down. Fuck, this is my fault.
“What happened?” Levi asks before conjuring material and applying it to Knot’s head.
“I don’t know. Unfortunately, I wasn’t paying attention to him,” JP says in a rush while helping Levi check him over.
“Look, there’s blood on that rock,” Ryker points out. “Do you think he dropped when we all did from that sound and landed on it, knocking himself out?”
“It’s a possibility,” Knox answers, moving to take a closer look at the possible weapon and grabbing Reaper in the process.
A slight thud grabs my attention, and I notice Zeke physically pressing himself into the stone wall across the tunnel with his hand covering his mouth. His pupils shrink to pinpricks as the whites of his eyes widen.
What’s…going…
Within seconds, the click of fangs registers, and Zeke’s eyes flick from his normal green to pitch black. Noticing the bigger problem in the room, I head in Zeke’s direction, confident the guys are handling Knots’ condition.
“Zeke!” Grabbing his shoulders, I push him down and into the wall to help ground him. I try to take up his full field of view because I can’t imagine seeing all the blood is helping him. Thinking back, I didn’t see him taking any blood this morning, and with him exerting himself during our fighting in the tunnels, it probably hasn’t helped any. “Hey, buddy. I need you to focus on me,” I demand, but Zeke’s breathing is erratic, and his eyes do everything but focus on me.
‘JP! Could use your help over here,’I call out in my head as loud as possible so I know he can’t ignore me. I pick up his frustration before he even answers back.
“A little busy if you haven’t noticed,” he huffs back under his breath as he tries to prop Knots up, but I hear him with my enhanced hearing.
‘Fine. If you want your boyfriend to eat our Door Knight, it’s no fur off my back,’I scoff, rolling my eyes.
“What?” JP snaps, and I hear him excuse himself before joining me. “Zeke!” JP calls, grabbing his boyfriend’s cheeks and forcing him to look at him. “Mon amoureux, I need you to breathe out of your mouth, not your nose. Look at me. Focus on my eyes.”
“You’d have better luck herding cats than getting him to follow instructions right now,” I murmur, and JP throws a glare in my direction.
“What the fuck does that mean?” he snaps, baring his teeth.
“Have you ever tried to herd cats?” I ask with the most innocent look possible. “It’s a nightmare.”
JP turns back to Zeke, his panic obvious on his face when Zeke starts to push past us.
“I’ve always been able to get him to focus on me before,” JP admits.
“Oh, so this happens regularly then.” I can’t help my sarcasm. This is the worst time for this to be happening. It’s just our luck that there are numerous vibrations filtering through the ground, and if I focus enough, I can hear growls in the distance. I only assume it’s more demons, and they’ve found a way to get past our fucking trap.
“No, not really. Only when he’s gone without blood for a long time.”
“Well, that’s peachy. That’s what we obviously need right now. A blood thirsty vamped out Zeke with a bloodied Angel and a mob coming our way,” I point out.
My words get Knox’s attention as he turns, and his jaw drops. It wobbles for a few moments in shock as he takes in the sight on either side of him. His gaze swings between JP struggling against Zeke and the bloody angel causing the drama. It would almost be comical if I wasn’t in the middle of this shit.
“What do you expect me to do?” JP growls out, pulling my attention back to him.
Oh my god. Does my furry ass have to think of everything with these numbnuts? What does Rez see in these guys?
With one hand, I smack Zeke’s hand away from his mouth, and with the other, I push JP’s head toward the zoned-out vamp. As soon as their lips connect, Zeke instantly relaxes his stance, and instead of pushing against us, he pulls JP against his hard body. As their quick make out turns into a quick grope, Zeke pulls away and sinks his teeth into JP’s neck. JP lets out an erotic groan that even makes me need to adjust myself.
Damn, never thought of myself as bi, but who knows. Don’t knock it unless you try it, huh?
“Is he hurt?” My father’s booming voice pulls me out of my musings of possible bisexuality.
“Yes,” Levi offers.
