Page 27 of Deadliest Throne

Link shoots me a skeptical look. “What did you do, Hunter?”

“Why does everyone keep accusing me of shit?” I pout. “I’m offended.”

“Okay, Link, you stand here.” Andy points to the X on the ground. Link looks at it and then at the massive blank balloon above him hanging from the roof.

“I thought you said there weren’t going to be any balloons?” he asks me.

“Not at all what I said. Now, just stand there.” I shoo him.

“Why me? You're the baby daddies, too. Why not the rest of you?” he growls.

“Because... this is your DNA, so we thought you could be the center of attention with Raven. We will get turns when it’s our time,” I tell him.

And thank god he takes that as a logical answer and steps onto the X. “Now what?”

“Raven, you stand next to him but off to the side a bit,” Andy tells her, getting her out of the danger zone.

“I swear to god, if some kind of fucking slime comes bursting out of that thing and onto me, I’ll be adding red to this blue-and-pink themed party,” he snarls.

“Would you fucking relax?” I roll my eyes. “God, so paranoid.”

Raven is loving every moment of this. She’s the only one who knows what I’m up to, and she thought it was hilarious and wanted to keep my little prank war alive despite the lack of time lately.

Another reason why I love my Little Mouse so much. She just gets me.

“Okay, make sure you're recording,” Andy says to anyone who's willing to tape this. I mean, who doesn’t want to have their gender reveal filmed to remember? I sure as fuck know I do.

I’m vibrating right now, eager for what’s about to happen. Yes, it’s childish, and I might be the only one who gets a kick out of this, but let me fucking live, man.

“This is all you,” Andy warns me. “If he comes after me, I’m telling him you high-jacked the reveal.”

“Fine by me.” I grin.

“Alright, everyone. On the count of three. Let’s see what the newest member of BVC is going to be!” Andy shouts.

“One! Two! Three!” I shout with the crowd as Link glares at me, already promising death, but nothing's happened yet.

Until the balloon above him pops and hundreds of tiny ducks come spilling down over his head.

“What the fuck!” Link shouts, as well as everyone else in the room.

I pause, looking down at the ground to see that the ducks are pink.

“Fuck yes, baby! We’re having a girl!” I shout, rushing over to Raven. She’s squealing with happiness as I spin her around once, then carefully put her back down on her feet. “I fucking love you and our sweet little girl.”

“I love you too.” She has happy tears in her eyes. I kiss her hard, but it doesn’t last long before the other guys come and congratulate our girl.

Link is last. “I’m so fucking happy,” he whispers, kissing her hard. “And god help any man or woman who looks at our Princess.”

Raven fucking swoons. My Little Mouse is just as fucked up as we are. I fucking love it. “And we will celebrate more in a moment,” Link says. “I have to kill my brother first.”

“Oh fuck.” I burst out laughing and turn, booking it out of the room with a very pissed off Link hot on my heels.

I’m probably going to have a black eye by the end of it, but so worth it.

Chapter 8

Raven

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