Page 16 of Laverna

"We can't stay here. If the witches set this up as a trap, they are bound to know it's been triggered," she said and summoned her divine strength. She rolled Romulus onto his back and sat on him. He grinned up at her, but she couldn't tell if it was the man or the wolf.

"If we can convince him to get in a car, we can take him back to his villa. Maybe getting out of the center of the city will help clear the magic away?" Claudius suggested.

Laverna shook her head. "No. They knew where to find Sidonius, which means they know where to find the rest of you."

"We can't exactly check him into a hotel like this, goddess," Claudius said, exasperated.

Laverna stared down at the god between her thighs and said the one thing she never imagined she ever would. "We will take him back to my place. No one will ever find him there. He will be able to shake off the spell, and you will be able to pull the wolves together and co-ordinate with my people. We need to find Sidonius, and we can't be divided anymore."

Romulus's thumb stroked over the soft curve of her hip, his smile getting wider. "I like this too."

"Stop looking at me like that, or I'll give you to the witches myself," she snarled half-heartedly. "I still don't understand any of this, so when you are back to normal, we will be talking about it."

Claudius lifted his hands to heaven. "Praise Luna, they are going to use their words. Now, how are we going to get him into the car?"

Laverna and Claudius managed to get Romulus back down in the elevator, but only because she suffered to let him carry her. The situation became even more embarrassing because his two other wolves, Lucius and Eolus, arrived in time to witness her embarrassment.

"I never thought I would see it happen. Congratulations," Lucius said. Claudius made a cutting motion at his neck to get him to shut up.

"This isn't what it looks like, you fucking mutts," Laverna hissed at them, which only made them smile more. "He's under a spell, and apparently, touching me stops him from going crazy because of my divine power."

"Sure. That's the reason." Eolus was laughing so hard, his golden curls shook. He got out his phone and snapped a picture.

"Sid has been taken by the witches, and you two clowns are laughing. Get the fuck upstairs and look for clues while I get your fearless leader to safety," she ordered.

Lucius bowed regally. "Yes, alpha. Claudius, come back here when you finish delivering the happy couple where they need to go."

"Keep it up, and I will fucking neuter you," Laverna said.

Romulus held onto her, so she just ended up flailing uselessly while cursing at them.

"Always a pleasure, goddess," Eolus said, and they both disappeared into the elevator with wide smiles.

Laverna collapsed back into Romulus's chest. "Those two get more ridiculous every time I see them. They have only become worse since they mated."

"They will take Sidonius's disappearance seriously, don't worry. This is just...a too interesting development for them not to comment on," Claudius replied with a straight face. His eyes were glittering with amusement, and his sincerity didn't fool her for a minute. Assholes.

Claudius got the keys to the Porsche out of Romulus's jacket pocket with minimal snarling, and he opened the back door for them. It was a good thing Romulus hadn't decided on anything with two seats that day. Otherwise, things would have gotten even more awkward.

Like they can get much worse. Laverna sat in his lap because he still refused to let her go.

If someone had told her a week ago that finding bodies would lead her to straddling Romulus awkwardly in the back seat of a Porsche, she probably would have kicked them between the legs for their audacity.

"One day, we will be able to look back on this and laugh," she said as she stared out of the back window of the car and hoped that the tinting was dark enough so that no one would think they were fucking.

"You smell so good," he whispered, his breath hot on her ear. Goosebumps swept down her arms and spine.

"So do you," she stammered awkwardly and hoped that his wolf couldn't smell how turned on she was. It wasn't her fault. Romulus was a lot handsome man to be pushed up against.

For the first time in her long life, Laverna was over her head and didn't know what to do but try and breathe. She really shouldn't encourage what was happening in any way. She tried to hang onto the thought of how much she hated him, but it wasn't working. He smelled of spicy man aftershave and wild things that screamed sex in her brain.

Laverna didn't have to wonder how close his wolf was to the surface. His clothes were straining, making his already impressive chest bigger.

Laverna was pissed that the witch's magic was all over him, but until she got him into her safe haven, she couldn't unleash any of her divine power to try and get it off him. If anyone was going to fuck with Romulus, it was going to be her and no one else.

Laverna wriggled under the thought, and that just made him hold her tighter. With a sigh of frustration, she gave up struggling, rested her chest against his, and put her head on his shoulder.

"If you tell anyone about this, I will make your life hell," she whispered, not knowing if he would understand a thing she said in his current state. After a moment, his hand came up to gently cup the back of her head.

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