Page 51 of Sweetheart

Levi nearly dropped his mate. “What?”

Mason’s nails dug into the flesh of his shoulders and Levi retightened his hold.

“It gets better.” Lawson jumped up and down while clapping. “They’re mates!”

“Mates?” Levi and Mason said at the same time.

“Yep,” River replied. “And they’ve already completed the bonding.”

Mason started to laugh.

Levi glanced down at his mate.

“Of course he did. Leave it to my brother to meet his mate and do the deed within minutes.” He rolled his eyes at Levi.

“Uh, baby, there might be a problem.” Shit, he didn’t want to be the one that explained this.

“What?”

“Tristan…”

“I can totally see Tristan and my brother being perfect together. They’re just alike really. Hey! What’s Tristan? I’m not even going to try to guess. Gargoyles and dragons. This is more than I ever thought possible.”

“Yeah,” Bryce agreed. “Not really a fair contest.”

Lawson nudged Bryce’s shoulder. “You were the one that wanted to guess.”

“That is so cool!” Mason said. “Have you guessed everyone?”

Bryce smiled. “All but Gavin. I haven’t figured out his species yet.”

“You guessed gargoyle?” Mason asked.

“Well no,” Bryce admitted. “I sort of stumbled on him in one of his other forms. Up of the roof.”

“Roof?” Mason glanced at you.

“I’ll show you soon,” Levi promised.

“So, Tristan?”

Levi sighed. He didn’t know how to explain this. “Just remember that not everything you have heard about a species or place is actually true.”

“This doesn’t sound good.”

“I've been friends with Tristan for months now. He’s…a decent guy.”

“Is he?” Mason didn’t sound like he believed him.

“He’s a dick,” River said. “But he’s not a bad guy.”

“Maybe just tell me?” Mason requested.

“Tristan is a demon,” Levi blurted out. He swallowed. Shit! “I mean—”

“Demon?” Mason repeated.

Levi nodded.

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