Page 1 of Justice

Chapter 1

LIBERTY

I felt sick.Nauseous. Numb.

“It’s just a prophecy,” Ellis offered as he lazily drew circles on my stomach. My body tightened in response, shivering at the feel of his fingers against my skin.

It had been a full day since Maggie dropped the little bombshell that more than likely would change my life forever. Not only was I probably a vampire hybrid, I wasthehybrid. The gal who was supposed to unite the paranormal races and save them from the destruction they were spiraling into. A destruction caused by one person.

Greta.

Turns out, she didn’t just want me dead because of my stellar good looks and charming personality. Not because I was the remaining family of her ex-lover. Not even because I was currently doing the horizontal tango with her grandchildren. She wanted me gone because I might be her downfall.

I can’t even stress the wordmightenough because from where I stood, I highly doubted this fate was real. I could barely pay my rent on time. There was no way I could be a ruler of people, paranormal people at that. How would I even go about that? Would I get like a magic staff to clunk on the ground that forced all those around to listen?

“I think you’re reading too much into this, Liberty,” Sterling said before he kissed my stomach, down to my thigh. “You’re going to have to take it one step at a time.”

Damn it, but they all believed I was the girl, and the fact was, I was equally scared that it was true, and I would disappoint them. “What’s the first step?”

Sterling bit my thigh, and my body arched off the bed. Ellis’ brows pulled together in a scowl, not thrilled that his friend was ruining his snuggling time. “First step is, well, finding info on the first step.”

“You are completely unhelpful, Sterling, and it’s important you know that.”

His lips hovered over the apex of my thighs as he blew warm air on my skin. “I find I can be really helpful.”

God, he could. He really, really could.

The door opened, and Oak stormed in, his usual solemn face firmly in place. I adored that face. “We need to start our day before noon, children; we can’t stay protected behind wards forever. Wards will fade. Greta will strike again.”

I should correct my previous statement. I adored that face when he wasn’t the voice of reason and ruining my sexy time. “It will take five minutes, ten tops.”

He narrowed his eyes at me. “I think you’ve had enough orgasms for the morning, Liberty. Get dressed; there are still tons of books to sift through.”

“I beg to differ. Can one really have too many orgasms?” As if proving my point, Sterling bit down on my sensitive flesh, and I hissed as my body flooded with sensations.

Oak stomped forward, his heavy boots thumping against the ground and making the floor vibrate. He stopped before me and leaned down, licking his lips as he brought them close enough to me that I could catch the slight glistening of moisture. “If you get up now, Liberty, I promise that later we could try anything from that book you found.”

My eyes grew enormous. Excitement coursed through me. “Really?”

“Really.”

He really knew how to convince a girl. “Fine.”

He held out a hand and pulled me up, ignoring the grumbles from Sterling and Ellis. “Go shower.”

“Why? We aren’t going anywhere.” We’d been stuck indoors for two days, and honestly, just not being able to leave if I wanted was making me stir crazy.

“You’re ripe.”

“I am not.” It offended me he would say so. I always smelled amazing.

A single eyebrow rose in challenge, and I subtly tilted my head to sniff myself. Eww. He was right. Too much time in bed with these guys had definitely added a bit of odor to my usually delicious self. I was talking about sex. I smelled like a damn sex club that’d been rocking it all night long.

“Fine.” I huffed, even though honestly, a shower sounded good.

He leaned over slightly and picked me up, tossing me over his shoulders as he walked toward the bathroom. I could fight this, but as I watched his ass flex in his jeans, I decided why would I? Who was I to ruin such a good thing? I reached down, patting his cheeks like they were a bongo drum, and felt his silent laughter vibrate through his body.

My body pitched forward, and I’d barely gotten my footing before a stream of ice water peppered down on me. “What the hell!”

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