Page 107 of Tangled in Knots

“He’s a good guy. Fucking scary, but I guess he’s a good friend to have,”Duncan grumbles.

“You two are very high maintenance,” I mutter.

“The Firestones have always been considered royalty, Adira. I don’t really believe your father double-crossed Rock. He may have had his shady moments, but he had more money than God,”Callum says.

“Money burns well,” I mumble. “I didn’t get to see much from the trunk of the vehicle though, since I was going into heat.”

“Fuckers. They don’t deserve your forgiveness. It’ll be good therapy to kill Rock, though,” Duncan says.

“Do you have a Ph.D I don’t know about in mental health?” I ask him sarcastically.

“There’s a lot you don’t know about us,” he says. “You’re off work today, we should work on that.”

“I don’t remember telling you that, stalker,” I say.

“We run intel for a living, Adira,”Callum says. “It’s our job to know things. We fucked up because we didn’t dig more when we agreed to help Pack Dresmond.”

“I really am a pain in the ass,” I say absently as I walk.

“I didn’t say that!”Callum yells.“I mean, we didn’t know how bad things would get. I don’t know if we would have been able to spare you any of it, but we fucked up.”

“It wasn’t your responsibility to save me,” I sigh.

Do I really need to go to this next class?My motivation is tanking, but I know I need to in order to keep my scholarship.

“Adira,” Duncan says gently, making me shake my head.

Ugh, I probably look like a crazy person.

“Don’t be nice to me, Duncan Kelly,” I growl.

A few people glance at me in fear, and I ignore them. They should mind their own damn business.

“Yes, ma’am,” he says immediately. “Damn, you just got scary. I won’t be sweet, then. I’m picking your ass up after class. You’re done at noon, right?”

“I need less people in my life who can hack into my schedule,” I mutter. “Yeah, I’m done around that time. I was going to go home to take a nap.”

“You can still take a nap, but I propose a change of location,” he counters.

“It’s too early for propositions,” I tell him. “There’s no reason for me to sleep somewhere else.”

“Yeah? How are you sleeping?” Callum asks.

“If I find a camera in my room, I’m going to use my stun gun on you,” I say. “Caleb upgraded the one he gave me.”

“I like pain,” Callum says, making my cheeks heat. It reminds me of the way Kane came when I strangled him.

“That’s an overshare, Callum,” I sigh.

“We’re best friends now,” he says. “You’re going to unfortunately hear about my weird kinks. Now, why were you asking Duncan about killing people. What has you wigging out?”

“Damon mentioned doing things in the blood after killing him,” I whisper. There are too many people around me with really good hearing. “I shouldn’t have been excited by that.”

“Why not?”Duncan asks. “The rules don’t apply for you. You want to fuck in a rainfall of blood? Do it. You don’t have to forgive the assholes to get a bit of revenge and an orgasm.”

“This is not the way I saw today going,” I tell him.

“If I had a nickel every time I’ve thought the same,”he says with a chuckle. “You’re so innocent.”

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