Page 11 of Live Like Legends

The High Priestess gave her a tight-lipped smile before gently removing whatever she had from her hands. I heard the slosh of liquid, craning my neck to finally see a bottle of alcohol. “You are not in trouble Sarah, please go back to your duties.”

The Enchanter quickly bowed her head, looking around at us and then darted off. Zane walked over to her, grabbing the bottle and huffed. The large Enchanter began to read the bottle’s label. “At least she picked a good one.”

Dani chuckled. “Oh, did you just make a joke, tough guy.”

Zane raised an eyebrow at her but turned to Natalia. “I’ll return this to the kitchen.”

“Elise?” I questioned, smirking.

Natalia fluffed out her long, maroon colored dress. “She hasn’t changed, that I can assure you.” She turned around,walking up the stairs. “Come, we have much to discuss it seems and I’m sure a nice little reunion is well overdue.”

Once we were at the top of the stairs, we followed Natalia past a few doors until we got to a large room that held multiple couches, a day bed and bookcases that looked as if they had never seen a days’ worth of dust. The ground was covered in oakwood and a glass coffee table was placed in the middle of the room atop a rectangular lilac rug with silver tassels. I was so busy surveying the room that I hardly noticed who was in it.

Beetee sprang up from her place on one of the couches and ran over to me. She embraced me in a hug that almost sent me into the wall. I laughed as she held onto me but hugged her back. Over her shoulder I saw Elise sprawled out on another couch and Garrett looking out one of the windows near the side of the room.

The pink-haired demon let me go, pulling back to look at me. “Sorry for the abrupt approach.”

I shrugged. “It’s okay. I’m happy you’re healed.”

Beetee tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear. “For the most part. I j—.” She stopped when she locked eyes with something behind me. I swiveled my head to follow her lilac eyes and found Dani watching her as well.

Add this to the list of things that needed to be resolved before Ariel crowned himself leader of his realm.

Beetee rubbed at the back of her neck, her brown skin growing red as she shuffled from foot to foot. “It’s really good to see you again, Soul Seether.”

Dani squinted at her, but then she started rubbing at the back of her neck as well. Was she nervous? “I thought we discussed this whole Soul Seether thing. Dani is perfectly fine.”

Beetee nodded quickly. “Of course, right I forgot. I should have remembered, I’m sorry. Like seriously, I am so, so…”

“Hey, I think she gets it.” I placed my hand on her arm, ceasing her rambling. She winced as if she had severely fucked up.

Dani shook her head, making her way over to us. “The constant apology is going to get really annoying, so let’s cut that off. Actually, without a certain weapon, I don’t even know if Soul Seether is correct anymore.” She ruffled her curls with her fingers, her eyes flicking to mine so quickly that if I hadn’t been looking at her, I would have missed it. “We should talk soon….about…things.”

I could see that Beetee was chewing on the inside of her cheek, more redness blotching her golden brown skin. Her bright yellow dress made the discoloration even more apparent. “Yes, we should.”

“Finally, the gangs all here,” Reese announced, strolling in with an apple in his hand. He brought it to his mouth, taking a large bite. He lifted his chin towards Beetee. “What’s up, reptile queen.”

Beetee rolled her eyes. “That’s still an awful name.”

“Accurate, but yes I agree, awful,” Elise piped up from her place on the couch. She had her arm flung over her face, so she hid her eyes. Dani shuffled over to her, lifting her foot and kicking Elise’s thigh.

“Fuck what the hell…”

“Look alive, you asshole.” Dani laughed as she walked over to the purple curtains that cover two large glass double doors. She grabbed the curtains and pulled them apart, making sure each side was equally open. Sunlight shined into the room, making everything look more alive. “Much better.”

“Oh, for fucks sake.” Elise grabbed one of the throw blankets from behind the couch and moved it over her eyes. “Can I not have my raging hangover in fucking peace? I’m very happy to see that Nicholas hasn’t ripped you in half with his massivecock already, but like can we move this little meeting until tomorrow?”

“Hangover? They were just about to bring you more alcohol from downstairs,” I pointed out, ignoring her comment. Elise threw the blanket down and gave me a death glare.

“Also, Nick has an average sized dick, it’s not massive,” Reese joked, slapping me on the back. I heard Dani snort from where she was standing near Natalia.

Elise hummed. “You would know that how?” She placed her fist under her chin, her eyebrows raised, challenging my best friend.

Reese opened his mouth to continue this usually normal back and forth of theirs, but we all heard Garrett clear his throat. “I think we should be getting around to talking about what we are here for.”

He was likely around my father’s age, but he looked as if he had aged more in two weeks than any normal entity should. I couldn’t possibly understand what he was going through, and I hadn’t been around the past few weeks to ask him. His voice was the same deep fatherly tone that had us all standing up straight and taking a seat wherever we could find it.

I opened my mouth to say anything, something of merit at this point and time, but he just patted me on the shoulder and pulled me in for a quick hug before settling himself into one of the armchairs. The talk would have to wait.

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