Page 8 of How to Hide Your Angel Kid

“Ten, ten, and nine for stupidity,” Ace announced gleefully. “This is better than our lasagna underwear story.”

Galent’s scowl deepened. “You’re not allowed to repeat it to anyone.”

“Of course not.” Ace, Raptor, and Fang all zipped their lips.

Pinks froze. How had he missed Galent’s explanation? Not that it mattered, because he wasnotgoing to see the giant again after today.

Wren went up to Galent. “May I attempt to fix your curse?”

Galent’s eyebrows shot up. He glanced at Pinks, then at Wren. “Please do.”

Wren wriggled his fingers across Galent’s shoulders. He wrote a shimmering spell in midair, silver glittering runes, and sent them flying into Galent’s chest.

Galent stumbled back. Everyone stopped breathing.

Pinks clenched his fists.Please say you cured him, please say he doesn’t want to take Zarrie away...

“Did it work?” Galent asked when he found his footing. He rubbed his chest and looked down.

Then he froze, and the telltale gray spread from his feet up through his torso, to his head. In moments, he was back to being a statue, except this time his hand was frozen against his heart.

Damn it!Pinks swallowed his disappointment.

Wren sagged, looking at Pinks contritely. “I’m sorry. The curse was cast with a different kind of magic. It doesn’t react to mine.”

“Holy crap,” Ace said.

“Wow.” Raptor whacked Galent’s stony bicep, then grimaced and shook his hand out. “Ow, fuck. I guess he really wasn’t kidding.”

“This isn’t good.” Fang frowned. “He can’t be walking around and turning into a statue when he least expects it.”

Ace’s smile faded. “It won’t take much to kill him like this. Stone is hard, but brittle. With enough impact...”

Ace, Raptor, and Fang all looked extremely solemn. Pinks debated telling them about Galent trying to get to Zarrie.

But he remembered the kidnappers snatching Zarrie out of his arms, passing her between themselves while they restrained him. All because he’d been stupid enough to pause when one of them had asked for his help.

He couldn’t trust any of these men with his baby. Especially an angel baby that was so rare, he doubted they’d even seen one before.

“What if we put him here for now?” Fang asked, nodding at Pinks’ safehouse.

“No,” Pinks yelped. “He can go live with you!”

Raptor shook his head. “We’re about to head out on the tracking mission. We found some intel on your friends. Galent won’t want to stay in our homes with just our butlers for company.”

The butlers were weird, but... “You think he’ll want to stay withme?”

“He’ll be backup in case you decide to investigate more mystery statues on your own,” Ace said dryly.

How was Pinks going to hide his baby if Galent shared his space? There was only one bathroom. Hell, how was he going to jerk off in private with someone there? “He won’t be much help when he’s a statue!”

“Text the group if there’s an emergency,” Fang said. “I think it’s safer for you two to shelter together.”

“He’s going to steal my baby,” Pinks cried.

All three alpha-types looked surprised. “He won’t.”

“How are you so sure?”

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