Page 65 of Cursed by Death

I hoped the twins weren’t hanging around because they thought I was going to offer them hugs and fond farewells because it wasn't going to happen.

“I’ll get your number from Betty,” Rym told me and I raised my eyebrows at him questioningly.

What in the hell did he think he needed my phone number for? He walked away and headed back towards the building before I got a chance to ask him.

“Did that seem really weird to you guys, or is it just me?” I asked the twins. Everything about this night seemed really weird to me.

Bane sighed and Roan just shook his head.

“What?” I asked them. Were they mad at me now or something?

“Coming here was a bad idea,” Bane said in exasperation as he rubbed his hand over the hair on top of his head.

“You’re never going to be able to get the demons out of your life now,” Roan told me with a frown on his face. “You opened that door and it would take a fucking miracle to get it closed again.”

“Right,” Bane said, agreeing with his twin. “Did you see the way they looked at her? That one that walked out with us looked like he was ready to worship at her feet.”

“That last part is a lie,” I said, inserting myself into their conversation that they had excluded me from. “No one looked at me like that. That Karlie chick hated me on sight.”

“Yeah,” Bane said, exaggerating the word and stretching it out. “The only female hated you on sight.”

He was wrong, Betty hadn’t hated me on sight, or at all.

“I don’t get it,” I said. “I don’t want to be standing out here in the parking lot. It’s not safe and I’m ready to go home.”

They shared a look before turning on me.

“You can’t just get rid of us, Ruby Jane,” Bane told me. “We already told you that we aren’t going anywhere.”

Yeah, I wasn’t even sure that that’s what I wanted anymore. “Why does it feel like you’re threatening me?” I asked as I opened the driver's side door to my car.

“It’s not a threat, but a promise,” Roan told me as I got in the car and shut the door, blocking them out.

I drove off and left them standing there in the parking lot. I couldn’t help sneaking looks at them in the rearview mirror until they were out of sight.

That stupid organ in my chest that beat life into my meat suit gave a little twinge when they were out of sight.

Why did I feel like a part of me had been left behind?

I shouldn’t have asked them to come with me. I shouldn’t have gone at all.

Chapter 34

All of the lights in my house were still off when I pulled into the garage. And there weren’t any extra cars in the driveway. I was taking that as a good sign.

I wasn't expecting to find Ginger standing next to the garage with her arms crossed over her chest, waiting for me.

“Fox knocked on my door, freaked out. Apparently, he went to check on you and you had disappeared. He thought maybe you were with me. He got a phone call from Rally while I was telling him I hadn’t seen you. Apparently, people were blowing up Rally and his guards’ phones because his mate had walked into the underground with two hunters. Just a heads up, they’re both pissed.”

I winced.

None of that sounded good for me at all. This was the problem with having people in your life. Now I was going to have to face the consequences of my actions.

“I’m sorry Fox bothered you and woke you up, Ginger. It’s late, you should get back to bed. Thanks for letting me know what’s going on again. I’m really sorry you got woken up.”

She sighed heavily and I felt really bad about her sleep having been disturbed. It was her first night in her new place and she should be sleeping peacefully in her bed.

“I’m not mad about Fox waking me up. I don’t care about that.”

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