Page 34 of As The Shifter World Turns

“Micah.” I leaned forward. “I slept with him.”

Pizza fell from Ivor’s mouth and Neil handed him a napkin. “How can you not have guessed?” Neil asked as he bumped his friend’s elbow. “He stayed at your place.”

“Yeah, but we didn’t discuss his love life.”

“Should I leave and let you two argue?” I asked.

“You’re not going anywhere,” Neil told me, his face all frowny and stern, and I imagined him speaking to his clients that way. It wasn’t a surprise he made such good money and had many returning customers.

“Is it true what they say about unicorns?” Ivor asked.

“What do they say?”

“That they’re really good in bed,” Neil added.

“I’ve never heard that,” I said. “Who told you?” For a human, Neil sure knew a lot about shifters.

“Got it from Daire?” Ivor offered.

“Yup.”

I chose my words carefully. “He’s a very attentive and accomplished lover.” Visions of Micah’s dick had me gulping beer and some of it trickled over my chin.

“Yeah he’s had a lot of practice being in his 30s and he lived with Jason for a while.” There was a thump under the table, and Ivor yelled, “Owww.”

“Don’t talk about Micah’s past in front of Archer.”

“Doesn’t matter,” I sighed. “We’re not together and we never will be.”

“What?” they shouted.

I filled them in and we went back and forth. Neil repeated what he’d told me once before that it might work out. Ivor said I was best to get out before I got hurt.Too late.

Neil raised his hand. “I’ve got some news.” I was eager to get the attention off me and listen as he detailed his job offer. Well, it was more volunteering than paid work.

“It might lead to bigger opportunities,” I told him but as the words left my mouth, the look of horror on his face told me I’d said the wrong thing.

Ivor flung an arm over Neil’s shoulder. “What Archer means is that if you accept it, at some point once you feel comfortable, you might be able to look beyond a volunteer position and find a paying one.”

“Yeah, that.” Who would have thought Ivor could be so eloquent. He obviously knew Neil way better than I did and sussed out what made the guy uncomfortable.

“Maybe,” Neil agreed. “The problem is my current work pays so well.”

We had no comeback to that.

“Isn’t anyone going to ask me about my love life?” Ivor asked.

“You said there was nothing to tell last time,” I told him.

“No change there,” he noted. “Except…” His voice trailed away.

Neil removed the pizza out of Ivor’s reach. “No more food until you tell us what you’ve been up to?”

“I’ve been working for Ryder and Kellan keeps popping in.”

I butted in. “Don’t mention that asswipe.”

“What’s Kellan got to do with anything?”

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