Page 114 of Prey

“Ah, man, Roman’s gonna have his hands full with you tonight, huh?”

“Full of me,” I said, wiggling my eyebrows so he knew exactly what I meant.

He shook his head, watching me with amused eyes.

“I can have myself full of you, if you’re up to it?” an unfamiliar voice said next to me. I gasped and turned around, finding a man with dark blond hair, blonde scruff, and blue eyes staring intently at me.

I moved closer to Kai, who wrapped his arm around me protectively.

“Fuck off, Trent. You’re barking up on Roman’s territory, and I won’t feel sorry for you when he beats the shit out of you.”

Trent scowled at Kai. I moved in a little closer to my new friend, and further away from Trent and the dark look he was sporting.

“You talk like she’s his property. I’m sure she can speak for herself.”

Trent turned his expression back to me, with a smile on his face that I’m sure he thought was charming. I just found it creepy. He was nowhere in the same league as Roman, and he was only a little taller than me, which meant he wasn’t all that tall.

Kai was right.

Roman would beat the shit out of him easily.

“I’m with Roman,” I said.

“Why would you be with that fucking shithead, who’s got more brawn than brains, when you could be with me?”

I frowned, not liking that insulted Roman, who was fucking smart as hell. I made a move forward, anger licking up my insides when Kai tightened his arms around me and held me back.

Kai’s chest shook when he let out a sardonic laugh. “That’s fucking funny, coming from you. Hate to break it to you, but you ain’t got brawn or brains. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be insulting Roman behind his back. Bet you wouldn’t say half that shit to his face.”

Trent scowled at Kai. “Shut up. You think you're better than everyone here because of your daddy. Hate to break it to you, nepo-baby, but you wouldn’t be shit if you had been born without the Madden last name.”

Kai laughed. “This coming from you? Aren’t you only here because your old man’s the old VP, and you got a hard-on for the position long before you even got your first boner?”

I blushed slightly from the crude words but didn’t say anything. I didn’t think I wanted to draw any more attention to myself.

“I earned my spot,” Kai said arrogantly, and from what little Roman had told me, I knew that was true. I didn’t know the extent of what he’d done to get in, but I knew both Roman and Dominic were proud of him.

“The same can’t be said about you,” Kai continued. “So why don’t you do everyone a favor and fuck off.”

Trent shot a scathing look my way. “Whatever. The slut ain’t worth it. I’ll just wait until Roman gets tired of using the same pussy all the time. Then she’ll be begging for my dick.”

Kai tightened his arm around me, and even if I couldn’t see his face, I could feel the anger emanating out of him. He stood up and pushed me behind him, but not before I caught sight of Trent’s wide eyes.

Now that they were both standing, it was easy to see just how small Trent was compared to most of the people here, but especially Kai, who looked like a mammoth right then.

Trent swallowed noticeably and backed away.

It looked like Kai was going to give chase, but I grabbed hold of his shirt.

He turned and looked at me with a frown.

“It’s not worth it,” I said. I still had a little bit of the buzz from the beer, but not enough to see what a bad idea it would be for Kai to start a fight for me.

He opened his mouth, looking like he was about to argue, and I shook my head.

Finally, he let out a small sigh and sat back down on the chair.

I sat down, too. “What was that?”

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