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Yum! I think I'll have another!

As I munched away, I refused to look at my mate. If I did, I'd burst out laughing and ruin everything.

Jayden so cute with red ears! In her excitement, Lark wagged her tail so hard, it made my head spin. We think of more pranks for other boys?

Yes, I promised her, but later. For now, calm down. Let's enjoy our time with our friends.

And try to prank Jayden more? She wiggled her eyebrows up and down mischievously.

That, wolfie, goes without saying.

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Wyatt

"What's in the bag?" I asked Ash as he drove us toward the dungeon.

"Just a few party favors." He smirked.

"You brought tools?" I cringed. "Dude! You're a werewolf! You have claws and fangs and speed and superhuman strength. What else do you need to kill someone?"

"You know how Lark calls Ikhlassi Burnt Oil Man?"

"Yeah. She said that's what he smells like to her." I wondered where he was going with this. "What's that have to do with—"

"He's going to smell burnt to everyone soon enough."

"No fire," Mase said in his business tone. "We'll be in an enclosed space underground. The dungeon's ventilation system won't be able to keep up with it."

"You ain't going to talk me out of it." Ash's smirk grew darker. "He's going to burn today."

"No. Fire. Ash," Mase repeated. "End of."

"Besides," Cole chimed in with a smirk, "I want to peel his skin off."

I grimaced in distaste. Torture was not my thing. My dad had never approved of it, so neither did I. Did I think people sometimes deserved to suffer? Sure. Was I going to be the one to make them? Nope. Unlike my brothers, I was content to let karma catch up to them. The Moon Goddess always made sure it did.

"Well, aren't you two psychotic this afternoon?" King Julian murmured.

"At least we put the 'hot' in psychotic," Ash said with a grin.

"At least the psycho himself isn't here," I piped up. "He just kills everyone before we can even get in the room."

"Jay staying back is good for another reason, too," King Julian said. "Dad and I interrogated Ikhlassi and Calvin Briggs early this morning and, amid all the other discoveries, found Ikhlassi had two accomplices. My guards took them into custody pretty quickly, and Dad and I went back to interrogate them after brunch. After they confessed, I issued death sentences for them, too."

"They confessed that easily?" Cole asked.

"With a little encouragement," the king clarified.

"Aw, dude! You already bloodied them up?" Ash whined as he brought the SUV to a stop in the reserved parking spot by the dungeon's main entrance.

"This is my third set of clothes today," King Julian laughed. "But at least there's one for each of you now."

"Who are these other two, and what did they do?" Mase asked.

"Can you hold onto your temper long enough to listen?" he asked, his eyes on Cole. "Or should I wait to tell you right outside their cell doors so I can just open them and stand back?"

"I think I can manage," Cole grumbled. "Tell us now, please."

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