Page 47 of Our Haunted Omegas
“I know who told you to. It’s not the first time he killed one of Reve’s cameras.”
“That’s because Reve was behind the dick pic leak,” Crilus said, squatting down near the newly exposed corpse.
“Did you always know that?” Cobalt asked.
“Who else could’ve done it? Don’t look at me like that,” Crilus frowned at the corpse. “I wasn’t over here when it happened. It wasn’t me but yeah, he runs a site that sells celebrity dick pics. Someone bought it and spread it around in a group text message.”
“How do you know about it?” I growled.
“People get drunk, and they talk. I own a bar,” he shrugged. “This isn’t a wraith.”
“Duh,” I rolled my eyes again and Indigo hugged me tighter.
“What is it then?” Cobalt asked.
“This feels like residue from a haunted object,” Crilus frowned. “It’s still here. Probably on him. I hope someone tells his family to cleanse his belongings. Whatever he brought along with him must’ve had a bone to pick.”
The elf pushed himself upright and frowned at me.
“I didn’t sleep with Indigo. I didn’t leak the dick pic. I didn’t come here to seduce anyone with my bare feet. I came here as a favor for my friends. If you’re anti-elf, you should know Clarence started most of those wars. If it’s something else just spit it out. I have a feeling we’re going to cross paths a lot in our lives.”
I opened my mouth to say we absolutely were not going to cross paths, but I stopped short. What the hell did he mean that we were going to cross paths?
“Give it back, Crilus,” Indigo sighed.
“Give what back?” Crilus blinked at us.
“The scale. Which one of us did you snatch it from you shiny-mania bird?” Indigo laughed.
Crilus glowered at me and yanked off the necklace and handed it over. Yep. That dark scale belonged to my mate.
“It was a protection charm, asshole,” Crilus rolled his eyes.
“You have to ask before you—” I started.
“I found it on the floor at the bar. It was just a scale. So, I made use of it,” Crilus rolled his eyes again.
“It’s okay, Crilus,” Teal chimed in. “You can have one of mine. We’ll wait with Reve, guys, you all should try to get some sleep.”
“Was that really all it was?” Odie asked me.
“I guess. He’s still annoying,” I shrugged.
“Sometimes you just don’t like people. I don’t like him eith---” Odie started as a shadowy hand grabbed onto Crilus’s shoulder.
I startled away and Indigo shoved me behind him.
“What the actual fuck?” the words tumbled off my lips before I had time to think about it. That was the same hand I’d seen playing out over and over again in Cobalt’s memories. Cobalt made to grab for the hand but Crilus grabbed his wrist and shook his head. When the elf was sure the dragon wasn’t about to snatch at the shadow hand again, he let go of him and turned his attention to the hand digging its ethereal fingers into his skin.
“We walk now,” Crilus said.
“Where to?” Teal asked.
“No, you be my eyes here. You’re the most clear-headed person around right now,” Crilus shook his head. “Watch Reve for anything strange to happen. Just watch and don’t get eaten or turned into sliced ham, okay?”
“Are you calling me a pig?” Teal laughed.
“No, you’re a ham,” Crilus said, too cheerful for my liking.
