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“It’s up to you, Beth. We don’t have to go but what if we don’t and this could have helped us?” Jayden squeezes me tighter.
Adrian’s eyes widen and he nods to me frantically. “I think I know what it is, and we definitely need it.”
“What is it?” I ask.
“You know I can’t tell you everything. Just know that it will be helpful, and we’ll need to go see Orpheus,” Adrian says.
“Fine.” I sigh. “I guess we’re going to a demented strip club. Yay.”
“It won’t be that bad this time. There most likely won’t be demons on the loose in the streets.” Jayden pats my shoulder.
“Most likely,” I growl. “If we have to stop a demon invasion again, I’m kicking your ass, Jayden.”
He whispers close to my ear, “I’ll probably enjoy it.”
I shiver from the seduction in his words. Bastard knows exactly what he does to me at the most inopportune times. Maybe when my powers grow, I’ll be able to smite him. Probably not a good idea since he enjoys getting zapped by my magic.
I let a little of my power flow through me and Jayden growls, “You don’t play fair.”
“Like you were?” I raise an eyebrow at him.
“Any other messages for us, Hermes?” Raven cuts in over our whispers.
“Just good luck. I’m sure you don’t need it but we’re rooting for you.” He blinks away in an instant.
"I guess we venture out into the unknown… again. Gods help us if we fail and the world loses everything.”
12
“Shit,” Greyson yells as we pull out of the parking lot.
“What’s wrong?” I ask over my shoulder.
“I meant to ask you about this yesterday but then you were dead on your feet. Now with us traveling through LA, I need to warn the California alpha that I’m passing through so there isn’t any trouble with my old pack.”
In a place where phones could lead to our discovery by the monsters who hunt us, I’m the only one with a viable communication device. We banned Iris messages from the academy as soon as we realized who the true enemy is. Iris is Hera’s personal messenger goddess and no lines through her would be safe.
I never cared for using the messenger goddess’ messages either because I was lying low from the queen since she wants me dead. The psycho has tortured all of Zeus’ illegitimate children over the millennia.
“I’m not even sure if it will work for a shifter,” I say.
“Besides, why would we have trouble from your old pack?” Adrian asks. “Weren’t they your family?”
“Shifters are territorial. When I gave up my place as alpha and within the pack, because I’m not exactly just a shifter anymore, I became a lone wolf. They will see me coming in without warning as an act of aggression and they will meet it with their own.”
“That makes sense. Tristan wasn’t exactly friendly when he caught us in his territory in Arizona the first time.” I nod.
“He was a little overly friendly, if you ask me,” Jayden grumbles.
“He was perving on me, and I wasn’t interested.” I glance at the others, explaining to Thad and Adrian who weren’t with us then.
Jayden glares out the windshield, refusing to look in my direction. He probably doesn’t want to go into Tristan’s territory as badly as I don’t want to go see Orpheus. Too bad we rarely get what we want. Maybe once the war is over, we can just be us and away from all the crazy. It’s doubtful but it’s a nice dream.
“So, can we try the shell so we’re not ambushed?” Greyson asks.
“I’m all for anything that makes this easier so less people come after us.” I grab my bag from the floor in front of me and hand the shell to Greyson.
“How do I do this?” Greyson asks, confused. “I’ve seen you do this a hundred times but now I’m drawing a blank.”
