Chapter 10
Hanna had woken up to warmth and goodness. She was deliciously sore from her time with Kyro and Derek. They’d taken her to a whole new level of pleasure she’d never experienced before, and she wasn’t sure if she could ever go back to anything else.
Everything with them felt easier than her life without them.
She knew Derek said they wouldn’t be long, but she was getting antsy without them already. It would be nice to see them in their Clawed Obsessions element.
Hanna imagined watching them lift large crates of glasses behind the bar and tossing aggressive patrons out the club. Neither of those things was hard to picture inside her head, but it would be even better if she watched them in person.
She brought the sheets up to her nose and took in the mingled scent of them. It was addictive.Hers. That was an odd thought that filled her head, but it felt good.
Did she have the right to call them hers after one night? It wasn’t like they promised forever or anything. They kept tossing mate out, and she was pretty certain casual people didn’t use that term.
Could she stay there with them in Vella Cove?
She dressed and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked different, but in a good way, almost wild and carefree.
She found the elevator by retracing her steps. Even the elevator smelled like them. It was weird she was noticing smells more, as if her senses were clearer.
When the doors opened to the first floor, chaos erupted. It was like any bar brawl, except shifters fought with each other.
Her nose picked up something else, something different.
This wasn’t a regular club fight. It was laced with something powerful underneath. Magic. She’d felt the pull of magic many times during her spells, but this was darker. She tried to make her way around the fights, looking for Kyro and Derek to warn them. Someone was manipulating their place. She couldn’t see them anywhere. Too many bodies violently crashed against each other in arguments.
She finally spotted Derek, but there was no clear route to him. Then she saw a woman staring at her. She smiled with a cruel grin that immediately made her menacing. She grabbed hold of Derek’s shirt and kissed him.
Hanna seethed and wanted to rip the woman’s head off. Violence wasn’t a part of her, but now it felt right to revel in it.
The woman laughed and looked back at her. She wasn’t alone. Derek caught her staring at them.
She didn’t have time for this nonsense. If they wanted crazy women like that, they could have them. A deep part of her wanted to fight, but what was the point if they didn’t want her?
Too many emotions rolled through her to sort through them. She turned and ran, unable to sort through the conflicting feelings filling her. Everything was more intense than before.
Hanna got in her Jeep and did what she usually did when she needed help: she called Riana.
“Hanna?” Riana said when she picked up.
“I think I really messed up this time, sis,” Hanna said. She could feel tears clouding up her eyes, but she kept driving.
“Where are you?” Riana asked “Are you with Derek and Kyro?”
“How did you know that?”
“Promise you won’t freak out.”
Hell, she was already freaking out. There was really no way she could see it getting worse. “Okay.”
“I think when you healed me I got some residual magic or something.”
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“I’ve been having visions ever since you fixed me. Nothing big, but I get glimpses. I saw you with the Keller Brothers.”
“Uh, what exactly did you see?” She hoped her sister’s newfound abilities involved clothes. Lots of clothes.
“Did they kiss you on a pier or something?”