Page 27 of Psycho Alphas: Part Two
Dang.
“The dog?” Rogue asked, walking over.
I sat back on my heels. “Uh huh. The Monopoly dog. I need it.”
“Do you?” Knox sat up straight on the couch, eyes darting between the two of us.
“Yup.”
“Uh…” Rogue palmed the back of his neck. “Don’t know what happened to it. Knox’s idea to put the board on the wall down here.”
I looked over at Knox. He’d got to his feet and tossed the bag of ice onto the counter. “The game?” he asked.
“Yeah. Why?”
I looked back at Ace. “I wanna play with Ace, but he’s being dumb.”
“I’ll play with you, Kitten,” Rogue said.
I couldn’t help smiling at his offer. “Well, you can join, but I really did wanna play with him, too.” We had to patch things up after the whole drugging and heat bonding thing.
“Why do you need the dog to play with Ace?” Knox asked.
He was strangely still, glancing between me and Ace, who was still leaning back against the cage bars. His eyes were almost entirely obscured by the black waves of hair that tumbled haphazardly into his face. Through it, I could see only the faintest glint of icy blue. His expression was neutral, lips drawn in that perfect line that gave nothing away, but that wasn’t unusual for him.
I shrugged, trying to decipher Knox’s reaction. “He, uh… he won’t play with me unless he can be the dog.”
There was a long silence.
“Did hesaythat?” Rogue asked.
“No…” I trailed off. “I can just tell.” I frowned, distracted by how ashen Knox had gone.“What?”
Knox turned and was staring back at Ace.
I looked back at him again but didn’t know what he was searching for.
There was a long silence in the room, and I was glad that Rogue looked as confused as me.
In the next moment, though, Knox leapt into action. The gun on the kitchen counter was in his hand, and he was striding toward Ace.
“Uh.Wait—!” I rushed after him, confused, reaching out to grab his arm only to be stopped in my tracks. Rogue had followed and grabbed me, on high alert in the bond.“What are you?—?”
I cut off as Knox reached Ace. He pulled him up by the arm and slammed him against the bars before jamming the gun beneath his chin.
“He’s awake.”
“What?”Rogue asked from beside me, clearly as confused as I was. But then I saw it. His hair might still be obscuring his eyes, but a grin began to curve Ace’s lips.
Oh, I’d forgotten how pretty that was.
I perked up.
Bunny’s back… Bunny…?
Uh… I blinked. My brain friends had got all tangled up.
I should fix that.
