Page 38 of Taming the Beasts
“Ha. No. You’re weird.”
Maybe she’d tell me what happened if I was honest with her. “Titan knows I took something from the bank, even though the other guys dismissed it. He got really angry last night. He almost shifted right in front of me. It really freaked me out.”
Emma pressed her lips together.
“It’s not why I want to tell them about the coin though. I just want to do the right thing. And I know none of them would hurt me on purpose. But when they change, they can’t control it. You know?”
Emma slowly nodded. “Yeah. I know.” She didn’t offer any more information.
I stared at her shoulder. “I’m guessing Callum bit you again?”
“Only because I wanted him to,” she said. “I like when he does it.”
I really didn’t understand why. But I did understand liking something you shouldn’t. I pictured how hard Titan was when he was growling at me. I wanted to kiss him just as badly as I wanted to run. “It seems like maybe he bit you a little harder than usual though,” I said.
She slowly nodded. “I’m not scared of Callum. But…I worry he’s out of control when his eyes change color. It makes my heart race faster. Which makes my blood pump faster. And it just freaks me out. Just a little,” she clarified.
“I get it.” Really, I did. Probably better than anyone else could. Something about the danger of being with my boyfriends made the whole thing so much more exciting. I was used to men losing control around me being a good thing. And it was such a fine line with my boyfriends.
“But that’s not why I want to give the cure to Callum. I trust him. I do. But he’s been searching for the cure for so long.”
“I trust the guys too.” They protected me from each other. Otto had stepped in just at the right time. Emma and I both had close calls though. Callum bit her toohard and Titan almost shifted in front of me. And even though we’d never admit it out loud, I was scared for her. And I knew she was scared for me.
Our guys needed this cure.
Not just for our safety, but because they all wanted it. They’d searched the whole world for it. I pictured Otto’s tortured face when he told me how they got cursed to begin with.
They weren’t monsters. And they all deserved to be happy.
“I can’t wait to see their faces when we tell them,” I said.
Emma smiled. “Me too. It’s going to be so strange when we don’t have to worry about vampires and werecats. Quite the adjustment. And some other adjustments too, I guess.” She scrunched her mouth to the side.
I knew she was probably thinking of everything that Kebe had said last night. And I didn’t want to think about any other adjustments. My fear of losing my boyfriends had already made me put this plan on hold. I just needed to believe that they all liked me enough to keep dating me.
“They’re going to be so happy,” I said firmly.
Emma took a deep breath. “So should we tell them tonight? Or maybe we can go to the bank at lunch?”
“Let’s do it at lunch. There’s no point in delaying it.”
“Good. I’ll figure out a way to convince Callum to come with me to the bank before lunch. And in the meantime, how do we find out more information about this coin? I don’t really trust anything Kebe says aboutit. Did you talk to Huxley about her? To see if they knew each other?”
I shook my head. “I didn’t get a chance. He was asleep when I went there last night, and he was in a hurry this morning. I think the best thing we can do is talk to King today.”
“I really want to figure out what’s going on with Kebe though. She was so adamant about Callum not changing, then so down with the heist, and then suddenly so weird about using the cure again.”
“Definitely lots of mixed signals.”
“And what was all that about bad auras in the vault?”
I shrugged. “No clue. But speaking of bad auras…” I laughed. “Well, not really bad auras. I have no idea what Kebe was talking about. But Otto said all the guys have felt something shift in the air. They have like a sixth cat sense about these things. At first I thought maybe he could sense that the cure was close. But he made it sound like the shift in the air was more sinister.”
“Well that doesn’t sound good at all.” She pressed her lips together and looked down at her coffee.
“What are you thinking?” I asked.
“I’m wondering how recently they felt this sinister shift in the air? Because you know what’s come to town recently. Kebe.”
