Page 60 of Iris
Like what?
“Like if there are plans for any kind of uprising or rebellion to be careful. The Monarch’s heard chatter and is on the warpath there. Maybe here. Anyway, it’s probably just the usual panic over not enough classy Omegas or something. Can’t let the grimy Alphas near ’em, am I right?” Maldon laughs.
If we hear anything, we’ll pass the message along, but it’s Sabine City, so people like the status quo.
It’s a lie. Especially among the poor, those who prefer an alternate lifestyle, those who aren’t Alpha and Omega elite. But it’ll do.
“Thanks, Mal,” Killian says. “We’ll get this loaded.”
The drive is silent as we head back to the Lower Side.
With a sigh, and because he’s not fucking looking at me, I use text to voice and say, “Out with it.”
Killian’s eyes flicker a moment to mine.
Everything else in Sabine City is close, except for this part of town. The rich don’t want even the Lower Side tainted by the waste and noise and smells that keep their lives running smoothly.
“Out with what?”
My fingers move over the keyboard.
“With,” I say, “whatever’s on your mind.”
He takes a hand off the wheel and knocks my phone out of my hand. “Nothing’s on my mind.”
“Who?”
My smile comes even as I try to stop it and it wouldn’t take much to close my eyes and let my hands remember how silky soft and warm her skin was when I danced with her. Or how hot and sweet the kiss that moved through me like a slow-motion tidal wave happened to be.
His irritated reply says he’s not immune at all.
Not that he’s ever tried to be.
“Talking to her in public’s stupid, Xav.”
“You know exactly what I mean. She might be useful to the cause.”
That wipes all smiles from me, and I reach down and pick up my phone.
His hands tighten on the wheel as the Lower Side starts to surround us. He’s paying more attention to me than driving, which probably isn’t the wisest thing, but whatever. “I don’t fucking know. She said she hates the whole thing.”
“If pushed and led in the right direction.”
I turn, looking right at him.
“I’m saying she’s attracted to us both. We can use her.”
“Going into heat.”
