Page 120 of Wild Fury (Fallen Royals 6)

He fumbles for his cell and grabs it, groaning quietly.

“What?” he snaps.

Pause.

“Oh. Yeah, um, okay.” He hangs up.

“Fastest phone call ever?”

He rolls me toward him. “Everyone is on their way here.”

I stare. “What? Why?”

He explains what they went through last week: Skylar being kidnapped, Liam and Caleb facing off against Detective Masters. I’d heard of his death—suicide surrounded by an army of cops, and at least two dead girls on his conscience—but I didn’t realize it was connected to them.

“Shit,” is all I can say.

He nods. We climb to our feet and look at each other. He seems steady, but I’m full to the brim with uncertainty.

“I’m about to say something cliché,” I blurt out. “And I’m just prefacing that I know it’s cliché but I’m going to ask it anyway, because I’ve never done this before and I have to know.”

He raises an eyebrow.

“What if your friends don’t like me? And by everyone, do you mean their girlfriends, too?”

He grins. “They’ll love you. And yes, I presume so.”

I narrow my eyes. “Caleb and Margo?”

“Yes.”

“The same Margo you pretended to date?”

He bursts out laughing. “Surely, you can’t be serious.”

“I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley—”

“You’re quoting a movie?”

I cross my arms and huff. All those two actions do is raise and press my breasts together. Theo’s eyes drop to my chest.

“Don’t be jealous,” he says. “I’ve only ever felt your boobs. Or made you orgasm. Or threatened to choke you with my cock.”

Speaking of, the little—er, big—devil twitches at his words.

“Later,” I mouth, backing away.

His eyes light up.

I scoop up my clothes and hurry to clean myself up. Moving around Theo’s space is easy. Natural. I’m convinced that this is how it should be—that my whole life I felt awkward and out of place because I wasn’t here.

But now I am, and it’s like a perfect puzzle piece clicking into place.

Weird.

If I had a better relationship with my sister, I’d call and ask her for advice.

If I had friends who knew my real name, I’d check with them. But as it is, I’ve always been the loner. I burned too many bridges at LBU West between Ruby, Sebastian, and Felicity. I don’t even know if I want to go back to school… if I should.

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