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wasn’t sure which
was worse.
“Missed you boys around here. Just ain’t the same without y’all
causing trouble.” She grinned from ear to ear. “Although Daddy’s gonna be mad
you scared off his new customers.”
Eli wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close. He
smiled up at her and the waitress melted. I rolled my eyes and looked over the
crowd, scaring off anyone who dared look in my direction. My senses pulsed, scanned
out until I was sure nothing supernatural—except me and Eli—lurked in the
shadows.
“It’s Gabbi, right?” Eli asked. His voice lowered, taking on
a I’ll-have-you-on-your-back-in-ten-minutes drawl. “With an ‘I’, right?”
The woman beamed at my brother’s dimples and put her finger
to one of them.
A blush colored her cheeks and brought out the red in her
hair. “I didn’t think you’d remember.”
Eli scoffed, feigning hurt. “Of course I remembered. You’ve
been our waitress the last few times. You’ll have to excuse my brother. He’s
had a rough night. Got into a fight with his girl.”
“Oh no!” She turned and gave me a sympathetic smile. “Is
there anything I can get for you?”
Silence?
“Bourbon. Leave the bottle.”
When she got up to leave, Eli grabbed the belt loop on her
skintight blue jeans and pulled her back to him. He leaned in and whispered
something into her ear that had the woman nestling in closer. I picked up the
beer she’d delivered, the bottle wet with condensation, and chugged, hoping the
noise of my swallowing would drown out her giggles.
I closed my eyes and tried to think about anything except
Ella. I shouldn’t have left. Unease cranked up my agitation and I fought not to
reach for my phone and call her. Maybe something was wrong…
“I’ll be back in a minute,” Eli said and stood from the
table. Gabbi with an “I” stepped in to his side and blinked up at him with wide
eyes full of promise.
In a minute my ass. He was going to go fuck her in
the bathroom.
What a douche.
“Whatever,” I said and took another drink.
When my phone rang ten minutes later, I was half tempted to
ignore it. I fished it from my pocket and glanced at the screen. Dante. Another
lecture, no doubt.
“What?” I said and took another sip.
“Where the fuck are you?” Over the shifter’s deep, booming
voice, feminine sobs carried over the line.
I sat up straight and my heartbeat kicked up about fifty
beats per second. My skin tightened with the extra rush of blood. “What
happened?”
“It’s Roy. He had a heart attack. He’s on the way to the
hospital, get your ass there.”
Oh shit. I pushed from the table, the chair scraping and
falling back. I glanced around the crowded bar, the cowboys from earlier
glaring at me the entire time. Eli wasn’t anywhere in sight. Just fucking
wonderful.
“Is he okay?” I asked.
“Hell no, he isn’t okay. Ella rode with him in the
ambulance, meet us at County General. Whatever happened between you and
Ella—put it aside. You wanna know who was here holding her hand while you were
off pouting?”
Fucking fuck. I strode across the bar, phone clutched to my
ear, peanut shells crunching under my boots.
“Julian, that’s who. He moved right in with that comforting
shit and Ella ate it up.”
Rage unfurled and my nostrils flared. I was going to kill
that bastard if it was the last thing I did. “Fucker.”
Dante’s voice was sharp and cutting. “I told you not to keep
that shit a secret about your mom. Go get your girl. I’ve never seen her like
that, ever. Didn’t know it was possible to actually see someone’s heart break.”
I hung up the phone and pushed through the milling crowd in
the narrow hall where the bathrooms were located. I slapped a palm to the door,
shoving it open. Eli had the redhead pushed up against the wall, his hand down
her pants. Becoming a werewolf sure had made my brother classy.
I shook my head and averted my gaze, in no mood to see my
brother’s dick
was worse.
“Missed you boys around here. Just ain’t the same without y’all
causing trouble.” She grinned from ear to ear. “Although Daddy’s gonna be mad
you scared off his new customers.”
Eli wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close. He
smiled up at her and the waitress melted. I rolled my eyes and looked over the
crowd, scaring off anyone who dared look in my direction. My senses pulsed, scanned
out until I was sure nothing supernatural—except me and Eli—lurked in the
shadows.
“It’s Gabbi, right?” Eli asked. His voice lowered, taking on
a I’ll-have-you-on-your-back-in-ten-minutes drawl. “With an ‘I’, right?”
The woman beamed at my brother’s dimples and put her finger
to one of them.
A blush colored her cheeks and brought out the red in her
hair. “I didn’t think you’d remember.”
Eli scoffed, feigning hurt. “Of course I remembered. You’ve
been our waitress the last few times. You’ll have to excuse my brother. He’s
had a rough night. Got into a fight with his girl.”
“Oh no!” She turned and gave me a sympathetic smile. “Is
there anything I can get for you?”
Silence?
“Bourbon. Leave the bottle.”
When she got up to leave, Eli grabbed the belt loop on her
skintight blue jeans and pulled her back to him. He leaned in and whispered
something into her ear that had the woman nestling in closer. I picked up the
beer she’d delivered, the bottle wet with condensation, and chugged, hoping the
noise of my swallowing would drown out her giggles.
I closed my eyes and tried to think about anything except
Ella. I shouldn’t have left. Unease cranked up my agitation and I fought not to
reach for my phone and call her. Maybe something was wrong…
“I’ll be back in a minute,” Eli said and stood from the
table. Gabbi with an “I” stepped in to his side and blinked up at him with wide
eyes full of promise.
In a minute my ass. He was going to go fuck her in
the bathroom.
What a douche.
“Whatever,” I said and took another drink.
When my phone rang ten minutes later, I was half tempted to
ignore it. I fished it from my pocket and glanced at the screen. Dante. Another
lecture, no doubt.
“What?” I said and took another sip.
“Where the fuck are you?” Over the shifter’s deep, booming
voice, feminine sobs carried over the line.
I sat up straight and my heartbeat kicked up about fifty
beats per second. My skin tightened with the extra rush of blood. “What
happened?”
“It’s Roy. He had a heart attack. He’s on the way to the
hospital, get your ass there.”
Oh shit. I pushed from the table, the chair scraping and
falling back. I glanced around the crowded bar, the cowboys from earlier
glaring at me the entire time. Eli wasn’t anywhere in sight. Just fucking
wonderful.
“Is he okay?” I asked.
“Hell no, he isn’t okay. Ella rode with him in the
ambulance, meet us at County General. Whatever happened between you and
Ella—put it aside. You wanna know who was here holding her hand while you were
off pouting?”
Fucking fuck. I strode across the bar, phone clutched to my
ear, peanut shells crunching under my boots.
“Julian, that’s who. He moved right in with that comforting
shit and Ella ate it up.”
Rage unfurled and my nostrils flared. I was going to kill
that bastard if it was the last thing I did. “Fucker.”
Dante’s voice was sharp and cutting. “I told you not to keep
that shit a secret about your mom. Go get your girl. I’ve never seen her like
that, ever. Didn’t know it was possible to actually see someone’s heart break.”
I hung up the phone and pushed through the milling crowd in
the narrow hall where the bathrooms were located. I slapped a palm to the door,
shoving it open. Eli had the redhead pushed up against the wall, his hand down
her pants. Becoming a werewolf sure had made my brother classy.
I shook my head and averted my gaze, in no mood to see my
brother’s dick
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