“Do it! Just go up and offer to buy her a fucking drink,” says Nate to Stiles.
Everything in me wants to growl at him to sit his fucking ass back down and don’t listen to his mate. Instead, I don’t. I look to Cane who’s now watching me intently. He doesn’t know that I practically molested her and found it was near impossible to say no.
“You have a thing for Tyler?” Cane asks, looking away from me to Stiles. He’s asking about Saskia. Her last name is Tyler, and most the guys call her that. To me, she’s Barbie. The best fucking kind of Barbie ever made—like one of those limited edition perfect dolls that come in a box never to be opened.
“Have a thing?” Nate laughs. “He’s been in love with her for over a year now,” Nate says as Stiles walks away from the table in her direction.
“Awww… I hope she likes him, too. I was worried about her,” Livia states.
“Why?” I ask turning to face her.
“She’s never really been interested in guys. I want her to be. I want her to find someone nice.” Livia’s eyes move to mine, her smile wide, and her eyes twinkle with mischief.
Glancing over, my line of sight moves to Saskia, wanting to know what she does. She’s interested in guys, in particular, me. I could feel the way she wanted me just as badly as I wanted her. It was pure fucking passion. Lust. Almost an addiction.
“Invite her over to sit with us,” Cane suggests to Livia, who smiles, turning around and yelling across to Saskia.
Saskia turns to look at us. So does Stiles and Robert who are with her. She picks up her shake, and Robert pulls her our way.
Then I can smell her—she’s right fucking next to me.
No one stands between us, she’s directly by my side, her cousin on my other. What a fucking sandwich to be in.
Stiles walks over carrying a tray of food and pushes Cane to the side, so there’s room for her. I watch as she smiles at him then she sits next to Cane and takes her food but doesn’t eat. Robert stands watching her, guarding her like a brother.
“Sass… Stiles wants a date.”
My fists squeeze tight, so tight my nails dig into the skin of my palms. Those few words and all of a sudden the alcohol has completely worn off and disappeared from my system.
Saskia’s face blushes bright red.
“Stiles can ask her himself if he wants to date Saskia. He doesn’t need you to do it for him, Livia. You have your own dating issues to worry about, don’t you?” Robert fires back with a snarl looking between Livia and me. “You were only dating Nate just last week, right? Now it’s Ryken? Have I gotten lost along the way?”
“Shut up, Robert.”
That’s the best comeback she has. She can’t deny it. Because it’s true. Instead, she leans into me more as if I might be able to protect her. I won’t.
“Usually, you have such big words. Today you fail.” Robert slides in pushing Saskia over, so she’s no longer next to me. Stiles leans in and whispers in her ear, making her smile.
Cane kicks me under the table. Looking up, he shakes his head and nods to the door. Pulling up away from Livia, I stand. She drops her bottom lip into a pout then lets go of me.
The minute we’re out of hearing distance and in a quiet corner Cane speaks. “You did something with her! Even when you know you shouldn’t have. Didn’t you?”
At first, I think he’s talking about Livia. But he’s not, he’s speaking of Saskia.
“I kissed her. She kissed me.”
Cane shakes his head. “What the fuck are you doing? Quinn warned you. Do you want to be so stupid to put her in their path? That’s what you’ll do. You know that. You know if you get involved what will happen.”
Looking over at her, her head is down, and she’s talking to Stiles, or listening, which one I can’t tell.
“It’s impossible to stay away from something you want more than your next breath.”
“You’ve only tasted her once. Don’t taste it again.” Pushing away, he walks back to our table. Turning around, I see them all sitting around, and I know I should leave.
And I should do it now.
Chapter 10
Saskia
I agreed to go out with him. I’m not sure how it happened, but I did. I’m officially going out with Stiles this weekend. And Livia hasn’t shut up about it. At. All.
As school finishes, I ran out the doors to catch the first bus. It takes me into town with some of the money I’ve saved to buy myself a new outfit. Livia offered to take me so she could shop for an outfit for Ryken, but I shut that down the minute she said it, deciding to go on my own so I could choose what I wanted to wear.