“I am, and if some fucker gets in the way of that, I won’t stay still.”
“Do I hear a threat?” Aiden smirks.
Cole lifts his head slowly even though he’s still leaning on his fist. “Is it? A threat, I mean.”
“You tell me, Captain. Play in my half of the field and I’ll crush you.”
“Woah.” Xander chuckles, pointing at me. “Death is coming out. He’s coming out. Hold on to your tits, bitches.”
“Show him, Astor.” Aiden grabs Cole’s shoulder. “He deserves that side of you.”
I glare at Cole, and he glares back before saying, “I thought you didn’t want Teal?”
“I thought it’s none of your business.”
“Of course he wants her,” Aiden scoffs.
My glare snaps to him.
“What?” He feigns innocence. “I’m just saying if you want pointers about chasing and conquering, I can give you pointers from the King household manual of cease and desist.”
“That sounded so fucking wrong,” Xander says. “You know that, right?”
“How do you think my dear cousin Lev got Astrid? We both take those genes from Jonathan. I’m not an alien. My father is only more interested in business. Imagine if he wanted a human being.”
We all pause then shake our heads with distaste.
Jonathan King is better off without any human presence near him.
“See?” Aiden raises a brow as if proving a point. “Now, back to Astor — you want help with your fiancée?”
“I don’t need help. I just need you all to fuck off.”
And for her to answer my texts.
There’s still no reply. She didn’t even see the fucking messages.
Cole stares at me funny for a second before he stands up and heads in the bathroom’s direction.
“Hey, Knight,” Aiden starts. “Give him pointers. I still vote for chase and conquer, but maybe Knight’s pussy ways work.”
“Fuck you, King.” Xander grins. “You’re just jealous because you can never have my connection with Kim.”
“I can live with that.”
“Do any of you have a lighter?” I ask.
“I have Nash’s.” Aiden dangles it in front of me. “Why?”
I stagger to my feet, snatch the lighter, and set the book Nash just left on his chair on fire. A smirk tugs at my lips as the flames eat it up. I heard he had so much trouble getting this book here with all the translation issues and limited editions and blah fucking blah.
He shouldn’t have read it with Teal. He shouldn’t have sat with her and allowed her to palm his cheeks.
I’m the only one whose fucking cheeks she’s allowed to palm.
“He’ll kill you.” Xander chuckles under his breath.
“Way to go, Astor.” Aiden squeezes my shoulder. “You’re fit to be my friend.”