Ares' Shield (Halfling Academy Book 3) by Ember-Raine Winters

Author:Ember-Raine Winters [Winters, Ember-Raine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

17

“Nice cars,” Adrian mumbles as he glances around the garage.

The garage is more like a showroom for fancy cars than any real garage I’ve seen. Greyson has several classic muscle cars and even a few motorcycles, but he grabs the keys to the giant black SUV and tosses them to Jayden with a grin.

“I haven’t seen my mate in weeks, so you drive.” Greyson struts to the back door of the SUV and opens it for Raven.

Raven hops into the seat in the middle but before Greyson can get in, Draven pushes past him.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Raven asks. “Greyson sits by me.”

“Then where am I supposed to sit?” Draven whines.

“You sit in the back with Adrian. Greyson helps with navigating; he needs to be behind Jayden.”

“I could navigate. You two should sit in the back.” Draven crosses his arms.

“I would prefer you be as far away from me as possible, thanks.” I say with a grimace.

Draven narrows his eyes on me like he’s trying to figure out if I really meant that and I turn away from him, walking around the car with Jayden next to me to get into the passenger seat.

“Don’t get him all riled up, Beth. He’s bad enough,” Jayden whispers in my ear, making me shiver.

“He just gets on every last nerve and there’s nothing I can do about it while we’re stuck with him on this mission,” I hiss back.

“You could zap him a couple times. It may change his attitude.” Jayden opens my door for me.

Once I’m settled in the front seat, he places my bag on the floorboard in front of me and closes the door.

“I don’t know why I can’t drive or sit up front. The rules of Jayden’s car don’t apply anymore because it’s not his car.” Draven pouts.

Greyson turns to him sharply. “The rules of Jayden’s car apply to my car. If you don’t like the seating arrangements, you can stay behind.”

“No, I can’t. They need my help. The mission will fail without me.” Draven’s tone is dripping with arrogance.

Maybe I should have let them sit him closer, so it’s easier to zap him.

Sparks fly from my palm, startling Greyson.

“Easy there, sparky. Don’t burn holes in my seats.” Greyson sits in the seat next to Raven and shuts the door behind him.

“Did I burn holes in Jayden’s seats when I zapped the shit out of you both last time?” I raise a brow at him.

“No, the damn birds took care of that for you.” He chuckles. “On second thought, maybe it’s a bad idea to take my SUV.”

“You already offered. You can’t change your mind now.” I turn back to the front.

Jayden reaches up to hit the button to open the garage and we speed down the street.

“Birds?” Draven asks.

“Stymphalian birds from the myths attacked us twice last time.” I shudder at the memory of hanging out of the car and almost becoming roadkill.

Jayden squeezes my thigh. “Let’s just hope we don’t see those bastards again.”

“There are so many other things we could come across that aren’t much better though.

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