Volpe Reale: Royal Fox by Liz Simmons

Author:Liz Simmons [Simmons, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strength & Grace Life Coaching LLC
Published: 2024-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-ONE

Jaxson

BILLIE WAS PULLED away from us as soon as we entered the house, so we’ve been chilling out in the living room with Merry, Stefan, Heather, and Gabe. When Billie came up from the basement with—I guess the guy’s name is Derek—Heather flopped back on the worn brown leather couch and sarcastically groaned while nursing the liquid in her Solo cup. “Well, this should be fun.”

Merry’s eyes landed on the guy. Shaking his head, he blew out a pained breath muttering, “Shit balls.” Scrubbing a hand through his beard and pulling on the ends, he looked to us and pleaded, “No fights in the house, guys, please. Just take it outside if you have to, man.” We’d not met this guy yet, so we were a little confused about the no-fights request, but Heather’s and Merry’s reactions to him were not a good indication of his character.

Xander wanted to go up and introduce ourselves, but Heather had us hold back and just watch, giving Billie time to navigate the situation with Taylor’s boyfriend, telling us that Billie told her and Maria that she wanted to get a sense of him for herself. He’s been trying to block her in, invade her space, and touch her the whole time they’ve been up here. When we saw him lean over and rub up against her, we said fuck it. We’d had our limit with guys hitting on our mate tonight.

I mean for cryin’ out loud, we just had to deal with an Italian shifter prince who’s carried around a picture of her for fifteen years. Fifteen freakin’ years! To make it even better, he more or less claimed they’re supposed to be royally mated, whatever the crap that means. I don’t know, but I don’t like it. Now this muscle-bound douche canoe, who’s dating one of Billie’s good friends, is aggressively hitting on her. My laid-back demeanor will only last so long. Once she gives me the chin lift, I’m up and out of my seat.

“You good with this?” Xander scrapes out, grinding his molars. His eyes, fully fixed on Billie and Derek, are filled with both concern and violence. Mostly violence. Yeah, probably a good thing Billie gave me the go-ahead.

Relaxing my shoulders, I slip my fingers into the front pockets of my pants and casually tilt my head to the side. “Totally, laid back. Just gonna go say hi to our girl.”

“Do more than say hi,” Ethan adds with heavy intent, reclining into his seat, looking completely at ease and calm. Though, according to our bond, I know he’s ready to pounce into action at a moment’s notice.

“Noted,” I agree, erecting my spine, taking on a more predatory and less amiable posture. I stalk toward them, the crowd parting for me as I go. When I get close enough, I hear Billie snarl, “That’s it, Derek. You touch me again, and I will feckin’ punch you. Got it?”

Anger simmers within me upon hearing her words, and my eyes narrow in

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