Consort of Pain: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Novel (The Witch's Consorts Book 3) by Eva Chase

Author:Eva Chase [Chase, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989096109
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2018-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Rose

For just a little while, eating dinner in a burger place down the street from our hotel with the five guys I loved with all my heart, life felt almost normal. Almost good.

“That’s not a burger,” Damon informed Jin, eyeing the other guy’s tofu-and-goat-cheese combo. “This is a burger.” He hefted his half-pounder stuffed with pickles, cheese, and bacon.

“Are you going vegetarian on us?” Kyler teased.

“I had beef with lunch,” Jin said with a smile. “I believe in variety. Like certain other people I’m fond of.” He shot a wink at me. He hadn’t said it loud enough for anyone around us to hear, even if they’d have guessed what he meant, but I blushed anyway.

“I still say it’s not really a burger unless there’s a cow in it.” Damon elbowed Seth, who’d ended up in the booth beside him. “Someone’s got to back me up here.”

Seth gave him a dubious look. “And you think it’s going to be me?” Then he shook his head with a brief chuckle. “I think I’ll just worry about what I want to eat.” He dug into his own burger.

“Hear, hear,” Gabriel said with a slanted grin. He chomped on one of his French fries.

“And my chicken burger is very good, thank you very much,” I said to Damon.

He gave me a light tap with his foot under the table. “I guess I’ll forgive you a few sins.”

I sipped my cola and leaned against the padded back of the booth. The air smelled like salt and grease, and some sappy country song from decades ago was playing on the crackly speakers. I hadn’t eaten in a place like this in, well, a long time. Maybe once or twice in Portland when I’d been off on rambles on my own, but sitting tucked away in some corner alone was nothing like this. I could believe I belonged here, in regular unsparked society with my unsparked men. Just leave all of the witching world behind.

If only they’d let me go.

I didn’t want to think about that right at this moment. I took another bite of my burger, savory chicken and mayo and doughy bun mixing together in my mouth, and tried to soak up as much of this normal, happy atmosphere as I could.

It might have been easier if I hadn’t noticed early on that Gabriel seemed a little quieter than usual. He was still present, laughing at the others’ jokes and directing the conversation when something struck him, but in the moments in between, when he paused to take a breath, his smile dipped a little. A hint of a shadow touched his bright blue eyes.

Well, why wouldn’t he be worried? It wasn’t as if I could completely shake off all thought of our precarious situation either. That’s what I told myself, anyway.

The waitress came to clear our plates with a flash of a smile and a cock of her head. “Always nice seeing a bunch of friends enjoying themselves.” She raised an eyebrow at me.

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