"Well last night, she didn't stick to her routine because she was with me," Roary said in a bored tone, covering my ass as easy as breathing.
"You expect me to believe that?" Gustard scoffed.
"I was there too," Sin put in as he hopped down from a shelf above us and made everyone jump. "We were down by the Belorian's cage having a good old fashioned spit roast. You gonna call me a liar too?"
Gustard scowled, looking seriously unconvinced and Roary threw a half disgusted, half grateful look Sin's way.
"True story," Sin said casually, folding his arms as he leaned back against a bookshelf. “I was telling Roary how our girl can deep throat like no one I've ever met and he couldn't believe that she could seriously take my monster cock all the way down to the base.”
"He’s right," I agreed with a smug little smirk as I mentally high fived myself. "I'm a Moon Wolf, so..."
"What does being a Moon Wolf have to do with it?" Roary asked in confusion, getting diverted from the point of this story.
"Oh come on, haven't you ever been out on the lunar eclipse fucking 'til dawn?" Sin asked with a scoff that said he definitely had and didn't believe for one second that Roary hadn't too.
"The moon is super horny, Roar. And I was born with Venus in my chart, so..."
"Right."
"That's why we're so good together, wild girl. Both born with a natural affinity for fucking like animals," Sin purred.
Gustard stepped forward suddenly, his dark eyes fixed on mine like he was wishing he could go all googly-eye and Cyclops the truth right out of my head. Note to self - make sure this fucker stays well away from me in the Order Yard.
"I don't know how you did it," he hissed. "But I'm going to make you pay for the blood you spilled last night. Christopher has been my friend for-"
"Listen up, stronzo," I snarled, dropping every hint of pretence that I was even vaguely amused right now, because it was time he got a few things straight about me. "I'm not some little pup for you to push around and threaten. I'm not someone you can intimidate or blackmail into submission. I'm a real Alpha who earned my place at the top of the pecking order with blood, sweat and tears. So you'd better understand a few things. Your little memory crystal has bought you one thing with me and one thing only. A ticket out of this place. There's no free rides for your little stronzo friends. There's no special privileges for you, you're not the boss, you're not frightening me. This plan doesn't work without me. You may know everything that I'm going to need to do to get us out of here, but you can't get Jerome to do his part for you and if you think for a single second that you could convince the Storm Dragon, King of the Oscura Clan to show up without me right there, standing front and centre beyond these walls then you're looking to get barbecued with a lightning bolt. So I'm done listening to your shit. I'm done letting you think you can stab me or send your little group of mindless minions my way any time you think you might be able to catch me alone. I promised to get you out of here and that's it. So here's the deal. You shut the fuck up and play your part. The next time you or one of yours comes at me, I will declare war on your gang. And I'm pretty sure that Ethan and Roary will jump right in on my side of it too. How long do you think the Watchers will survive if the Oscuras, Lunar Brotherhood and the Shades all come for them at once? And when every last one of your people is dead at your feet, how tough do you think you'll be then? Will you come at me Fae on Fae? Or will you lay down in the corner like the little bitch you are?"
Gustard looked ready to flip the fuck out but I just turned my back on him and walked away. I was done playing nice. I didn't just happen to fall into my position at the top of my pack and I wasn't going to let this shit go on a second longer. No doubt he would be plotting my downfall just as surely