to duke it out?"
"Shut up, Dominick!" they shouted.
The hummingbird stopped the melody, and with a poof of smoke, there was a deep chuckle. "Man. You guys suck balls. This is why we never do any romantic shit for Cassandra, cause y'all always do something to fuck it up."
"Why am I being lumped into this?"
"GAH!"
"Oh shit. Adonis?! Don't actually beat Otis up!"
"Fucker! If I don't get to cut Cass's lingerie because of you, I'm selling you!"
"Sell me to who? The fucking fae? They don't want me! Plus, you're the damn reason we got kicked out from the damn Underworld, fucker!"
"That wasn't my fault!"
"They're actually fighting," Dominick said and sighed.
"And technically speaking, it was your fault, Adonis, for us getting our asses kicked out. You can't go cutting everyone's clothes for your own amusement!"
"Well, why is it my fault they can't make new fucking clothes?! Cassandra doesn't kick me out of the house for cutting shit up with my nails!"
"Cassandra tolerates your cutting nonsense," Otis huffed. "Now stop punching me!"
"No!"
"Grrr!"
"Hopeless," Dominick concluded.
Tristian looked up and opened his arms widely. "CASSANDRA, our love! We're back from the dead!"
I didn't know what to say. I couldn't bring myself to speak as I took the four of them in. My vision was blurred by my tears, but I gathered all the strength in me to lift myself on the stone ledge of the balcony and jump off.
"FUCK! CASS!" Omarion screamed, which got the attention of all four of the men below. Tristian seemed to predict my move as he was the one to push off the ground. With a blink, streams of fire ripped out of his back, morphing into a set of wings that flapped once to give him enough leverage to catch me.
In the back of my mind, I thought I'd go right through this too-good-to-be-true illusion, but it was all real. Our collision sent us back down to the ground. I hugged Tristian as tightly as possible, and I felt our speed slow.
"Tristian! Fly, dammit!" Otis huffed.
"Oh fuck!" Adonis replied.
"Incoming," Dominick announced, but I was positive we crashed into someone as we landed. From the identical groans and long sighs, I could already predict the twins were the victims of our crash landing, and Dominick had spared himself, but all I could focus on was one thing - confirming they were real.
Leaning back to stare into those blue eyes of gold and green, I watched as they filled with tears as Tristian fought hard to smile. "Hey, Princess," he whispered and without delay, kissed me firmly as his arms tightened around me. "Or should I say, Queen?" he offered when we were both breathless as tears ran down our cheeks.
"Y-You're real?" I whispered as my lip trembled and I reached up to touch his cheeks.
"We're real, Cass," he assured me and was fighting hard not to break down. "We're back."
I didn't know what to do or say until I was hitting his chest like a drum.
"Why...why...why did you guys take so fucking long?" I huffed as more tears streamed down my face.
"It was Dominick's fault," Tristian reasoned.
Dominick sighed. "Always blaming someone else but your own ass. It took you the longest to wake up. Okay," Dominick huffed and walked over to us.
He knelt down and pulled me into his arms. "We're real, my queen. Don't cry."
His strong embrace and rich aroma of nature only confirmed how real this all was, and in seconds I was sobbing so hard, I could barely breathe.
"See. Y'all are no good for her," Omarion grumbled, sounding as if he were to my right. "Disappearing and shit. Who said you could temporarily die? Fuckers."
"Listen. We struggled to get here, asshole!" Tristian huffed.
"Tristian! Get the fuck off us so we can kick his ass," Otis snapped.
"Oh." Tristian only then realized he was sitting on top of the twins. "Oops."
"I still didn't get to finish my song," Adonis pointed out.
"Seriously?" Tristian, Otis, and Omarion concurred.
"This is why I hate interruptions," Adonis whined and in seconds, I was in his arms and we were back on the balcony of the castle.
"How in the flying fuck?" Omarion snapped.
The others looked at Otis, who rolled his eyes. "Why are y'all blaming me as if I stole my own power?"
"You two need to stop sharing powers. It's a hindrance," Dominick huffed.
"Now you all know how it feels to be interrupted," Adonis huffed before lowering me to stand, but he hooked an arm around me and immediately claimed my lips.
My body went from weak to