Wolf Endangered (Willow's Forbidden Pack #2) - Avery Song Page 0,78

don't get jumped."

Onyx and Neo looked disappointed at my statement, leaving me to sigh. "I'm not hiding my mate marks on purpose! Stop being emotional fuckers."

Now they were smiling.

"Can we get this over with?" Dimitris announced. "We’ve only got a few short hours of moon left."

"Right," I replied. "Are you giving me a sports bra?"

His blank stare told me no, but the snap of Neo's fingers replaced my black lace bra with what I was positive was my spare sports bra that I kept in my private locker room for cage fights.

"I'm not even going to ask how you did that," I concluded and was rewarded with a pleased smirk from my mate. "Thank you," I expressed my gratitude.

With a quick scan from Viktor and Saint, I was ready to go.

Everyone else moved off to the edge of the clearing, giving us plenty of space for what was to come. Saint was still stretching his arms while I was loosening up my muscles. I'd already removed my shoes, and so did Saint.

He still had that playful glint in his eyes, but I wasn't going to be fooled by his expression when his aura was oozing with dangerous power. He was actually going to take this seriously, so I wasn't going to insult him by acting like this was no big deal.

Maybe to some packs, a Beta wasn't anything special, but to my understanding, they were the second-in-command in a pack, especially when their Alpha wasn't physically present. If I wanted such a position, I had to prove that I earned the right to carry a title as high as Beta.

I knew none of my men were sexist in comparison to other packs, where women were deemed submissive by default. No way would those women get the opportunity to be a Beta, and if they were, it was only because of their sheer power and the approval of their Alpha.

Regardless of what other packs did, here was my chance to solidify my position in the pack. It would also give me the chance to see Saint and Jayce in action, which felt more like a privilege in a situation that wouldn't lead to my death.

"Rules are simple." Dimitris got straight to the point. "Don't kill each other. Feel free to do whatever as long as it won't lead to a fatality. And Saint, no constant healing."

"You just said I'm free to do whatever," Saint pointed out.

"Minus that," Dimitris grumbled. "We don't have hours to waste here."

"Hmph. Fine," he replied. "Healing every five minutes. Just to be nice."

"Make it two," I tossed back, already slipping into my fighter mode. "I don't need your pity points."

"You know it's hot when you speak all confident like that?" Saint suggested.

"Can I kill him?" Onyx whispered to Neo, but the rest of us answered with, "No."

"So dumb," Onyx concluded.

Our attention returned to Dimitris, and he waited for all eyes to be on him before continuing.

"If I say stop, it's over. And no forbidden magic. It's unnecessary and I don't want to personally deal with accidentally summoning the devil and getting the Coven's assistance to take his ass back to hell."

What did he say?

My gaze slowly returned to Saint, who had a shy grin on his face.

"First of all, that was a fucking accident," he began. "Second, Lucifer had it fucking coming."

"You summoned the devil because he had a vendetta against you?" I questioned and boy, was I fucking impressed.

"I love how the news of summoning the devil is making Sweetness question whether to jump in between Saint's sheets now or later," Neo noted.

"I'm not even going to comment," Viktor dryly noted.

"No one asked you!" I huffed as I looked over my shoulder to see his obvious judgemental expression. You couldn't simply ignore the idea of a man summoning the devil because he had shit to deal with face-to-face instead of waiting for the afterlife.

So fucking hot.

"If I knew doing that would be attractive, I would have struck a deal with him to come back on the regular."

"And trigger the apocalypse, why don't you?" Jayce suggested.

"Are you two ready?"

"Yes," I replied.

"More than ready," Saint declared.

Dimitris nodded once and lifted his hand up. "Ready. Set. Fight."

I stood perfectly still as my senses heightened immediately - the rich scent of the forest, the slightly chilled breeze of winter, and then a spark of magic thrumming through the crisp atmosphere.

Saint was all smiles as he remained in place as well, the two of us analyzing one another - anticipating who