Page 33 of Psycho Gods

I snuggled deeper into my covers and said, “As the hole in the room—I order you to stop ordering me around.”

Sleep pulled me under, because unlike the plush beds at Elite Academy, my mattress was hard as a rock. I loved it.

“You’re not just a hole,” Malum snapped.

“Wait, really?” I asked in mock confusion. “That’s news to me.”

“Obviously,” Scorpius spat. “Don’t be ridiculous. He’s already apologized for that—we’re trying to move forward.”

“Technically,” I whispered, “I have three holes. So I’m holes. Plural.” I chuckled to myself as darkness wrapped around me.

I drifted away into sweet unconsciousness.

“Do not talk about yourself that way. I won’t fucking have it,” Malum barked, and I immediately jolted back awake.

Sun god forbid the hole in the room have a moment of peace.

“Is Malum having a meltdown again?” Vegar asked from the other set of bunks. Our demon teammate’s voice was scratchy, like he’d just woken up from a nap.

Zenith grumbled above him.

“Oh yeah,” John answered.

The demon lovers were grumpier than usual because they couldn’t fit together on the narrow beds. Add into the mix a seven-foot-tall soldier of death with the constitution of a flaming, deranged donkey and you had a recipe for uncomfortable living.

Malum screamed, “I’m not having a meltdown!”

Convincing.

Vegar resumed snoring.

“Okay, Mitch,” I mumbled.

“What?” Zenith asked.

“Male bitch.”

“Oh,” Zenith said, “makes sense.”

The leader of the kings let out a war cry.

“Save it for the battlefield, Mitch.” I pulled the blanket over my head with my free arm and tried to suffocate myself to sleep.

Luka squeezed my hand, and I relished his touch.

“Can you stop antagonizing him?” Scorpius sneered. “You’re not helping the situation.”

“You’re doing this to me, Arabella,” Malum said harshly.

What a charming individual.

“No baby girl, that’s all you.” I yawned. “Also, that’s something a Mitch would say.”

Someone let out a barking laugh, but sleep swallowed me, and I couldn’t respond.

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I jolted awake.

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