Page 107 of Love Bites Hard

Porter’s eyebrows lifted. “That would be a terrible idea. The bastard would break her.”

“I know. It seems like something must be going on with his dragons that he doesn’t want to admit. I think my other sisters talked her out of mating with him, but she’s looking for something sexy and exciting.”

“If she wants sexy and exciting, she should join the pack for the full moon. She’d have as many partners as she wanted, and none of them would be in their right mind enough to try to claim her because of her magic.”

“I’ll offer, but I don’t think she’ll take me up on it. I told them how rough full moon sex is supposed to be.”

I sent her a quick text, but she didn’t answer before I had to put my phone away as we reached the room the meeting would take place in.

Porter nodded at the vampire and dragon guards at the doors, and we stepped through.

My gaze moved quickly over the room. It was big and open, with five couches spread apart but forming a wide circle. There were bookshelves and armchairs on the outsides of the room, so it wasn’t bare, but the couches were obviously the most important part.

One of them held a gorgeous man with light skin and blond hair that looked wildly overgrown. He was draped out across the length of it, his chest rising and falling slowly.

Apparently, he was sleeping.

The vines growing around his arms and the couch while he was unconscious told me that he was Kai, the fae king.

Another chair held a big, angry-looking bastard with light brown skin and black hair that fell to his cheekbones. He was sitting up, his arms folded and his position tense.

Definitely Talon.

His eyes tracked me closely, but the mark on my throat ensured my safety.

Porter wouldn’t have let him take me even without the mate mark, so I was safe either way.

Another set of doors opened across from us, and Porter relaxed slightly as the biggest man I’d ever seen came striding into the room.

His lips curved upward when he saw my mate, and Porter led me into the middle of the space so he could give the other guy a bro hug.

Obviously, this was Bane.

He had tan skin and shaggy, wavy hair that looked like it had a hand run through it far too many times.

“Good to have you back,” Bane said, as he released Porter.

“It’s good to be back,” Porter admitted. “This is my mate, Izzy. Izzy, this is Bane.”

I gave him a quick smile, but the doors behind us opened again before I had to come up with a conversation.

“I told you we were late,” Blair murmured, barely loud enough for me to hear. Her cheeks were red and her lips were swollen, but she looked ridiculously happy.

“He’s always late,” Talon said flatly.

“It’s a tradition,” Hale drawled, leading his mate to one of the couches. They both sat down, and we walked with Bane to the others. When he moved toward one of the last two, it was clear which one belonged to us, so we went that way.

Blair mouthed,“Damn, you look happy,”to me, and I rolled my eyes at her even though I couldn’t suppress a smile.

Her smile widened too.

“We don’t have much time before the full moon,” Porter said, setting his hand on my thigh.

“I think we have plenty of time to talk about how Hale gave you one of his sirens but won’t give me one,” Talon said, setting his glare on Porter.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said. “I heard that the vampire king had a siren mate and assumed he would keep me safe while I was unmated. When they told me I could mate with the next wolf king to guarantee my safety, I agreed readily. You know sirens believe in arranged marriage.”

Talon scoffed and opened his mouth.

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