Page 75 of Love Bites Hard

“You can’t win our sex war from Vamp Manor.”

“I’ve already won the sex war. You just haven’t surrendered yet.”

“I tried to surrender. You refused. Why did you go to the vampires?”

That was true.

And a valid question, from his point of view. Unless he had chlorinated my towel.

I headed down the hallway, toward the elevator that would lead up to Blair’s gigantic pool. The thing was a masterpiece. It was at least ten stories high, made of gorgeous stone, with a handful of different tunnels and caves. It could star in any siren’s wet dream. Which was why Hale had built it in the first place.

A siren could lure anyone, but to lure a siren? A pool like that was your best bet.

“Did you put chlorine on my towel?”I asked him.

There was another pause.“Why would I put chlorine on your towel? I’m trying to convince you to give up the war, not piss you off.”

Another valid question.

“That wasn’t an answer, Porter.”

“No, I did not put chlorine on your towel. Who would do that?”

“I don’t know. Maybe someone heard it doesn’t react well with siren skin. Have you told anyone about it? And found everyone who wants me dead?”

“I don’t think I’ve mentioned it to anyone, but I’ll try to remember if I have. I’ve been working through the pack members to weed out anyone disloyal, but there are ways around exposing your thoughts and feelings to the alpha. It’ll take time, but I’ll find them. Especially if they tried to hurt you.”

I let out a slow breath and nodded even though he couldn’t see me. Stepping into the elevator, I leaned back against the wall.

It had only been a few weeks since I was there, but it felt like a lifetime.

“I asked Blair to chlorinate her pool. There’s no way to get the glitter off, and it’ll look a lot worse if it’s streaky than if I just take a dive. I would do it on our land, but the chlorine could hurt the fish.”

“I didn’t know you were that partial to the fish.”

My lips curved upward slightly.“I work hard to maintain a healthy eco system.”

“Your sex war has me so horny, even that somehow turns me on.”

I laughed aloud as the doors opened, and I faintly heard my sisters’ voices down the hall.

“I think that works in my favor.”

“Everything works in your favor if it gets us closer to you letting me surrender, baby.”

“I’ll think about it.”

“I’ll take that. And I’ll be headed your way as soon as I talk to Hale about it. I trust the vampires, but I don’t like knowing there are walls and security guards that don’t answer to me between us.”

“Alright. You’re going to want to go back to sleeping in the forest after you find me, though. The glitter will get everywhere.”

“I like glitter.”

“Liar. No one truly likes glitter when they can’t scrub it off their skin and out of their hair.”

He chuckled.“I’ll like glitter if it’s on you. And if it’s on both of us, it’s just another way to publicly claim you.”

“Good point. We should’ve tried that from the beginning. Glitter, instead of public sex.”

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