Page 76 of Love Bites Hard

“It would be more fun to combine the two.”

I snorted as I reached the wide, open room that housed the pool.

My sisters all looked at me, gathered around the pool and wearing their swimsuits.

“Hey, Iz!” Clementine waved from the poolside.

“I guess we don’t need to ask how she is,” Zora remarked. “She’s grinning like a moron.”

“She can hear you,” I said.

“She’s probably too happy to care, though,” Blair said, winking at me before she leaned over the water and dipped her hand in the pool.

When she pulled it out, there was a thick layer of glitter on her skin.

“How much did you add?” Avery asked, eyeing the glitter.

“Too much,” Zora grumbled. “I’ve never seen it that thick.”

“It was a happy accident,” Clementine said cheerfully. “The fae will love it tonight.”

Blair’s eyes widened as Clem dove into the water, and she looked at me. “We have a problem, other than your streaky glitter.”

“Already?” I strode toward my sisters, hugging all three of them that were still dry.

“I forgot to check my schedule,” Blair said, as she hugged me back. “We’re supposed to host the fae tonight. Water helps ease the effects of their eclipses somehow. With our magic improving the water, they think it’ll make a huge difference”

“What does that mean?”

“I’m not really sure how it works, but the fae realm has been eclipsed for a while. Apparently it makes it difficult for them to fight beastly tendencies. We were going to help them—but they need the water we purified. And I just poured chemicals in it.”

“Too many chemicals,” Zora added.

“Right.” Blair ran a hand over the top of her head. “Shit. I’ll have to ask Damian to call Kai’s guys.”

“We can probably have them use my lake,” I said. “I’ll need to make sure Porter’s okay with it, but I don’t see why he wouldn’t be.”

Her eyes brightened a little. “That would be perfect.”

I set my phone on the floor.

“What’s the problem?” Clementine asked, as she surfaced. She glittered more than anyone I’d ever seen, and I bit back a groan.

One more living disco ball, coming right up.

I dove in while they explained the situation to Clem, reaching back out to Porter.

He was just hanging up the phone after a conversation with Hale that had, expectedly, gone his way.

“Quick question,”I said.“How opposed are you to loaning my lake to the fae for the night?”

“My level of opposition would depend on the reasoning behind it. And your level of participation.”

I quickly told him about Blair forgetting to check the schedule, and how the water was supposed to help the fae.

“I’d prefer to be there to make sure they’re not doing anything to the water that I don’t want them to, but if you don’t think it’s safe, I can stay in our room. It’s my fault that Blair chlorinated her pool, though, so I think we should help her. And the fae,”I finished.

“I agree. I’ll call Hale back, and we’ll both talk to Kai. The fae would probably prefer the lake if it’s an option anyway, because of the plants.”

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