Page 238 of Blood and Ruin: The Complete Series

Jax will always be the one to start a party or try something crazy that could tempt his mortality, but there was another side to him that was starting to show itself. A darker side that called to my own.

And I couldn’t wait until the two clashed.

“What about you?” I turn to Kai, wondering what he means.

He raises a brow at me. “If other girls looked at or touched us, how would you feel?”

Not only does my skin crawl, but I feel the haze of red as it crosses my vision, and it must show on my face.

Jax’s chuckle is low and throaty when he sees it. “Guess you’rejust as crazyas the rest of us.”

Kai and Jax share a knowing smirk as I roll my eyes at them but smile to myself, knowing they’re right. “Whatever. Let’s go get that drink.”

Jax’s chuckle grows louder before cutting off as he narrows his eyes on me. “I still want those names. Have them to me by tonight.”

I open my mouth to tell them exactly what he can do tonight when he’s alone in his room when Rion and Luka appear. “Our table is ready.”

I narrow my eyes on Jax’s back as we move around the edges of the club, trying to avoid most of the crowds and people. Not that it matters much, as their eyes follow us everywhere we go.

We make our way to the VIP section where Axel sits, a drink in his hand and a tray full of them in front of him.

Rion helps me take off my coat, heading over and getting a drink off the tray. He hands it to me first before getting himself one. I smile a thanks, taking a seat beside Luka.

“Everything okay?” I ask him.

“All good. Don’t worry, there’s nobody in here who will harm you.”

“I’m not worried about that, but thank you. I was asking about you. You never told me what was bothering you.”

Luka gives me a sad smile. “I just needed you back with us, and now that you are, I’m fine.”

But I see it in his eyes. He’s not fine. Something is bothering him. I open my mouth to ask him when he leans in and kisses me. He quickly pulls back before I can even taste him on my lips.

He smiles at my narrowed look. “Let’s just have fun tonight, okay?”

I nod, seeing that he needs this night, too. “Okay.”

“How about a little game?” Jax asks us but stares right at me.

“What type of game?” I haven’t played any type of games in years unless it was called “see how long you can hide from King before he finds you.”

“How about truth or dare?” Jax smirks at me while the others groan around him.

I smile, remembering when we played it as kids. “Like when we were kids, and you always chose dare, because you wanted to prove you weren’t afraid of anything?”

I expect Jax to laugh, but instead, he gives me a serious look. “Iwasn’tafraid of anything… not until I lost you. And losing you not once, but twice, damn near destroyed me.”

He looks at the guys. “Destroyed all of us.”

“Jax… Guys…”

“How about we stick with truth for tonight? That way, we can keep the body count down for anyone who pisses us off,” Kai tells him, taking a large gulp of his drink.

“Good idea. I’ll go first.” Jax leans forward.

“Is it true that you… like me more than the rest of your mates?” Jax gives me a hopeful look.

“No.”

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