Page 114 of The Hunger
“Go, Eliana,” Willow said. “Hurry.”
CHAPTER TWENTY
Laurel swore softly a second before Aubrey landed on my hood in a crouch and leaned in to peer through the windshield.
“Where is he?” the crazy she-wolf raged.
The panic grew thicker in the car, feeding my fear. Then Eugene leaned forward between the seats.
“Hey, Eliana? Use your wipers. You have something on the windshield.”
Aubrey’s gaze shifted to him, and she snarled.
“It’s only against the law to eat a human,” she said.
“Wait, are you offering to lick me?” he asked.
Based on the burst of amusement from the other three girls, I was the only one in the car who wanted to smack Eugene. However, on the other side of the glass, I could feel Aubrey's increasing anger. Although Eugene had provoked her, I didn’t want to see him pay for that mistake and knew I needed to do something quickly.
I reached for the wiper control.
Laurel snickered at the first spray of water and Aubrey’s reaction to it. Not a drop hit her, but she flew backward as if it had. She curled her fingers and raked her claws down the front of my car.
“Laugh now, Eliana. You won’t be able to make a sound when I’m done with you.”
That dark thing inside of me rose up at the threat. Recognizing what was happening stopped me from using all my power. Rather than control her, I coerced her.
“But you’ll make plenty of sound while I’m playing with you, Aubrey.” Her hateful expression faltered, and I smiled seductively. “Touch them, and I promise I’ll make you my plaything.”
She didn’t snarl at me like I sensed she wanted to. Instead, she slid off my hood and backed away. Each step was more of a struggle than the last as I continued to call to her.
“Okay,” Jenna said. “Time to go before there’s a threesome in your backseat.”
Her words jerked me from my haze, and I looked in the mirror to see Laurel and Willow taking turns kissing Eugene. He caught my gaze and grinned.
“Drive slow,” he said.
I rolled down all the windows and did as he asked until he was shivering and Laurel and Willow had regained their sense of self.
“I’m sorry about that,” I said.
“Don’t worry about it,” Willow said. “It was fun. But why wasn’t Jenna affected?”
“I would have been if I hadn’t been paying attention,” Jenna said.
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“I knew what was about to happen when your eyes went black. And since I was aware and what you were doing wasn’t directed at me, I could mostly ignore its call.”
“Yep, I’m definitely going to pay more attention to your eyes,” Willow said.
“Not me,” Laurel said, leaning against Eugene and smiling up at him. “I’m just going to stick closer to you.”
Eugene grinned and tucked her closer to his side. Given Raiden’s opposition to me, I couldn’t help but wonder what he would think of a human and werewolf pairing. Probably nothing good, which was sad. Based on Laurel’s emotional reaction to Eugene’s gesture, she sure wouldn’t mind if something more developed between them.
The parking around the Roost was crazy considering the early hour.
“What is going on?” Willow asked.
