Page 16 of Preyless
I smiled, lying through my teeth. “Of course.”
He nodded to himself before turning toward his office. My heart rate accelerated as he spoke again. “You’re a bullshit liar, sweetheart. It’s alright, though. I have a shotgun with more than enough rounds for whatever a ‘they’ requires. Let me know if we need it.”
I laughed loudly. “No getting arrested, John!”
He scoffed. “Girly, I am old as shitanda widow. They’d just take pity on me at this point.”
Immediately upon enteringmy makeshift apartment, I reached for my phone, desperate to check and see if the mystery military men had responded.
My heart sped up as I saw multiple messages.
PreyForUs
Hope you’re having a good shift!
What kind of old man doesn’t believe in cell phones anymore? Lame.
I don’t think we told you this btw…but you’re beautiful, and you deserve to be told that.
I don’t feel like going to sleep yet, but Wolfe (the grumpy one who calls you ‘pretty girl’) is telling me to leave you alone. Ugh.
I chuckled before realizing that the last message came through only ten minutes ago. What the fuck were they doing, awake through the night? I thought military men had to wake up at the crack of dawn. Not go to sleep.
Collapsing on the bed, my fingers started to move.
PetalstoFangs
Why the hell are you awake at all?
PreyForUs
We had to make sure our future wife was safe and sound. Duh.
I blushed.
I should not have liked that.
Oh well.
PetalstoFangs
Aren’t you two married already? And damn, at least buy a girl flowers before you buy her a ring.
PreyForUs
*eyeroll emoji*
No, we’re not married yet. But even if we were to get married tomorrow, our future third will still be referred to as our wife. Even if it’s technically illegal for official certification.
My eyes were growing heavy as I started typing out my response.
PetalstoFangs
Are you wanting me as your third? Sounds like a big decision for just meeting.
PreyForUs
Well…I mean, maybe. We’d need to cover a few things first.
