Page 114 of Fight or Flight
“Jesus Tapdancing Christ,” he mutters. “Ten years of watching you do the twin switch thing, and I still wouldn’t be able to tell you apart if I didn’t see the transformation happen in real time.”
“It comes in handy,” I tell him.
“We should probably head back out there before someone comes looking for us,” Jax says.
Wordlessly, the four of us slip out from the side of the building and stand near the edge of the small crowd still lingering around the window we escaped out of.
“Incoming,” I say to Jax and tick my chin at Jordan, who’s walking toward us with Axel on his heels.
“Roger that,” Jax says quietly as we wait for them to reach us.
“Jace,” Jordan says to my brother. “We need to get your version of what happened. Have you guys seen Shane?” He looks around.
“Not since the chief came,” I say in Jax’s flat voice.
“If you see him, tell him we need to talk to him,” Axel says distractedly.
“Will do,” Jax says in a perfect imitation of me.
“Come on,” Jordan waves for Jax to follow him.
I watch as my brother follows Jordan and Axel back toward the main part of the quad.
“I’m going to go take a shower,” I say to Killian and Felix when they’re out of earshot.
They exchange a quick look.
“You sure you’re okay?” Felix asks.
“Peachy keen, jellybean.”
Felix rolls his eyes. “I will murder you in your sleep if you start calling me jellybean.”
“Don’t threaten me with a good time, jellybean,” I say with a wink.
He chuckles, an affectionate smile on his lips. “I hate you.”
“No, you don’t.”
“See you later for dinner?” Felix asks.
“Yup,” I pretend to tip my hat at them. “Hopefully you got your afternoon delight in before the drama unfolded.”
Felix’s cheeks go red with a blush as Killian smirks. “You could say we got it twice.”
Felix elbows Killian in the side. “You’re as bad as he is.”
Killian throws his arm over Felix’s shoulders in a possessive hold. “Yeah, but you love me.”
Felix smiles up at him, and I take that as my cue to get the fuck out of there before they start making moon eyes at each other.
Shooting them a peace sign, I slip back around the building and head toward the window I unlocked.
I really do need to take a shower, but I also need to start digging so I can figure out what the fuck happened and if Shane’s in danger.
19
SHANE
