Page 35 of The Red Rider
“No way. You’re full of shit, Leif. I didn’t change the entire fate of the world because I ran away.”
Dice spun me around and looked me dead in the eye.
“Not alone, but you set things in motion. Isaiah made decisions too that sealed his fate, as did all of us. Isaiah saw your drawing and assumed he had already won, so he didn’t look for you and bring you back home. Aeron and Leif could have left you in peace since you didn’t live with him, and everything on paper said you were estranged from him. They decided to get close to you, and that brought you to us. Fuck, even Satan himself, made some grave decisions. He followed Isaiah’s lead when he was summoned because they were both going offyourfirst drawing. It’s kind of beautiful if you think about it. A huge fuck you to both of them after what they did to you.”
I was perking up a little bit and feeling slightly better. I dragged my toe on the ground and bit my lip. I was totally acting like a child, but this was all a little too much.
“Did I really fuck over Satan?” I pouted.
The pep talk totally changed gears. They were all enthusiastically nodding their heads.
“Totally,” Leif said.
“You ruined centuries of planning, Speedy,” Aeron said.
Dice just cracked up laughing.
“I’d love to see ol’ Lucifer’s face when Isaiah gets sent straight to Hell, and he realizes hedidn’twin after all this shit.”
Aeron started giggling.
“Oh, my god, he’s going to have one of his meltdowns. I’d pay good money to watch that if you could get Satan Meltdowns on pay per view.”
Leif let out a belly laugh.
“If you think Isaiah can pitch a tantrum like a toddler, he’s gotnothingon Satan. Speedy, if it makes you feel any better, Satan is going to blame Isaiah for this going ass up at the last minute. Hell is not a pleasant place, especially if Satan has a personal beef with you. He won’t care Isaiah is his son. We’re talking eternal torture here.”
I broke into a gigantic smile. Shitty mood? Totally gone. I was still thinking about all the scenarios where things could go wrong in the Oval Office, but when you found out you personally fucked over Satan himself and your stupid father had some eternal torture coming his way, you just had to smile.
“Thanks, guys. We should totally celebrate fucking over Satan.”
All three angels broke into grins. That was what I loved about them. Whatever came out of my mouth, they’d be totally up for it, no matter how insane it was.
“What did you have in mind, Speedy?” Leif asked.
I wasn’t in the mood for crazy unless you counted taking on three naked angels totally insane, but no one who knew me could say I had a sane bone in my body. I was always fucking up and doing stupid shit. But hey, I did at least two things right. I got away from my father and trusted Aeron and Leif after I got to know them.
I gave them an evil grin.
“All of us, naked and together.”
They started dragging me towards the hotel. Yeah, always up for anything.
Chapter 20
C
an I say I was super proud of all three angels that we were all tripping over ourselves to get back to Dice’s room and get naked, but when we got to the stairwell, they all stopped and asked me before they just zapped me up to the bedroom? I said yes, and I probably always would. I had no idea why I wanted to die on this hill about not popping me places with angel powers, but it bothered me. No one ever said I had logic.
I was in the bedroom in seconds, but I was so offended I still had clothes on. I started tearing off my clothes and looked towards my angels.
“Naked, now!”
Dice just frowned at me.
“Easy, Speedy. You’ve never had three angels before. We’ve never shared a woman before. Down and dirty has its place, but not in a foursome.”
“I know. But I want to roll around naked and have a filthy angel make-out session on your bed.”
