Page 13 of Anarchy
A vampire was passing Ripley’s desk on the way out and scowled at us.
“Oh, soshecan eat in the library? You kicked me out last month for doing the same thing!”
“She’s eating cake at my desk, Malik. You were trying to drink a succubus by the maps.”
“Gross, dude. Don’t drink people in public. If you have that kink, do it in a club like a civilized person,” I said.
“Carry on,” Ripley said, waving her hand at the vampire. “You know this library is sentient, right? Do that again, and it might ban you.”
“Yeah, yeah,” the vampire said, stomping out.
“This is delicious. Gabriel, Ripley tells me you killed a revenant. That’s fascinating.”
“It was in my family grimoire—bad family history. The spell is only good for one. That’s what caused his downfall. He made an army of revenants to get out of his deal with a demon but trying to control all of them ended up killing him. If there had been more than one revenant at the warehouse, I wouldn’t have been able to fight them off.”
“Still, one day, you’re going to have to entertain an old witch with the story of how it’s possible because I’ve tried to crack it several times. That particular magic was always going to be impossible for me without creating a revenant as a test subject. Ripley, go be with your men. The library should have closed five minutes ago. I’ll take my cake to go. If Ravyn is getting that footage, I want it too.”
Ripley slung her arm around my waist and pulled me into a hug.
“You’ll miss Balthazar’samazingcommentary, but it’s still worth a watch.”
“I’ll get your email from Ripley and send it when I get it over to Ravyn.”
“Thanks. Now, I believe you have a party to go to. Balthazar is already dressed.”
So was Gabriel, but I’d save that comment for later. Gabriel took his man bun out and was wearing his hair down like one of the covers of the werewolf porn books in here. He was decked out in black leather and asked me to do his eyeliner for the first time. Wearing eyeliner for the first time was a big step for a guy, even if we looked amazing in it, and we all should. I made sure I did a damned good job.
The warlock drew the line at glitter. I was going to convert one of these assholes to glitter.
I wentall out.I did a smokey eye with full rainbow eyeshadow. I broke out my best glitter and had my hair properly spiked up. I clapped my hands in glee when we got upstairs to Ripley’s apartment, and Reyson had decked his big, sexy body out like he was going clubbing.
“Felix, you are underdressed,” Reyson said, snapping his fingers.
I nearly wet myself. Reyson did exactly what I’d been threatening to do to Felix but wasn’t actually going to do it because I valued my junk. Felix wassparklingwith glitter and had glow sticks in his dreds. He looked fabulous. I knew he would. There was not a being on this entire planet that couldn’t be enhanced with a little glitter.
Felix was not amused.
“What the shit is in my hair? Reyson, I literally don’t care if you can blink me out of existence. I’m going to murder you!”
Reyson just chuckled. I was about to explode because I couldn’t believe Reyson had gone there. But I wouldn’t say a fucking thing because this was my idea, and Felix struck me as a spiteful little shit who would take it out on my dick because Reyson made him pretty.
Ripley darted forward and kissed the pissed-off right off his face.
“It’s just one night, and youdolook sexy.”
Felix just grunted.
“I’ll keep everything but the glow sticks. My hair is important. I’ve not cut it in my entire life. Sonevermess with my hair again.”
“Apologies then, cat,” Reyson said.
The glow sticks were gone in an instant. If he had said something about his hair before, I would have dropped it. I enjoyed ribbing him, but not over things that mattered. I liked Felix because he could take a fucking joke and just threw your nonsense right back at you. Felix pulled Ripley into his side.
“Now that I’m covered in glitter against my will let’s get this party started.”
10
Ripley
