My Salvation - Page 100
Ari looked around. “Men, we will never, and I do mean never, speak of this again.”
Pip looked confused. “Speak of what?”
Ari went to answer, then grinned.
Pip bounced in his chair. “I got him!”
A few minutes later, when Meryn was halfway through her chicken tenders, a portal opened in the bar. A fuming Aiden and a laughing Darian walked through.
“Hi, baby!” Meryn said, greeting her mate enthusiastically.
“I… you.” He exhaled. “They… who?” He inhaled, then exhaled again.
“Want a tater tot?” she asked, holding one up.
His nostrils flared, his mouth a straight pressed line. “Eat while you can. You will need every scrap of energy possible for what I have planned for you tonight.”
Meryn eyed her mate carefully. “Do you mean that in an ‘I’m going to get fucked silly for giving you an awesome present kinda energy’ or an ‘I’m going to get spanked, then fucked silly for giving you an awesome present kinda energy.’?”
He just smiled down at her.
“Babe?”
“Maybe some sugar, too,” he said, pulling the plate of cookies closer.
She shivered and grabbed a handful of cookies.
He sat down and pulled her into his lap. “Do I even want to know?”
“Nope,” she said, popping the ‘p’.
“Okay.”
Darian simply bowed low to Meryn, then sat across from them. “Dav, a pint of your finest.”
Meryn held up a tater tot to Aiden’s mouth, who relented and ate it. “Did you scare Noah?” she asked.
Aiden rolled his eyes. “That lil shit has a backbone of steel. Stood toe to toe with me.” He chuckled. “Minesweeper baby? Even I know that no one plays that game.”
She popped a tater tot in her mouth. “Where’s Kendrick?” she asked, her mouth full of potato.
“Larik from Beta will be sending him back. He wanted to ensure Keelan was okay.”
“What about Gavriel?” she asked, passing him another tater tot.
He accepted, chewed, and swallowed. “He’s staying in Lycaonia. Beth will be returning in the next few days when she wraps things up in Noctem Falls.”
Meryn’s phone went off. Looking down, she smiled then answered. “Hey, Magnus. I have you on speaker, but we’re with warrior peeps, so it’s cool.”
“Meryn, my sweetest darling child. What can I gift you?”
“Hmmm.” She looked over at Zoe. “What kinda rocks would you need to make warming pebbles for the sprites to wear?”
Zoe’s eyes widened. Then she stepped forward excitedly. “Basalt or soapstone are amazing for retaining heat and releasing it slowly, if at all.”
“Magnus, do you have any basalt or soapstone in the levels?”
“We do not have much soapstone. It is usually found in your neck of the woods in the Appalachia. But, there have been deposits of basalt found here in the city. How much do you need?”
