Page 147 of The Devil We Crave
…AndAchilles, with a very pretty, laughing, drunk-looking blonde hefted over his shoulder.
I stiffly hand the phone to Wren, suddenly numb.
I have to cancel tonight. Something just came up.
It’s fine. Talk later.
I know we’re not a "we".
An "us".
But I think I just realized that to me, we’re more than what I’ve been trying to tell myself we are.
And I’m the only one who feels that way.
“Hey, Lucia?” I smile tightly. “This Reckless party. When does it start?”
Ari frowns. “Lena?—”
“Oh, it’s already going,” Lucia shrugs. “Aaron and Chris are there and say it’slit.”
“Fantastic.”
I stand abruptly as acid burns in my veins.
“Let’s go.”
27
ACHILLES
“Well, well, well…”
Uncle Kratos shakes his head at the snoring girl reeking of vodka in my arms.
“She’ll be feeling this one in the morning,” he sighs, opening the front door of his and Aunt Bianca's brownstone wide.
I carry my cousin Eva inside and into the living room, where I lay her down gently on the couch.
“Anything I need to worry about?”
I shake my head as I turn back. “Nothing too bad. I saw some coke out on a table, but Eva’s a good kid. She wouldn’t fuck around with that shit.” I chuckle. “Plus, if she was on blow…”
Eva snores loudly, and we grin at each other.
“Yeah, she wouldn't beasleepright now,” he sighs.
I nod. “Oh, there was also some little fucker trying to take a video of her throwing up in the back yard. But Demi grabbed his phone and put her heel through it.”
Kratos laughs. “Sounds like Demi.” He cocks a brow. “She get home okay too?”
Demi, Lochlan and Ronan’s kid sister and an all-around ball-buster, was also at the party that I got summoned to tonight.
I nod. “Yeah. Just dropped her off. She was fine. Definitely had a couple, but…” I cough delicately and glance down at a snoring Eva. “Notthatmuch.”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake!”
Aunt Bianca comes barreling down the stairs and into the living room. Her face caves in concern as she rushes past us to Eva.
