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“What. In the. Fuck. Are you. Talking. About?” I grit out.

“Don’t act like you don’t know. You might be the King of Lust, but I didn’t think you would be the King ofRACISM!” Wilder’s nostrils flare, and I’m so fucking confused I bear my teeth, offended.

“Yeah, we might be some killers, but we draw the line at racism!” Gannon spits with venom and I grit my teeth, pissed.

“WHAT?! Who’s racist?! Me?!” I point at myself, shaking my head. “My wife is Black!” I yell. Gannon and Wilder stand up so fast, both their hands growing claws, and I crouch, ready to fight both of these fuckwads.

“That’s what they all say! But how dare you call your preciouswifeand my sister in law the E word!” Wilder’s eyes flash.

“What the fuck is the E word?!” I roar windows shaking, and Wilder sputters before crouching, ready to strike.

“You say you love her, but you called her… I hate to say it, since the word is so despicable, but how can you call her anenigma!” Gannon snaps, eyes going blood red.

“Yeah, I’m sure my sister-in-law would hate you if she heard that, but we’ll defend her,” Wilder growls, glaring at me, and I go still…Wait a fucking minute…I cock my head to the side and glance over to the Genesis, Pierce, Saint, and Echo and see they are all rubbing their temples with closed eyes, snickering.

But I can’t… I can’t take these assholes seriously! Just to be sure… though I fucking hope it’s not the case, I sigh, wanting to breathe fire on these idiots, but I calm down.

“Are you per-fucking-haps getting the Enig?—”

“DON’T YOU DARE FUCKING SAY IT AGAIN!” Wilder shouts.

“YOU FUCKING….! GGUUUUHHHHHHH! YOU FUCKING! IDIOTS! THAT’S THE N-WORD! TheN AS IS NOT FUCKING ENIGMA,which only means a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand, which has fucking NOTHING to do with her fucking race!” I shout and they both go still…

“Oh… haha, you’re right… I already knew that,” Gannon chuckles, picking up his fork, to eat as if he didn’t just accuse me of speaking derogatorily to my woman.

“Damn… I thought you were saying the word in a different language or something,” Wilder smiles, “You know what, Legend? You’re alright.” He plops down on my sofa and pulls out his Switch and goes to play again, but I can’t fucking take it.

I fear that if I surround myself with such stupidity, I’ll catch it.

“Get. The. Fuck. Out!” I snap with all the ire inside of me, slowly transforming partially into my demon form.

“But you just got here, and we wanted to spend a bit more time with our sister-in-law,” Saint adds, smoking another cigar.

“Yeah, why are you trying to rush us off so fast, huh?” Echo smirks. “Your wife seems to be sleeping, so you have time to give us details.

“I understand you’re annoyed, Legend, but we need to figure this out.”

“Yeah, at least wait until I finish this last lev?—”

“LEAVE! ALL OF YOU! FIGURE THIS SHIT OUT ON YOUR OWN FUCKING TIME!” I yell and point to the door.

“Fine,” Pierce speaks up. “In your defense, I at the very fucking least see how these idiots can be exhausting, but think about it, Lege?—”

“AND STOP FUCKING CALLING ME THAT!”

“You were just going goo-goo eyed when your wife said it, though,” Echo frowns.

“Well excuse the fuck outta me! I didn’t know your name was Jessica and you were offering PPP Loans!” I snap, and Genesis quirks a brow.

“What does the government have to do with this? I hope you didn’t screw up your money so bad you got involved in the PPP scams… God! Legend, I thought you were smarter than this! Fuck, how much did you borrow? Tell me and I’ll lend it to you at a twenty percent per diem interest rate.” Genesis rubs his hands together greedily, and I clutch my chest, suddenly woozy… I hate them…I really fucking hate them all.

“Get the fuck out before I slaughter you all,” I whisper with closed eyes.

“But what about the PP?—”

“NOW!” I growl, cracking the screen to Wilder’s game, shattering the bowl Gannon is eating out of along with the cups the maids brought for these fucking refreshments and blowing the magazine off Saints face all without moving a finger. “LEAVE FUCKING NOW!” I unwillingly shift into my true demon form and footsteps file out quickly.

“Do you think it was the enigma thing that made him mad?” Wilder whispers.