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“Psalm,” he chuckled. “You’re different too. Happens when you don’t see people or check-in. Viper’s pissed.”

My eyes rolled. “Let him be pissed.”

He smiled, flashing white teeth. His dark eyes glanced at the two men beside me.

“Sorry. Cozen, this is Beckett, one of my boyfriends, and Kier, an asshole.”

Cozen’s thick brows pulled together. “There’s a lot to decipher from that statement.”

Kier laughed. “Nice to meet you. I’m not an asshole. Psalm is just…”

“Psalm,” Cozen finished, shaking his hand. “She’s always been like that.”

I scoffed.

Beck shook his hand next, saying hi.

For a moment, I forgot where we were. I glanced around before motioning to leave. Luckily, Cozen had a hoodie on, his hood up, and his back was facing the cameras. He thought like me and always stayed away from being seen.

Especially since he was technically dead.

“We will stay at Kier’s house,” I told Cozen as we both climbed into the back seat of the SUV.

“Wow. An asshole who gives us both shelter.”

“See!” Kier pointed out. “Cozen gets it.”

I rolled my eyes. Look who’s going to be bestest of friends.

6

Sal

“Okay. I can’t get past what you said,” Cozen finally said in the car and shifted to look at me. “Beckett is one of your boyfriends?”

I nodded. “Abel is the other. You’ll meet him tonight if he’s not asleep.”

He made a noise. “I can’t believe you have one, let alone two. Who is next? Kier.”

“Trying,” Kier said.

I snorted. “You don’t want a relationship. You want pussy.”

“How do you know what I want?” he glanced back at me in the mirror.

“You tell me every day.”

He nodded. “Touche.”

Cozen shook his head, smiling. “Anything else new you’d like to explain?”

I shrugged. “I’m in the Forsaken Oracle Academy and have seven days to prove I am a highly trained killer.”

“Oh… that’s not hard,” he muttered, a smile slipping from his face.

“Don’t tell Viper. My skills aren’t what they used to be. I adapted to kill vampires with one hand and lost some skills.”

Cozen shrugged. “I can help you while I’m here, as long as I’m getting paid.”