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“If you’ll excuse me,” Kebe said. She stood up and stretched. “I saw that it might be partially sunny later this afternoon so I want to make sure to get home.”

It was something a vampire would say...

“Good thinking,” Callum said. He stood up too. “You ready to head out?” he asked Emma.

“I guess?” Emma didn’t seem to believe anything that was happening either.

Callum grabbed her hand and the three of them just walked right out the front door.

I turned to my boyfriends. “Well that was a bunch of lies. I know I came here to defend her, but...come on.”

Bennett sighed. “Agreed.”

Titan nodded. Then so did the twins and Otto.

“So what are we going to do about it?” I asked.

“What can we do?” Bennett asked. “We can’t convince Callum. He’s completely blinded by her. He’s taking the cure on Saturday whether we trust it or not.”

My stomach churned. “But what if it’s bad?”

“We just have to hope it’s not.”

That wasn’t a very good plan. This was Emma’s whole future we were talking about. I exhaled slowly and slumped down onto the couch. “What happened to torturing her? I thought I was going to be walking into an epic fight.”

“About that.” Bennett looked at Otto.

Otto held up his hands. “They literally ran away from me.”

Huxley laughed. “And you couldn’t catch up to them?”

“Emma had a head start.”

I groaned and leaned back on the couch. What the heck was I going to do? We’d confronted Kebe. And she’d wiggled her way out of trouble again, that sneaky little bitch.

It seemed like the only thing I could do was help Emma focus on the wedding. And hope to God everything went okay.

Chapter 26

Saturday

Zoey

The guys hadn’t been thrilled about me talking to King behind their backs. That combined with their friends still being missing...it hadn’t been the most upbeat week.

I’d taken turns climbing into all their beds at night. I loved the one Ace had made for me, but I much preferred to sleep beside one of them. I had this image in my head of being with all five of them at once. It hadn’t happened yet. The mood was too sour.

To all of us, the days counting down to the wedding weren’t a positive thing. None of us believed in Kebe or the cure. We were all worried. For Emma. For Callum.

But I tried to squash all my fears as Emma and I walked toward the boutique to finish getting ready for her big day. We’d already gotten our hair and makeup done. And it was time to get in our dresses. The owner had needed every last minute for finishing touches on Emma’s dress. And I was so excited to see it.

The smile I’d plastered on my face finally felt real for the first time today. “I can’t wait to see your dress.”

“Me too,” Emma said. “I just hope the long bow makes it a little more modest.”

Well, I wasn’t sure about that. But it was going to be beautiful.

“Zoey! Emma! Wait up!” someone yelled behind us.