Page 3 of Taming the Beasts

Fair point.The door to the bank started to open.

Kebe grabbed the coin from me and shoved it down the front of her black shirt before I had a chance to stop her.

Shit.She was the last person I wanted to have that coin. But the twins had just walked into the bank and there was nothing I could do.

Huxley stared at me.

Ace smiled at my outfit.

I smiled and leaned back against the checkout counter. “Hello, boys.”

“What are you three doing here?” Huxley asked and folded his arms across his chest. But he didn’t look angry. Not even a little. He looked highly amused.

“We were pulling a bank job,” I said as I closed the distance between us. The click of my boot heels echoedin the quiet bank. “Do I need to be punished?” I placed my index finger in the center of his chest and slowly trailed it down, stopping at his belt.

“That depends,” he said. “Steal anything valuable?”

Yes, I found your cure, you beautiful hunk of a man.I sighed. “No.” I let my hand fall from his belt. “Everything of value is locked away in those vaults. And I didn’t have the code.” They’d either seen the video footage of us in there earlier or they hadn’t. I held my breath.

Ace shook his head. “Zoey, I’ve been searching everywhere for my keys.” He put out his hand. “I’m gonna need those back.”

I placed his keys in his hand.

“How long have you been planning this?” he asked. “And…why exactly?” He pocketed his keys.

“Because I’m dating a band of thieves. And I wanted to show you I could pull my weight.” That was honestly part of it. I thought they’d be impressed by this performance.

“I’m sorry, what?” Emma said from behind me.

Emma, chill.We could talk about this later. But if she questioned this any more they’d question it too. I knew she wouldn’t be cool with the idea of my pulling any more bank jobs. But this was proof that I could. We only got caught because I wanted to.

Luckily Ace was completely fixated on me and didn’t even seem fazed by Emma’s question or presence. “We’d never ask you to come with us on a heist, Zoey,” he said.

Wait, what?“Why?” I’d actually been really excited about joining them. Not that they needed to rob any museums now. I’d found the only relic they wereinterested in. But the coin was currently pressed between Kebe’s breasts, where it had no business being.

“Because it’s dangerous.”

“And we’d never put you in danger,” Huxley added.

But I’d just proven that I could do it. And I was always in danger with them. One of them could turn at any moment. Did they seriously not think I could handle coming with them? What the hell?

“And you never need to prove anything to us, princess.”

My anger thawed a bit when Huxley called me that.

Kebe cleared her throat and stepped forward. “What can we say? We’re just three bad girls needing a bit of attention.” She flashed Huxley a smile.

Fuck off, Kebe.I really didn’t like the way she flirted with Callum and now Huxley. They were both off-limits.

Huxley didn’t seem at all fazed by what she said. “Sorry, who are you?”

“She’s Zoey’s new roommate,” Ace said. “Kebe.” He eyed Kebe suspiciously.

“Pretty surewe’reZoey’s new roommates,” Huxley said and turned his attention back to me. “If that’s what you want.”

I couldn’t even hide my smile. Otto had asked me to move in earlier. Right before I told them all about my camming. He must have talked to the rest of the guys about it. And apparently they were all in agreement.

“Wait, did they ask you to move in?” Emma asked. “That’s so great!”