Page 44 of Taming the Beasts

“I know, right? She’s usually so cool. But it had to be done.” We walked downstairs. “I owed Grudge a private session with her for his help last night. It makesit so I don’t actually have to make a goodbye video, since she’ll just be taking over.”Hopefully.As long as she got better at it. “I always hate goodbyes.”

“Goodbyes really are the worst.” Emma started to walk into the kitchen like she was actually going to pour herself another cup of coffee.

“What are you doing?”

“I thought you wanted a refill too?”

I shook my head. I had plenty of nervous energy swirling around my stomach. I did not need any more coffee. “The main part of the plan was to make sure Kebe would be preoccupied while we go tell the guys about the coin.”

“Oh. Ooooh.” Emma put the coffee cup down and glanced at the clock on the wall. “It’s a little early, do you think the guys will be able to take a break from work before lunch?”

“For this? Absolutely. Can you get Callum there?”

“Yeah.” She shot him a quick text. “He’ll be there.”

“Let’s go.”

“Um.” She stared at me. “I know I’m all about comfy clothes.” She gestured to her sweater.

“Sweaters aren’t comfy. They’re itchy as hell.”

She laughed. “Fair. But what in heaven’s name are you wearing?”

I looked down at my frumpy sweatpants. Yeah, this did not scream “tell your boyfriends about a cure.” I’d wanted to tell them about it in my sexy catsuit so they could ravish me. But that plan had gone up in flames. “Bennett picked it out for me.”

“Really?” She raised her eyebrows. “I’m starting to think that Kebe is right about werecats having terrible taste.”

“Hilarious. No. He was jealous at the thought of other guys seeing me in something more…well…me.”

“He’s going to have to get used to it. You are you.”

All of this was an adjustment. Bennett was going to have to get used to tampering down his jealousy though. “Nothing I can do about it right now,” I said. “I’m not about to walk in on Grudge and Kebe doing whatever it is they’re doing.” Grudge had moved on very quickly from me and I wasn’t sure how I felt about that.

“Come with me, I think I still have a few things here I didn’t take to Callum’s.” She looped her arm through mine and pulled me back up the stairs.

Emma pulled open a drawer and grabbed a sweater that looked like the one she was wearing.

“No thanks,” I said and rummaged around through a different drawer. No wonder she hadn’t taken any of this stuff. “Wait. I have an idea.” I walked out into the hall and pulled a storage bin out of the closet. I picked up my old high school uniform skirt. There was also a threadbare white tank top and some knee length white socks. Oh, and a varsity jacket from my old boyfriend. This outfit was going to look perfect with the sneakers I was wearing. I quickly changed.

“So you’re going for the naughty school girl porno look?” Emma asked and folded her arms across her chest.

“I mean, I wasn’t exactly, but I’m loving if that’s the vibe I’m giving off.”

“Aren’t they going to be mad that you’re wearing a letter jacket that is definitely not one of theirs?”

“I can’t wait for them to rip it off me. Besides, the sweatshirt Bennett picked out for me belonged to a guy I hooked up with in college.”

Emma laughed. “Well, I doubt he knew that.”

True.I grabbed the coin out of my hoodie pocket and slid it into my jacket. “The important thing here is that I look cute for this. What do you think?” I did a twirl.

“You probably gave all the males in your class heart attacks.”

“More like the teachers.” I winked at her.

She laughed. “Come on. Let’s get there before Callum shows up. The last thing we need is for the guys to start fighting.”

“Good point.” We hurried down the stairs.