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“Was she?” Huxley didn’t lookunpleasedby that.

“He doesn’t know her,” Ace said. “If he did, I would know her too.”

I could barely even think straight anymore. “Look, we don’t know anything about the coin beyond that we were told it would cure you guys. We thought we could all work together to research it and figure out how to activate it.”

“You want us to work withhim?” Bennett asked and gestured to Callum.

“Whatever happened between you guys in the past needs to stay in the past. Emma and I are best friends which means the six of you need to learn how to get along.”

“Or you could just give me the coin and I’ll go talk to Kebe about it,” Callum said with a shrug. It was like he hadn’t heard a single word I’d said.

And by the way Emma was glaring at him, I was worried she was going to kill him.

“You’re not going anywhere with that coin,” Bennett said. “It’s our property.”

Technically they’d stolen it, but…

“You use that phrase pretty loosely,” Callum said. “I promise to bring it back. I just need to go speak with Kebe.”

We weren’t working in teams on this project. We were fucking working together. “No one is leaving this bank and no one can trust Kebe!” I snapped.

“Why?” Callum asked.

“Because Kebe is clearly the sinister shift in the air!” Emma said. “And you’re too infatuated with her to see it.”

I pressed my lips together. I kind of agreed with all that. But I didn’t dare say it, because Callum looked annoyed.

I turned to Otto. “You said you felt something shift in the air recently. How recently?”

Otto shrugged. “I don’t know. A couple of days ago.”

“Like…two days ago exactly?”

He slowly shook his head. “No, more like three.”

I knew it.

Bennett nodded too. “We all felt it. Three days ago.”

Huxley, Ace, and even Titan nodded.

“Right when we decided to bring you into our lives,” Titan said.

I shook my head. “I’m not the sinister shift in the air. Get your head out of your ass.”

Otto laughed.

“I’ve been in this town longer than any of you. So if I was so sinister, you never would have settled down here.”

“But we did ask you to be our girlfriend three days ago,” Titan said.

“Only Otto asked me, actually. Huxley, Ace, and Bennett asked me later. And you’ve never asked me.”

He lowered his eyebrows at me.

“Besides, there was something else that happened three days ago. Kebe came to town.”

Chapter 13