Chapter 41

Only my mate could get me in Save Mart at midnight. Why were tampons so complicated? There was an entire aisle of them with different sizes and they had different applicators. I might be wrong about them being flavored, but some of them were scented. Kat said if I let those anywhere near my mate’s vagina, she’d break into my bedroom while I was sleeping and neuter me.

Apparently, the scented ones were bad, so I was guessing that was why they didn’t make flavored ones either. I’d never forgive myself if I caused any kind of injury to my mate, so I grabbed a multipack of Tampons, pads, and panty liners because I didn’t know her preference.

Why did they do this to women, anyway?

We had clothes, toiletries, and stuff to fully stock the bathroom when they needed it. Kat had also grabbed food, but Cas stopped her.

“I’ve got a stocked pantry. Let me cook for you and your mates. I can pick up perishables in the village.”

Kat gave him a nod.

“Thanks, but I’m keeping the creamer. Calamity is twenty-two, and she likes her iced coffee.”

“We’ve got a magical coffee shop. They provide the beans to the coffee shop at the bottom of the mountain. It’s run by a family of witches, so they’ve got extra magic. We’re technically in a valley in the mountains, so we’ve got livestock. We’ve got a dairy farm and there’s a family of shifters that does our dairy. They work with some vampires to do a pretty decent creamer,” Cas said.

“Please don’t tell me this is some kind of cult because your village sounds amazing and I’d kind of like to live there,” Kat moaned.

“It’s not. And it can be arranged. We’ve got one last stop. I want to get her a plant.”

“You can’t get her a plant from here. Even the plants are sad. You’re getting her a depressed plant,” I said.

“She needs to heal and stretch her green witch wings they suppressed. We don’t want Medusa feeling helpless. I’m going to get her a plant to care for while she heals. I know Athena turned her into a Gorgon but she was apparently a green witch first. She can play in our garden, but this plant would be just hers.”

“Ooh, good call. We need the ugliest plant possible. Like, worse than the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Lead on, Macduff.”

Kat was on the other side of the store trying to figure out what coffee creamer would impress Calamity the most. We were sick-plant shopping. Cas pointed out several, but they just weren’t right. We’d gone through the whole garden center and I’d poo-poo’ed several plants Cas suggested because they weren’t the one.

I’d know it when I saw it.

And finally, my eyes landed on the perfect plant. There was a half dead Venus fly trap that just screamed Medusa.

“This is the one.”

“Really? I don’t think this one is going to make it home.”

I flicked Cas’s forehead with my finger.

“Hello, shadow demon. I can get this home to her to heal the plant before you could breathe.”

“What’s it with you and my forehead tonight? I’m still mad about the tampons, Benji.”

“How was I supposed to know that girl lied to me about flavored tampons when I asked why she tasted like cotton candy? What do you think our mate tastes like?”

Cas grunted and adjusted himself.

“Perfection. I want to get back to her, so grab the Venus fly trap and that succulent so we can get back.”

Yes. I desperately wanted to get back to Medusa. It was my nature to care for her and keep her safe.

I hoped I didn’t fuck this up.