Chapter 6

Chapter

Six

LEAH

S moke.

Heat surrounds me as an awful buzzing noise sounds in the distance. I'm coughing, and my eyes are burning so bad that I can barely see my bedroom door.

FIRE.

I stumble out of bed and run for the stairs when I hear a mumbled voice calling for help. Shit, that's Mrs. LeBlanc. I can't leave her. I rush for her door and throw it open.

Her two cats immediately dart past me and meow at the front door. Mrs. LeBlanc crawls towards me, and behind her, the entire wall is in flames.

I reach for her, but the outstretched hand she offers me slowly moves further and further away.

NO!

I look up at her face, pleading for her to come back, but find the eyes of my mother staring back at me.

"Baby, open those pretty eyes. It's just a dream. I promise you're fine," I gasp awake and clutch my chest.

It burns like I've been holding my breath.

My body is overheated, and I try to kick off the covers but find resistance in the shape of my body. My panic from my dream morphs into the strange room I'm in and the male bodies on either side of me. I freeze with a scream lodged in my throat.

"Leah, look at me." Seer turns my face to his.

"You're safe." He speaks softly and slowly like I'm a skittish animal who needs to be coaxed out of a corner.

"Breathe, Baby," a hand touched my back, and I jumped.

"It's just Kai. What do you remember?" Seer searches my face for God knows what, but he frowns, so I guess he doesn't find it.

Then, the memories hit me.

"Not a nightmare," my lip wobbles, and Seer pulls me into his lap an instant later.

"No, Baby. I'm so sorry. It wasn't a bad dream, but we're gonna fix it. Don't you worry. The club is finishing repairs on a building with five new apartments. It'll be done right after Halloween. You can stay with me until it's ready." I nod as my tears drip down my chin onto his very warm, naked torso.

Oh my.

I pull away as I really take in my surroundings. I'm in his house. Moreover, in his bed. Or is it Kai's? I glance at the other man, who is just as nude from the waist up, and bite my lip.

A virgin in bed with two very attractive men?

Annie would be having a field day if she knew. A giggle at my private thoughts falls from my lips, making the two men glance at each other.

"Shock?" Kai shrugs, answering a silent question from Seer, no doubt.

I'm too busy having an ecentral cricist.

My apartment is gone, along with all my worldly possessions. More importantly, my thesis research, due in one week for graduation, is toast. More laughter at my own bad pun has Kai looking even more worried.

"Should I call Skull? She may need medical help?" Why does that make my laughter worse? I have no idea.

"I doubt drugging her will help, but call him anyway." Seer rubs my arms as I laugh like a fucking lunatic.

A phone started ringing, and I immediately recognized Annie's ringtone. I dart for the direction the sound is coming from as if it's a lifeline. I'm tangled in sheets and Seer, so we both tumble off the bed and onto the floor with a loud bang.

"Fuck!" Kai yells, getting up to help us, but I scramble away and snatch the ringing device, answering it quickly, then raising it to my ear.

"What's going on hoe bag? You missed our morning call!" Annie and I have a system.

We called each other every morning to make sure we both woke up safe. If either of us misses that call, it's instant panic, which is why she's so pissed.

"My apartment burned down last night, and I woke up in bed with two guys." My words are rushed and sound erratic, just like I feel.

"I beg your finest pardon?" I nod and bite my thumbnail.

"You heard me just fine." I wipe my hair out of my face and pace in a corner.

"Please tell me the fire is a metaphor for the hot threesome sex you had." I laugh, shaking my head like a fucking loon.

"Nope, real fire and still a fucking virgin. Can you believe this shit?" The words are out of my mouth so fast that it isn't until someone clears their throat reminds me I'm not alone.

Oh fuck.

I turn and stare at two very different faces wearing matching looks of surprise and maybe a little lust. But what would I fucking know about that, right?

"Um, Annie. I need to call you back later." I hang up on my best friend's angry, screaming voice and clutch the phone to my chest.

"Can we pretend neither of you heard that?" Kai frowns as Seer steps forward with a cheeky grin.

"Absofuckinglutely not." His voice is hoarse, and his eyes are darker than I've ever seen them.

Great.

"I think I need a drink." Kai opens the bedroom door to find a small woman wearing boxers and a white see-through bralette.

"What the fuck is going on?" Her voice is high-pitched and semi-angry until her eyes land on me.

"Who the fuck are you?" I glance at Kai and then Seer.

"Phoebe, we can explain," Kai says, and my heart drops to my ass.

Seer's guilt is written plainly on his face.

"I'm no one—just an employee at Spirits. My apartment burnt down last night, and these two were kind enough to let me stay here. I'll be gone before you know it." I nod and smile at the woman, who is clearly their lover.

The last thing I want to do is be a homewrecker.

"You aren't going anywhere, Baby." He turns to Phoebe and growls two words.

"FAMILY MEETING."