Chapter Fifteen

“You guys have a date?”  Abby asked as she and Annie walked back to the practice space that the band liked to use.  “Tonight?”


Annie could hear the soft strain’s of the guitar and Eli’s haunting yet beautiful voice.  “We do.”


“Why didn’t you tell me?”  Abby asked as she turned to look at her sister.  


“Huh?”


“Let me help you get ready.”  Abby said, leading her in the direction of Candy’s room.  


“There isn’t really anything I can do to get ready.”  Annie whispered, tugging her hand away from her sisters.  


“Let’s go through your clothes and find something for you to wear?”  


“Abs, I don’t have anything.”  


“What do you mean?”  Abby asked as she turned to look at her sister.  


“I mean, I don’t have anything besides these clothes that Drake gave me this morning.”  


“Nothing.”  Annie said as she looked down, clasping her hands together.


”I’m sorry, you know you’re welcome to my stuff.  I’m sure my leggings will fit you, and I think I’ve got some long shirts that you can use.”  Abby said heading to towards Drake’s room.  


“Abby it’s okay.”  Annie said, scurrying after her sister.


“No, it’s not. You can have some of my clothes and I know Drake won’t care if you use his shower.”  Abby said as she moved towards the room she was sharing with Drake.  


“I think Candy plans to take me to get a few things, so you don’t need to worry.”  


“I can’t help it, you’re my sister.”  Abby said as she pushed open a heavy oak door and Annie stepped in, gasping at the size of the room.  


She took in the large four-poster bed that dominated the room.  Abby moved to the dresser, digging through the drawers and pulling out several pairs of leggings.


“Abby-”


“No, it’s just til you can go get some things you need later.  Now why don’t you go take a long shower.  No worrying if anyone’s going to interrupt.”  Abby said giving her sister a gentle shove towards the bathroom.  


***


Stolas flew towards the packhouse, he wanted to see them.  Just for a moment, he wanted to see if Candy had claimed her mate.  


Then he would approach them, he couldn’t wait for the day that they would both be his.  To be able to watch the two of them together, or alone.  It didn’t matter as long as he got to be with them. Both of them, he couldn’t explain the pull he felt towards Annie.  Something about her drew him in like a moth to a flame.  He didn’t know if he’d get burned, but he was willing to take the chance and see.


As a demon he knew from the way that Candy had eyed him, she felt something for him.  Or at least her wolf did.  He’d felt it the first time he’d seen her and Abby together.  The way she had smiled and laughed, he could see it even under the mask she wore that she was hiding her pain.


He wanted to soothe that pain away from her; he knew that Annie would help him with that. As they worked to help her, too.  Smirking, he thought about the conversation he’d had with his guild earlier.  He’d let them know on discord that he was staying with a friend.  


CJ had been keen to find out if said friend was a girlfriend or just a friend-friend.  

He knew that he’d call Sam more than a friend. You didn’t spend several life times with someone for them to be a simple friend.


He couldn’t help but tell the man about Candy, about how he’d learned that she liked to game.  How he hoped that one day, she would join him and the guild.  Then maybe Emily wouldn’t feel the need to hide herself from the group so much.  


He’d already made the connection that the group’s archer was a girl gamer.  Stolas could understand why she didn’t want to share the information, he’d seen how weird things could get in other guilds.  


Landing on the windowsill, he peeked in through the glass.  Catching sight of Annie as Abby handed her some clothing and ushered her towards the bathroom.  He couldn’t help but smile.  He’d been worried about how things would go between the two women.  It seemed like they were getting along.  


The door to the bedroom opened and he watched Drake stroll in, taking Abby into his arms.  Stolas let out a sigh, he didn’t need to see them kissing.  He’d checked on Annie and now he wanted to find Candy.  Stolas took flight, enjoying the way the wind felt ruffling through his feathers as he headed to the loud rock music that drifted from the other side of the house.  


Stolas landed on the windowsill, he watched Candy as she beat the drums.  A look of fierce determination on her face as she sat the pace for the group.  Eli's words floated from the speakers and he looked over at the handsome, annoying guitarist watching as his shoulders tensed up.  His eyes flickering towards the window as he kept singing.  The other man, the one who held a bass guitar, was watching the two play and he could see the way his thoughts worked as he caught minor things that he’d have to bring up later for them to work on.  


His eyes moved back to Candy and she had an eyebrow quirked up as her nostrils flared and he half hoped that she knew that he was watching her.  As her hands moved, bringing the drumsticks down faster on the drums.  Even if he wasn’t ready to talk to her yet.


***


“Ugh really.  Dude, stop being a creepier.”  Dev said as he stilled his hands and Eli turned towards the open window.  


“We all know you’re there.”  Eli said as he shifted to the other foot, looking back towards Candy with a raised eyebrow.


“What?”  She asked as she pressed her drumsticks together and Eli quirked an eyebrow up at her as Stolas climbed through the window.  His body shifting into that of his human form. 


Candy looked at his long lean legs, her eyes slowly traveling up his body, and she bit her lower lip.  She’d never wanted to jump someone where they stood, but with Stolas she felt that need.


The desire was stronger than it had been before as she dragged her eyes up to his trim waist.  She could feel her teeth growing longer with the need to claim at least one of her mates.  Her beast beat against her skin, demanding and insistent that they mark him since they couldn’t mark Annie yet.  



Candy felt her skin heat up as she realized that she could smell the scent of her arousal wafting up from her skin.  Dragging her eyes to his face, she pressed her lips together, gritting her teeth at his knowing smirk.  


“Candy,” he purred out and Eli growled at the demon.  


Candy pressed her legs together as she tried to will her body to stop responding to him.  Her nipples hardened at the way he said her name. Like he. was savoring it.


“Why do we bother with practice?”  Dev asked as he sat down his bass and nudged Eli out of the room.