Griffin's Salvation

Chapter 14:Ju-ri

Had I not known Kian was aware of his surprise party already, I almost believed we managed to surprise him, he was that good of an actor. Studying finance was kind of a crap shoot he really should be an actor. Also thank god for the mate bond and the ability to rumage through his head or I'll never beleive a word that comes out of his mouth. I was surprised to see my core family, meaning my parents and siblings, present. Elias must have invited them, I guess that makes sence, plus it saved me from having to worry that our families woudn't blend in well toghether. just imagining an eternity being torn between one familly and the other was already giving me a headache. Thankfully though, they seem to get along great.

after I'd made a turn of the room, I sat between Corey and Carter, Kian's twin brothers. We had a ant-ish/friend-ish sort of relationship that I loved, they were teenagers now but still talked to me about their lives. Corey, who was the social butterfly of the pair, was sulking because his mom wouldn't let him invite his latest crush to the party.

-Did your mom say why?

-of corse not. why burden herself with explaining her reasoning when she can just say "Because I said so" and move on with her day

-she probably said that because there's alchool and a bunch of supernatural people present.

-I tought your people didn't get drunk.

-on human alchool, they don't! But I saw a caise of my people's brand of alchool and that does make us drunk

-can we try some? Carter chimed in.

- If you want to die sure, to make it potent the alchool gets mixed with a cocktail of venom and is made by fermenting poison berries. so everything poisonous to the human body. Also neither of you is twenty one yet.

-fine, but how come Kian's friends got invited?

-because it's his birthday and his two friends should be here for his twenty first birthday!

-is this Julie talking or Kian's mate? Corey asked salty.

-I've always been both

-If Katie had been invited she would have taken my side to against the blatent favoritism you've clearly shown me. Corey said with a dramatic sigh, his hand falling on his forehead like the swooning ladies from historical dramas.

-You always do the most, that's why nobody takes you seriously.

-You are my twin brother why can't you just be on my side!

-your side is often populated by stupid ideas it doesn't need me close to that!

-Julie, Carter is being mean to me! Corey whined hanging on my shoulder giving me puppy dog eyes.

-Car you shoudn't be mean to your brother, you knew he's sensitive!

-he is something that's for sure.

-get your grummy paws off my mate! Kian grabed his brother by the scruff of his neck and dropped him next to Carter on the other side of the sectional, Corey was giggling and asking for an Encore when Kian let go of his brother to come and plaster himself against me. We'll do an encore later.

- tonight?

-No, I have better things to do tonight, but I can drop by this week-end and we can play "go fetch".

-you play a doggy game with your brothers?

-not really, we go to the woods out back, and I jump to put things at the top of trees ranging from the shortest to the tallest tree, and then I throw them up and they're supposed to grab the item and avoid the small branches at the top.

-they are fragile humans Kian, they could have gotten hurt!

-I'm not an i***t, I trim the trees we use and jump up to catch them half way on their way down. I throw them up at a speed I know I can catch-up on fast if something unexpected happens. we've been playing this game since we moved into Elias's mansion, and nothing's ever happen to them.

-fine, but how did I not know about this?

-that's a loaded question, can I drink the super alcohol or I'm I too human for it?

-You could drink it, but not to much it really kicks a punch!

-sweet! he kissed my temple and hurried to Elias's side. his stepfather was keeping the licor close to him to make sure none of the drunkards gave any to the humans. I wasn't intrested because even our liquors didn't get me drunk for more than twenty minutes and I was a wild drunk, so I would do a bunch of wild highly weird things for twenty minutes and then be totally sober afterward. the aftermath of which is very awkward after you've just juggled three grown-ass men like they were oversized balls.

At first Elias gave him half a shot, all the inhuman polulation present expected him to drop drunk from that, but all he did was flinch at the taste

-Is it supposed to be this bitter?

- All alcohol is bitter mostly. Elias answered. do you want more?

-sure, maybe I'll get used to the taste.

this time Elias gave him a shot of berry vodka, when it seemed to not have any effect on him, Elias added two more shots but still nothing, he was about to add a fourth when I bristtle in my seat. Kian noticed and pulled his glass away.

"what's wrong?" he sent out through the mate bond

"I just don't think you should drink any more, you're somewhat human. what if the poison turns out to be too much?"

-okay. he said coming back to sit next to me, we chated a bit befor his siblings lost intrest and converged around my youngest brother Jung-Han. they were quickly replaced by Kian's friends.

-well hello there! mark drawled giving us meaningful glances.

-hey Mark, Kyle we both said in unisson, ther was a moment of silence with heavy stare downs where you could see that they expected us to explain ourselves but both Kian and I were unwilling to do so, our story wasn't exactly fit for human consumption. the clash of wills lasted a few minuted bevore Mark sighed heavily in defeat.

-fine, if you don't want to explain that's fine as well but I have to say that the two of you weirdly make sense.

-yeah, I thought so two after the initial panic at finding out my best friend...

-arh humm! Mark hacked throwing Kyle evil eyes

-I meant one of my best friends could have possibly been groomed

-I was not, this is a very new develloppment.