“You're Back?” he said before I heard Melana moan loudly, and the sound got on my nerves, making me growl. Arthur looked over his shoulder at the door before veering around back to me.
“Lucy, are you going to answer me?” Arthur asked before reaching for me. I stepped back, and his eyes darted to my arm behind my back.
“Hand it over. What have you got?” he scolded.
“Nothing,” I lied when he jerked me toward him with my shirt.
“Lucy! Why do you have paint?”
“Decorating,” I groaned, trying to hide my laughter when he looked over my shoulder.
“What have you done?”
“Nothing. Yet,” I told him. Damn! He smells good! I stepped closer, inhaling his scent, and he hardened, his entire body going tense. What was up with him?
“You smell different,” I told him when suddenly Melana moaned out again. The sound sounded more like a war cry as if she was about to go into battle.
Yet, for some reason, I wanted to claw the b***h’s gazes from her skull and feed them to her.
I shoved past him and into the house, with Arthur hot on my heels. He grabbed my arm just as I reached Seth’s bedroom door, sparks rushing over my skin.
Arthur jerked his hand away, and I gasped. He looked at me oddly, and I saw his eyes flicker to those of Tyrant, his wolf.
I was about to ask if he was alright when Melana just had to cry out, again. I tossed the door open, getting a good grip on the tin and chucking the paint over her, also covering Seth in the process. She shrieked.
“What the f**k!” Seth roared, and I darted off, shoving the paint tin in Arthur’s hands, laughing as I took off. Bloody b***h! I thought to myself as I darted out of the packhouse.
I heard Seth snap at Arthur. “What the f**k, bro!” Arthur didn’t answer, and I rushed out the back to the shed.
Sitting in the shed, I hid behind one of the cars and snickered when I heard Melana cussing Seth and Arthur out before she got in her car, dust, and dirt spraying everywhere as she tore out of the driveway.
“Lucy, come here now!” I heard Seth yell out to me, and I pressed myself against his car, refusing to come out when I heard footsteps moving toward the shed.
I heard them walk around the car and quickly crawled to the other side, only to see bare feet stop next to my feet
I jumped back, scrambling backward on my hands when I looked up and saw Seth’s muscled chest and abs covered in white paint.
He was wearing a pair of shorts, his V-line slipping beneath the waistband. I shook my head, realizing I was checking him out before I shrunk under his pissed-off glow and started moving backward.
My hands hit something, and I felt shoes under my hands, making me look up and see Arthur now behind me.
“Explain yourself!” Seth said, drawing my attention back to him. He folded his arms across his chest, making him even more imposing.
Though I knew they would never hurt me, I suddenly felt guilty before slapping that emotion away. f**k Melana!
“She was all over you!” I spat at him, and he raised an eyebrow at me, his eyes darting to Arthur behind me.
“And that bothers you, why?” he asked.
I thought about what he said, yet couldn’t explain why it ticked me off, but I unexpectedly didn’t want her near him.
“I don’t know,” I replied lamely, and he crouched down in front of me.
“You don’t know? So you just tossed paint on her because you don’t know?”
“I also put brake fluid on her car,” I announced, and he growled before looking up at Arthur.
Seth sighed, running a hand through his hair. “Why are you home? You don’t finish for a few more months.”
“No reason. Just quitting by,” I lied.
“What did you do, Lucy?” Arthur asked, making me look up at him where I was virtually sitting on his feet.
“I may or may not have blown up the science lab.”
“You may or may not have? Exactly how does that work?”
“Innocent till proven guilty,” I told him.
“So, you will be established, I take it?” Seth asked, and I looked back at him.
“You always infer the worst of me.”
“So, you didn’t do it then?” he asked, and I pressed my lips in a line to hide my smile.
“Well, I didn’t say that,” I told him, and he shook his head, laughing softly.
“Of course, you did it,” he muttered.
“What can I say? I was taught by the best!” I told him, and he smirked.
“Not even we messed up a science class. Come on, we should take you home,”
Seth said, standing up. I shook my head. Nope not going, Mom was out for blood, mine in particular. The bill was huge.
“Lucy, up. Now!” Arthur said, nudging me with his foot. I rolled my eyes, getting to my feet before trying to run and escape. Seth’s arms wrapped around my waist, jerking me back as I shoved past him.
“Not so fast, trouble. You are going home,” Seth said, his breath fanning my face I leaned into him. Gosh, he smelled just as good as Arthur. Did they start wearing different cologne?
It was mouth-watering. Sparks rushed across my waist where his arms lay, and I shivered at the feeling.
“Does your mother know you are here?”
Seth asked, walking us out of the shed while I tried to escape his arms.
“Probably. I have nowhere else to go,”
I told him before lowering my weight and going limp, sliding out of his grip.
I crawled off, trying to get to my feet. Only to be yanked upright and tossed over his shoulder.
“Lucy, you need to go home, and we need to speak to my brother and your mother. We weren’t expecting you back this early,” Seth said.
“Wait, you’re telling on me. I confessed under the enthusiasm you wouldn’t tell her I was guilty,” I told him, smacking his back before sinking my teeth into his side.
“Argh, f**k! Lucy, you cannibal!” he shrieked before his hand slammed down on my ass. I wriggled, rubbing my butt.
“That f*****g hurt!” I wailed, my ass felt like it was impressed.