Free Her Kiss (Griffin) by Melanie Marks Page A

long sigh and got up,
but not like she was going to go with him. It was more like she just didn’t
want to have to talk so loud anymore, since they were kind of making a scene.
    She quipped, sounding way more
confident than she looked (since the room was full of drunk people—which
aren’t the safest drivers), “Fine, Aiden. I’ll find my own ride.”
    I was at Ally’s side in a second.
(Totally not drunk, as I hadn’t had a sip of beer—hoping for just such an
opportunity. Score!)
    I grinned. “I’ll give you a ride,
Grange.”
    A small growling noise came from
the back of Poser’s throat. It was hilarious.
    He opened his mouth like he was
going to protest—loudly—but then he snapped his mouth shut. Without a word. Instead of saying anything, he grabbed
Ally’s hand, trying to drag her toward the door with him.
    Who does that?
    Instead of going with him, Heaven
stayed planted, giving him a look that said, ‘Are you kidding me ?! ’
    I exhaled slowly with a smile,
restraining myself from bursting out laughing since this seemed like an
inappropriate time. But come on. The guy was a walking joke.
    Finally, Poser let out an
exasperated breath. In a tantrum, he slammed down Heaven’s hand and growled
through gritted teeth, “Ally, the guy’s not interested in you. He just wants to
piss me off. He’s never even looked at you before.”
    I bit back another grin, quirking
my eyebrows at Ally. She had to know that wasn’t true. After all, I hadn’t just noticed her before, I’d kissed her before. In room 204. She had put me in a happy werewolf daze that
had lasted for weeks.
    Fauna cozied up to Aiden. “I’m
ready to go,” she purred.
    I choked back a laugh. Yeah, Fauna
was ‘ Ready to go.’ The girl was easy.
She was always ‘Ready to go.’ I’d never seen her not ready to go.
    Instead of mentioning
this—which I really wanted to—but instead, my gaze cut to Ally. I
was worried for her. I mean , it had to hurt to see
Floozy Fauna snuggling up to her boyfriend. I raised my eyebrows at her, like ‘ What do you want me to do?’
    I was really hoping she’d say, “Pound the twerp.”
    But she didn’t. Of
course. She was probably making up a sweet song in her head called “The
Night My Boyfriend Broke My Heart.” ’Cause that’s what it looked like. It
looked like her heart was breaking. Which did something terrible to mine.
    Just seeing her hurting like that
made me wince.
    Poser said it again through
clinched teeth, “Ally, when I go I’m not coming back.”
    Heaven nodded, swallowing hard.
“Good, don’t. If you leave with her, I don’t want you to come back.”
    Yeah,
Ally!!
    Fauna flashed Heaven a wicked
smile. Then she tugged on Aiden’s arm. “Come on,” she purred. “I’ve got to go.”
    But Aiden didn’t move. He stood
looking at Ally, and she stood looking at him. They both looked ready to burst
into tears. Which was bad. She wasn’t ready to break up with him.
    I let out a disheartened breath.
“Come on, Fauna. I’ll give you a ride.”
    Fauna blinked. “What? No. I want
Aiden.”
    I smirked. “Yeah, no kidding. We
all know what you want. But you’ve caused enough trouble for the Innocents
tonight.” I pulled her towards the front door. “Come on. They want to make up.”
    “But—but—”
    I ignored her protests and led her
outside.
    I could hear my teammates teasing
Aiden, “Look at Poser, he’s about to cry.”
    But all I could think about was
Ally. She was about to cry.
    I yanked my car door open for
pouting Fauna, waited for her to climb into the passenger’s seat, then slammed
the door shut.
    She glared at me as I started up
the car. But then, as I drove her towards her friend’s house she started to
have a change of heart. In fact, she started flirting. ’Cause that’s
Fauna—love the one you’re with. (Or at least stir him up.)
    She put her hand on my thigh as I
pulled up in her friend’s driveway.
    “You can come inside and visit for
a while,”