Page 103 of The Devil's Revelation
FORTY-NINE
TORQUE
Time to hear what Zeb’s got up his sleeve.
“Izzy still sleeping?” Mom asks when I come down the next morning.
I nod. “She’s feeling a lot better and she wants to get up and moving more today if Medic clears her.”
Mom nods. “You going into the shop today?”
The shop has been closed since the shooting, so it’s definitely time to reopen. I nod. “Yeah, I got a lot to catch up on.”
“The girls and I will keep her company today,” Mom promises.
I groan. “Please don’t get into trouble. I can’t take any more surprises right now.”
Mom sniffs. “You make it sound like I’m going to have her robbing banks or something.”
“Knowing you, it’s not out of the realm of possibility,” Hammer drawls as he walks past.
Mom glares at his back and then smiles serenely at me. “I promise we won’t do anything dangerous, strenuous, or illegal. I’m thinking we might just have an at-home spa day.”
“Ooooh, that sounds lovely,” Sage agrees as she hurries down the stairs towards us. “I even have a few things. I’ll message Syn and let her know so she can bring over the good stuff. That girl has a secret love affair with all things polish and spa.”
I shake my head. “I don’t want to know.”
“Don’t want to know what?” Izzy’s voice asks as she too comes down the stairs.
“What kind of rituals you women are going to be up to today,” I tell her as I pull her in close when she’s within arms reach.
She blinks up at me in confusion, then looks over at my mother and asks, “Is this initiation into the coven that Torque keeps telling me you all have?”
“Coven?” Mom asks mildly, glaring at me.
Looks like it’s time for me to go. I look at Izzy and tell her, “I’m going to head to the shop for a few hours. Shadow, Viper, Dad, and Hulk will be here if you need anything and watching over the place.”
“And us,” Sage mutters darkly.
Izzy smirks. “Alright. I’ll go and talk to Medic today too if he’s around,” she adds, eyes heated.
I smirk and nod, leaning down to kiss her. “Behave today and when I get back we’ll see about taking that nap,” I murmur softly so only she can hear when I pull my mouth from hers.
“I’m holding you to it,” she warns. “Oh, and Zeb called and said he’s going to be at your shop in an hour. Wants to talk about some kind of deal.”
I nod. “He mentioned something about it.”
“You two hurt each other and I’m going to be pissed,” she warns.
“Timber and Titan will make sure we’re good,” I lie smoothly.
Mom snorts. “More like egg them on and place bets,” she mutters.
Izzy glares at me. “I’m serious, Torque. You and Zeb act like assholes and I’m going to kick both your asses, and I’ll make sure you have blue balls for a month.”
It’s my turn to snort. “We both know you won’t last that long.”
Her eyes go flinty. “You really want to test that?” she asks calmly.
