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"You're gonna have issues with my fist in your face if you start talking shit about
Stevie Rae," Shaunee said.
"I'll hold her skinny ass for you, Twin," Erin said.
"Do you two share a brain?" Aphrodite said.
"Oh. My. God! Enough!" I yelled. "I might die. Twice. Some weird ghostly thing
messed with me today, and now I'm feeling scared crapless about it. I'm not sure what the
hell's going on with Stevie Rae, and Neferet has called a Council Meeting probably to go
over her plans for war—a war that is totally not the right thing to do. And you guys can't
stop bickering! You're giving me a headache and pissing me off."
"You better listen to her. I counted two real cuss words and one almost cuss in that
little speech. She's serious," Aphrodite said.
I saw the Twins actually have to stifle smiles. Jeesh. Why is my not liking to cuss
such a big deal?
"Okay. We'll try to get along," Damien said.
"For Zoey," Jack said, giving me a sweet smile.
"For Zoey," the Twins said together.
My heart squeezed as I looked at each of my friends. They had my back. No
matter what—they would still stand beside me.
"Thanks, guys," I said, blinking back tears.
"Group hug!" Jack said.
"Ah, hell no," Aphrodite said.
"That's one thing we can agree with Aphrodite on," Erin said.
"Yeah, time to go," Shaunee said.
"Ah oh, Damien, we gotta go, too. You told Stark we'd check to be sure he was
settled in before the meeting," Jack said.
"Oh, that's right," Damien said. "Bye, Z. See ya soon."
He and Jack followed the Twins out of my room. Calling goodbye to me, they
filed down the hall, then went on chattering about the hottiness of Stark, leaving me with
Aphrodite.
"So, my friends aren't so bad, huh?" I said.
Aphrodite turned her cool blue gaze on me. "Your friends are dorks," she said.
I grinned and butted my shoulder into her. "Then that makes you a dork."
"That's what I'm afraid of," she said. "Speaking of me being in hell—come to my
room. There's something you have to help me figure out before we go to the Council
Meeting."
I shrugged. "Okay by me." Actually, I was feeling pretty good about myself. My
friends were speaking to me again, and it seemed that everyone might actually have a
chance of getting along. "Hey," I said as we walked down the hall to Aphrodite's room.
"Did you notice that the Twins said something nice to you before they left?"
"The Twins are symbiotic, and I hope very soon someone takes them away to
perform science experiments on them."
"That attitude is not helping," I said.
"Could we just focus on what's really important?"
"Like?"
"Me, of course, and what I need you to help me with." Aphrodite opened the door
to her room, and we walked into what I liked to think of as her palace. I mean, jeesh, the