Primals (Reverse Harem 1)

I say nothing. I think the answer’s pretty clear.

She slaps her forehead. “Oh, Clarissa, what’s wrong with you? Can’t you really attract just ordinary human men?”

“What did you do to her?” Theo asks, turning his head towards me.

“Nothing,” I tell him. “I just showed her around, tried to cheer her up.”

“Oh, you tried to cheer her up, did you?” Sebastian asks. “Is that what you’re doing here? Is that why she has most of her clothes off?”

I open my mouth to speak but Clarissa beats me to it.

“Stop!” She takes a deep breath. “Toshi is telling the truth. He didn’t hurt me. I was having fun, actually...”

I grin.

She looks at me. “Until now that I’ve found out he’s not who he said he was.”

Ouch.

“I never said I was human,” I tell her.

Theo’s eyes narrow.

I raise my hands. Fine. I’ll shut up.

“What did you want with her?” Kyle asks. “Why whisk her away?”

Ah. Maybe the human is not as stupid as he looks.

“I was just curious about her,” I confess.

“Curiosity kills the cat,” Sebastian mutters with a little too much emphasis on the word ‘kills’.

Of course he had to say it.

“What do you mean?” Kyle asks. “How do you know about her?”

“I saw you guys when you went after Noboru,” I answer. “You weren’t exactly quiet. I heard a bit of your conversation.”

“What were you doing there?” Sebastian asks.

“Noboru’s always struck me as suspicious.”

“Aren’t all Cats?”

“Sebastian,” Clarissa scolds. “I think we’d all agree this would be much easier if you weren’t so bent on killing Toshi just because you’re a dog and he’s a cat.”

“Wolf,” Sebastian corrects, with a baring of his teeth.

“Sebastian,” Theo warns.

I find that look on Sebastian’s face as he’s silenced very satisfying.

“Go on,” Kyle urges me.

I shoot him a grateful glance. At least some people around here still have a modicum of respect for the Cat. “Noboru was working for someone powerful who got displeased. I was sent to tell him he no longer had the job.”

“Job?” Clarissa asks.