1
Savannah
Hoots and hollers erupted through the crowd as one of my teammates
careened out of the slanted roller derby rink and crashed into a water cooler.
Cups and Gatorade sprayed everywhere.
What the hell was I thinking? I’m going to die out there.
Last week, I’d been nearly murdered by a horde of blood demons and a
psychopath werewolf with a vendetta against my family. He was dead, but
the twisted sorcerer who’d helped him was still on the loose. Having
narrowly escaped with my life, I’d decided to immediately risk it again by
stupidly agreeing to fill in for Zara’s busted-up roller derby teammate.
There was a blast of sparks and another roar from the crowd, and the ref
blew his whistle. “No claws, no magic, ladies!”
My skin chilled. Apparently, they played the game pretty rough here in
Magic Side. Worse, our opponents were the Dockside Dens’ team, Bitches
with Bite . I was so over werewolves. They’d hunted me, harassed me, and
were still following me around town as bodyguards. Now I had to skate
against them.
I pressed my fingers to my temples. Had I really kissed their alpha,
Jaxson Laurent? What had I been thinking? He was breathtakingly hot, but I
hated the pack, I hated Jaxson, and by the looks in their eyes, they all hated
me, too.
The only potential exception was my frenemy, Sam—Jaxson’s closest
confidant and the team’s lead jammer. From the way she grinned every time
she whizzed past me, I was pretty sure she was planning on eating me alive.
Pulse racing, I leaned over to my cousin Casey, who was sitting beside
me on the bench. “This was a terrible idea.”
“Are you kidding?” He grinned. “This was the best idea Zara ever had!”
Since the match had started, he hadn’t taken his eyes off Rayne, the she-devil
he had the hots for, as she zipped around the track. She was our team’s