Three Mages and a Margarita (The Guild Codex: Spellbound, #1)

by Annette Marie

“I’ve been working my ass off without so much as a thank-you from a single goddamn person, and you’re jerking me around like a five-year-old with no impulse control. If you so much as open your mouth again, I’ll shove my soda gun down your throat and see if you can crack jokes while you drown!”

YES!

I bolted upright in my seat as I figured it out. Assholes Anonymous. This was a therapy group for mean people.

“Like I said,” I announced, casually folding my arms. “I’m game.” Girard and Felix smiled. Tabitha glared. Clara frowned. Aaron groaned loudly. “Damn it, new girl. You’ve singlehandedly ruined my month.” I grinned. Even better.

“I’ve never met three guys who are this ridiculously hot but so undateable,” she whispered vehemently. “Kai is always seeing like five women at the same time, Aaron only dates girls he thinks his parents will loathe, and Ezra practically runs and hides if you flirt with him. It’s not fair.”

Was there something wrong with me? Did I enjoy danger? A strange feeling prickled in my stomach. Maybe it wasn’t that I enjoyed danger but that I hated boredom. This place, these people—they weren’t and never would be boring.

“Conflict surrounds you. You’re caught in the midst of a violent change, and deception lurks in the shadows, calling the conflict ever closer. Your past stands in the way of your future, but though you’ve walked this far alone, others are waiting to join you. Even greater change awaits you, but its form”—she lightly touched the Eight of Swords—“will be shaped by the fear that rules your heart.”

AAAH tarot session

All three of them sighed, but I wasn’t sure if it was from disappointment or relief. Huffing, I stepped out from under Aaron’s arm and marched down the stairs alone. Men.

I nodded at his fan club. “I couldn’t resist crushing their souls.”

Then Ezra, soft-spoken Ezra with the gentle smile, rammed both blades into Rigel’s back.

“How about a margarita?”