Pink Princess Fairytini (Fairy Files #2) by Katharine Sadler Page B

have rolled off the bed during the night. I picked it up, so smooth and cool against my skin, and checked it over. It appeared to be undamaged. I carried it into the kitchen, wondering where to put it. When I’d found the perfect spot, over the couch in the living room, I put it down and searched for a hammer and nails. The place had come fully stocked, there had to be a hammer and nails somewhere.
    I wandered the apartment, still nude, until I found them in a hall closet, on the top shelf. I’d have to thank Hieronymus, he’d thought of everything. Well, everything except a step stool. I balanced on the back of the couch and started hammering a nail into the wall.
    “Well, there’s a gorgeous sight you don’t see every day,” a man said behind me.
    I startled, lost my balance, and toppled right onto the couch. I grabbed a couple of couch cushions and covered my important bits as Mercury and, oh, shit, Frost laughed at me. “What the hell are you two doing here?” I asked, not bothering to keep the growl out of my voice.
    “I’m moving in, roomie,” Mercury said. “Remember, you gave Vin a key this morning?”
    I groaned. “Right. You could have at least knocked.”
    “I live here, now,” Mercury said. “And you have nothing to be embarrassed about. You have an amazing body. Feel free to walk around naked any time you please.”
    I smirked and glanced at Frost. “And you, what the fuck are you doing here?”
    “Vin and I decided it would be a good idea to meet and talk about what you should say to the refugees at the meeting today. I ran into Mercury on the way here and he let me in.” Frost’s jaw was tense and he didn’t meet my eyes. “Vin should be here any minute.”
    “Wow,” I said. “Love how you three just planned my day without talking to me and totally ruined naked time.”
    “Naked time?” Mercury said. “Is that going to be a regular thing, because if it is sign me up. I love to let the boys hang free every once in a while.”
    I laughed at the image of me and Mercury having naked time together. I mean he was gorgeous, but he so belonged to Vin that I’d never even think of going there. “Yeah, we should probably schedule it, though. Naked time is not a group activity and I’m not interested in seeing your boys.”
    “You should get dressed,” Frost said, his tone curt and severe. “Vin will be here soon.”
    His tone, his implied disapproval, and his inability to look me in the eye pissed me off, and I’d been having a good day. I stood, dropped the couch cushions, and put my hands on my hips. “I thought wolves weren’t bothered by nudity.”
    Frost growled and Mercury chuckled. “Quit poking the wolf and go get dressed, Chloe.”
    “Fine,” I said, because I really did want to get dressed. I’m not particularly modest, but being the only naked woman in a room with two clothed men went way beyond my comfort zone. “But only because you asked nicely.”
    I turned and headed to my room. “And take a shower,” Frost called after me. “You stink of Harvey and sex.”
    What the hell was his problem? “That’s because I just had sex with Harvey,” I shouted as I stomped into my room and slammed the door. I don’t know why his attitude and his words made me so angry. Frost and I had made a sort of game of pissing each other off, but he was going too far. I had the feeling I was going to have to teach him a lesson.
    An hour later, I was dressed in dark slacks and a cream-colored back-less tank that allowed my wings to be out. And I still had them out. I loved having them free from my skin. I had stayed in the shower longer than usual just to revel in the feel of the water drops on my wings.
    I sat down on the couch next to Vin and glared at Frost. Mercury was gone, either in his own room or off to his day job selling fae drugs that purported to give humans magical abilities, though we had yet to see any humans with said magical abilities. “Do I smell good enough for