Year of the Dragon (Changeling Sisters Book 3) by Heather Heffner

where I stand about you.”
    I snorted, struggling to stand as well. “Okay. Let me tell you where that is. You are standing away from me. And your back is turned.”
    “You know what to do to change that,” he retorted just as hotly. We glowered at one other, each daring the other to back down.
    “Citlalli?” a softer feminine voice interrupted us. We turned to see Yu Li’s thin silhouette illuminated by the moon. She was hugging a willow-patterned robe around herself.
    “Bae said he see you go to beach.” Her words came out in a stumble.
    “Yu Li…” Rafael brushed sand from his board shorts and looked back and forth between us. I felt stupid and drunk.
    “Thank you for looking after the Alpha, Rafael -ssi ,” Yu Li said in a dangerously calm voice. “I will see her home now.”
    I didn’t see him leave. I remembered our harsh breathing in the darkness, and then I saw our hotel up ahead, flickering with cranky neon lights.
    “Citlalli,” Yu Li said slowly, “I know this isn’t my place to say this. But I think you should know: You must be very careful, with Rafael.”
    “He seemed open tonight, Yu Li!” I forged ahead excitedly. “Receptive. I think he’ll come back to us—”
    “Back to you,” she cut me off bluntly. “That’s what he wants you to think. I’m worried, Citlalli, that Rafael will pretend to have feelings for you…to take over the pack.”
    Immediate protests welled up only to fall back down with a thud. I was beginning to creep beyond the makgeolli haze, and the stars brightened with clarity. It seemed surreal that I had really been sprawled out on that moonlit beach, making out with Rafael and feeling his long, lithe body push against mine while his hands touched me with such longing…
    “Why do you care, Yu Li?” I opted for boredom. “He’s your ex-boyfriend. Shouldn’t you be wishing both of us the worst?”
    “Yes. In the past, I have greatly disliked you.” Shock of the century. “However, I agree with you about ending the Were War. Too much blood has been shed, and we wolves are too few. The Lady of Eve will return balance to the spirit world. Also, if I am going to be dating your older brother, then that makes you my sister. And I am your unni .”
    Fewer things could wake me up quicker than that. “Wait, what ?”
    “Miguel has not spoken with you?” I knew mock surprise when I saw it. “We met in the last battle of the Were War. I rescued him from the snows. He impressed me very much with his courage. Also, he tells many jokes—” She gave a small smile, a rarity for Yu Li. “He makes Young Soo laugh.”
    I was drunker than I thought. No freakin’ way. Miguel knew full well how I felt about Yu Li. Had he conveniently forgotten how she’d tormented me when I’d been the lowly omega of the pack? Had he completely overlooked Una ?
    But all I could manage was: “He’s already met your son?”
    “Yes, he will be a good role model for him. Young Soo can grow more confident in his English. And of course, your brother is, how do you say? Hot. So very hot.”
    “Okay, stop, stop, STOP!”
    Wolf rolled over playfully, Its pink tongue flopping from Its mouth, and Demon was amused. I now knew why Miguel “had” to work during the Boryeong Mud Festival.
    “Miguel’s a good role model, you say.” I paused. “Do you know what he did back in America?”
    “Yes, people hired him to do their taxes.” Yu Li gave a brisk nod. “Good at math. Another admirable quality.”
    Yes, I’m sure he was the accountant of the little gang he ran around with. I started to laugh. I laughed so hard that I cried. I was doing way too much of that tonight. To hell with makgeolli.
    “Why do you laugh?”
    I couldn’t answer. Miguel had dug his own grave on this one. And I was…surprised. Yeah, he’d been slow to realize how Una felt about him, even up until the end, but after her sacrifice…that deserved more than a tip of the hat in thanks. Sure, Fred was one of the