Echidna was growing madder by the second, watching Jax stroll away without losing so much as a single limb after dancing with another girl at his own woman's birthday party.
'Astrid, don't you dare get fooled. I know you're better than this. Press him harder. Ask him how many others he's had sex with.' A frustrated huff rattled through her host's skull. 'Oh, mother, I am begging you just give me one single second to slip a little something into this girl's ear. Please.'
Jax had been tuning her out this whole time, already sweeping his eyes across the room while he stood beside Astrid. And that was when one pair came peeling out of the still, staring crowd and made straight for him.
A girl came barreling up to him, her sister trailing a few steps behind with mortification written all over her face.
