SIXTY ONE

~ Emmy ~

I felt anger ripple off Rae; she didn't actually want the attention of these males, not in the way they thought, anyway. I could feel her longing to feel appreciated; she had sent years inside my head dulled down and ignored. She just wanted to feel... accepted by her own kind! Matteo's move to banish us had hurt her more than she let on, which was why she was acting out. I got that! I felt the same!

So I said nothing and allowed her time to deal with the fucking shit hand we had been dealt while drifting in between the legs of the guests Matteo had sent, nuzzling her nose into their hands so that she could feel... something! But it was too late; they would pull away every time she went in to feel a connection.

"NO!" One of the males snapped, bravely holding a finger up to Rae's face to get her to stop pestering them for attention.

"So, Matteo wants.." He started to say to get her attention, but Rae ignored him, howling needily over him every time he tried to speak. I coul