A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"Not bad, I guess," Julius muttered.

"We'll have to keep an eye on him," Norton chimed in, voices low and suspicious.

Quentin staggered to his feet, a crooked grin on his face. "Alright, come on, you and me-let's spar for a bit."

"Wait, you mean a fight?" Silas stood up too, eyes widening in surprise.

"I need to know you can protect Callie," Quentin said, suddenly sounding way too serious for how much he'd had to drink.

"Fine, bring it on," Silas replied, rolling his shoulders.

The two of them tromped out onto the lawn before Calliope could stop them. Within seconds, they were brawling like two college football players after too many beers.

Naturally, Calliope and Dahlia hurried out to watch, joined by Julius and Norton, who immediately started cheering for Quentin like this was the Super Bowl.

After a while, it dawned on the tipsy crowd that no one was rooting for Silas, and soon enough, Julius and Norton were arguing about whose side they should actually be on.

"Your brothers are a riot,” Uriah said, standing next to Calliope.

"They're just drunk," Calliope replied with a frown.

the guy's steady on his feet. And Silas is holding

just watched, biting her

on, the more serious it got-punches landing harder, eyes narrowing. These two were really

was going to step in. So, without a second thought,

tried to grab her arm, but she was too quick. "They're both wild

She

Silas and Quentin, caught up in the adrenaline,

she was made of. With just a few slick moves, she had

glaring at

waved Dahlia and a

even more hammered, stumbling and slurring, barely able

shove all

rooms, just to make sure no more

Finally, peace and quiet.

a sigh of

was staring at her in awe.

him a quick glance. Noticing

you got a

what?" Uriah replied