“I don’t know,” I murmur, letting my eyes flutter shut. “I – I got all this magic, Tony. I don’t know where it came from.”He hums, letting me know he understands, letting me continue.“As soon as I said it?” I whisper. “It like…became true.”Anton nods. I can feel it, his cheek moving against my ha
I just stare at Tony, baffled. “You’re real,” I whisper.“I mean, only kind of,” he says back, lifting his face up to the water, apparently relishing the feel of it against his skin. “I think only conceptually, if that makes sense.”“It doesn’t,” I growl, closing my eyes and rubbing my hand over my
Oh my god. Was he just trying to give me air…and then I kissed him!? And he just…went with it because if he told me he didn’t want to kiss me then I’d like…die!?Anton laughs, standing up. “I’ll be out in the living room with the others, okay?” he says. “Come out soon. If you don’t I’m coming back i
I watch Orion’s face as it shifts from shock to anger. “How dare you, Juniper,” he snarls.“Oh, come on, this isn’t even most daring thing I’ve said today,” I mutter, lifting my soup to my lips and taking another long sip.“That is my lineage you’re talking about!”“Oh, what the fuck even is a linea
“God damn it, Juniper,” Orion growls, slumping back in his chair and lifting is hands to his eyes, pressing the heels of his palms against them in frustration. “What are you even talking about? And you’re – you’re forgetting! About the prophecy, the pact! That if I don’t find my mate and ascend the
Laila and Orion come in a little bit later, but we don’t begin our argument again. Instead, Laila takes charge, bustling us all into the kitchen and starting to make a big pot of fish stew by hand, insisting that the process of cooking is sometimes necessary.“Honestly you all rely on magic far too
But even if we do feel that pull, my wolf turns anyway, towards Anton. Always towards Anton, who I have to admit is first in my heart.Even if he is annoying me right now.“I don’t know what I’m proposing,” I say, my own voice casting low, deliberately cagey. “It doesn’t have to be a marriage. It ca
The rest of the evening goes much easier than the start. The four of us spend hours in the kitchen as Laila continues to make what is apparently a very elaborate and time-consuming soup. Orion does most of the talking, answering question after question as I seek to know more about this world and the