“Do not be jealous,” I teased him, kissing the sharp fringe of his cheekbone. “I am certain Harvey nonetheless loves you.”

“Shut up,” Kai muttered.

“If you would like me to deliver up your darkish circles, too,” Harvey drawled, turning to throw a smirk at Kai, “I am more than pleased to. I simply did not wish to kick a person whereas he was down.”

Kai narrowed his eyes. “Which means…”

“That lifeless fox you are sporting as hair today,” Harvey replied innocently. “You’ve got received sufficient hassle grooming that factor with out—motherfucker!” he shouted, the air vibrating with certainly one of Kai’s snakes.

“I am going to poison you,” Kai hissed, the sunshine returning to his eyes. “Do not tempt me.”

I relaxed into the couch with a smile, stroking a finger over the shadow wrapped round my arm till Wane slumped in opposition to me with a sluggish breath. Stability was restored. And truthfully, Harvey was a sarcastic little shit that cherished to wind folks up; Kai ought to know by now he had sufficient insults for each him and Wynvail.

“What’s it?” Wane requested—Wynvail? I used to be anticipating Em, however Emlyn’s head was tipped in opposition to the chair again, and he was near nodding off. My coronary heart went all melty and gooey even when we actually wanted him to assist us plan the jail break.

“Verena wants remedy,” Wyn replied, operating a hand over his brown hair. It was much more unkempt these days, like we had been all extra unkempt. It was exhausting to maintain your self whenever you had been trapped in a cycle of grief, melancholy, and combating in your life. I referred to as it a win once I remembered to scrub my pits and under-boob areas. “I left her within the kitchen with a steak and a meat tenderiser,” he added. “I could not consider the rest.”

Kai exhaled a comfortable chortle. “She’s going to homicide that steak.”

“I am going to nonetheless eat it,” Harvey reassured him.

“You will eat something,” Wane remarked, nudging his brother along with his foot.

“We in all probability all want remedy,” I murmured, assembly Wyn’s severe gaze. “Particularly these days. However—you are proper. Once we’ve received Renna out of the jail, we’ll discover somebody to assist Verena. Lili may know somebody.”

Wane slid the spiral-hilt knife I gave him out of its sheath, turning it time and again in his palms. “I do not wish to discuss to anybody.”

“Ditto,” Kai agreed immediately, his eyes glowing. “My shit’s mine. Nobody must realize it.”

“Not even me?” I requested, stroking the spiky defensiveness on the opposite finish of our bond till the sharp edges smoothed.

“After all I am going to discuss to you, my rose,” he promised, however I received the sense it was solely as a result of he could not say no to me and never as a result of he needed to speak.

I pressed a kiss to his cheek, my lips lingering. “However earlier than remedy and all that smart shit—how are we going to interrupt into a jail that belongs to Cronus? With out catching his consideration. I do not wish to see that monster once more. Ever.”

Wane’s shadows tightened on my arm. The air trembled with Kai’s energy. I noticed the reminiscences of shedding me in every of their eyes; Em was wakeful now, any peace sleep had promised him wiped away.

“We do not—have to do that,” Kai stated hesitantly, his eyes averted from me at the same time as he remained on my lap. “I do know Renna helped us, and she or he’s a pal, however—is it definitely worth the threat? To place ourselves again on Cronus’s radar? For him to have simple proof Haley continues to be alive?”

“Sure,” I answered in a hiss, my voice sharper than it had been since Phoebe left. Their panic banged round my chest like a pinball—or a wrecking ball—however I solid on, “Renna got here for us in Aphrodite’s jail. She helped get us out. We’re returning the favour, and it isn’t up for debate.”

“So this relationship is a dictatorship,” Kai muttered, scowling in any respect the locations our our bodies aligned.

I sucked on a tooth, my blood roaring, however … he was proper.

So I sighed and stated, “Alright, then we’ll vote. Elevate your hand if you happen to assume we must always rescue Renna.”

Em, Harvey, and I raised our palms.

Wane, Kai, and Wyn did not.

Shit, it was equal.

“I vote we go,” Verena stated, making us all leap when she appeared within the doorway, a bronze orb in her hand glowing with vibrant golden sunbeams.

“You are not coming, so you aren’t getting a vote,” Kai argued, immediately protecting. I had a bizarre flash ahead to him saying, you are not going out in that skirt in our future and for a second I smiled.

“Alright,” Verena agreed placidly. I did not belief it for a second. “Then who’s staying behind to babysit me?”

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