Marc took a step closer and snarled into her face.“I don’t know.That’s why I’m asking.Care to explain yourself?”
“Explain myself?To you?Why would I?”Wave snarled right back.
“If you want him, just be honest about it.I’ll happily step aside.”
“Oh, you will?Fucking Jarred and Hellion is fine, but Salis is a step too far, is that it?”
“I never said I was fine with you fucking them either.”
Wave stopped and stepped back.She shook her head, trying to clear it.It didn’t help.Her mind ran over all the things and words they had shared.It had been Hellion who had said he could… Marc hadn’t complained when she had to burn out the power buildup, but that wasn’t a fair measurement.
“You were the one who wanted to fake-date me,” she reminded him.
“And now I’m not so sure even that was a good idea.You don’t give me even the courtesy of telling me beforehand that you’re fucking someone else.”
“I’m not sleeping with Salis.”Wave threw her hands up in the air.Hellion walked in just then, and there was fury in his narrowed eyes.
“You’re sleeping with Salis?”
“No,” Wave hissed.“I said I’mnotsleeping with him.”
“Then why is he at your place all the time?”
“Ha!”Marc pointed at Wave.“I’d like to know the same.”
Wave took another step back.“You two are unbelievable.”
“Is that so?”Hellion grumbled.
“Yeah.I don’t owe either of you any explanations.”She pointed at Marc.“We are fake-dating.”Then she pointed at Hellion.“And we are… nothing.”
“I think it was a mistake,” Mark said coldly.“You just play around.You can’t even muster up a fucking shield, even though it could save you from a power buildup or serious harm when Elena finally catches up to you without Irishen around.”
“What’s up with that, by the way?”Hellion demanded to know.“He’s always there.Every time I look for you, I find you with him.Are you fucking him too?Jarred and I told you that we would draw the line at the Sleethill spawn.”
“You?You told me you draw… Oh wow.Yeah.”Wave didn’t know what to say.They thought she was sleeping with every male who even blinked her way apparently.
“You toy with people.One day it’s me, then it’s Jarred or Hellion, and in the next blink, you are inviting angel-boy over, and Irishen is hanging on your every word.”Marc’s temper was flaring, and he kept going.“You kissed Jarred, then Hellion, and then me.Did you mean any of it?”
“Mean what?”Wave asked quietly.
“Anything.I thought that maybe you’d been hurt before and that’s why you didn’t want to commit to any of us, even when we were all bending backwards to accommodate your wishes, but now I’m starting to think you are the one doing the hurting.”
Hellion looked from Marc to Wave and then back before crossing his arms too.They formed a wall in front of her.“Are you playing us against each other?Who sent you?”
“Sent me?You are making no sense.What the fuck are you talking about?”
“A smart woman like you surely can figure it out.”
“Time out,” Wave said and then rubbed her eyes before facing them again while they waited in seething silence.“Okay.Let’s take it from the top again.Marc, what exactly is this about?I swear I’m not sleeping with Salis.”
“I don’t believe you,” Marc spat out.“You’ve landed in bed with any male that has shown you any interest and refused to commit to any of us.You hold yourself back, you use us.I didn’t see it at first, but now…”
“Okay,” Wave nodded, letting his words sink in.How stupid could she have been to think there was something growing between them?Despite all the secrets, she had felt… safe.Gods, it felt like her insides were bathed in acid, and her hands were balled into tight fists.Slowly, she forced her fingers to straighten and breathed in deep to make sure her tone stayed even.“So, you’re done with me?”
Marc refused to answer beyond a shrug.
Wave took a deep breath and turned to Hellion.“Right, your turn.What did I do or not do to piss you off?”
