Darling
…Pasta???
I grinned down at my phone before looking back up at Wyatt and Aiden, already jeering at each other while they played.
For the first time ever, some warmth filled my chest.
We could do this.
Somehow.
I could see it now. A year from now, the group of us together. Maybe in the Palace. Maybe in our own estate. Maybe Wyatt would build it using his earth affinity, and Skye could help…Aiden would use his affinities to keep us warm, to light things up once it grew dark. And I could walk around supervising like I’d done something to help.
This could work.
It had to.
Chapter 38
Skye
You forgot my birthday?!That’s it, I’m disowning you.
I snorted and shook my head.There’s kind of a lot going on right now,I replied, although I didn’t exactly know how to explain any of it to my brother.
I’d come back to the apartment last night to find Aiden and Wyatt playing some video game involving car chases and drug dealers. As if that weren’t bizarre enough, Rafe had been munching on my shrimp chips while watching the other two.
They’d been playing so late, I’d eaten some leftover pasta and gone to bed before Wyatt or Rafe left.
Well. BeforeWyattleft. I was nearly positive Rafe stayed in one of the other rooms.
Skye, I’m turning twenty-nine. It’s my last year before I become a decrepit old man. You have to be here to celebrate.
Decrepit old men still have birthday parties,I argued.
Zephyr sighed dramatically.My next party will be in a cemetery. It won’t be fun for any of us.
I laughed out loud, shocking myself. Luckily, I was alone, Aiden having left for class after eating me for breakfast. Now I was getting ready for the day inside my insane penthouse dormitory.
It still didn’t really feel like mine. I just felt like I was staying in some expensive hotel.
Who all am I supposed to be bringing?I asked.
Obviously Aiden,Zephyr replied.Bring all your loser friends if you want, I’m inviting some of the staff.
Wow,I said dryly.I wanted to invite Willow and Mia, but nevermind.
Wait, wait,Zephyr cried.I spoke too soon. They’re definitely not losers. Donottell Mia I called them losers.
I laughed again as I went through my stupidly large closet, examining each of my t-shirts like it was an important decision. Zephyr hadn’t even met Willow and Mia, and he just knew Mia was the one to be afraid of.
Skye? Do not get me killed a year early. Do not tell Mia.
You’re safe, Zeph, even I don’t wanna see what she’s like when she’s mad.
Don’t get me wrong, I totally want her riled up, just not like that. And not toward me.
Ew,I replied in monotone, and my brother laughed.
