"What if?—"
"You can't step in, Liv." Callum's voice was unwavering. "I know you like him, but that would be even more likely to cost you him than his new role would."
"His entire job will be to protect her," she pointed out."And we all know he has feelings for her.
"Simon had multiple Alphas and never mated with any of them," Callum countered.
"Oh please, we all knew he was fucking them." Liv tilted her head back against the headrest as Callum took the wheel.
"Jonah isn't Simon," I reminded her. "And he did walk out of the room as soon as she brought up the possibility of mating with him."
"He was on a post-run high. She's going to talk to him eventually, and he's going to have to face his unresolved feelings for her."
"You think he has unresolved feelings for her?"
"Probably. They've never even had a conversation since they broke up. Niall nearly killed me, and I know I still—" She cut herself off. "I'm just nervous about it. Jonah and I really are just friends, so I couldn't blame him if he fell back in love with her."
"You keep mentioning Niall and changing the subject," I pointed out.
"Wow, look at that. Lovely weather."
It was drizzling outside, like always. Even if the sky above our wards was clear, it was cloudy and wet in Rumor.
"Can you turn the music up? I'm going to have a fucking panic attack back here." Liv was practically vibrating with energy again.
I opened our glove box and pulled out two of the fidget toys Callum kept in there for her, handing them back. She muttered a thank you, taking them both. One went in her pocket, the other in her hands.
Callum turned the music up louder than either of us preferred it, setting his hand back on my thigh.
The rest of the drive passed quickly, and we parked in one of the spots everyone now knew was reserved for the fae royals. Liv took off at a speed-walk toward the pit while me and Callum were still getting out of the car.
"This is worse than I thought,"he said into my mind.
"Jonah will do his best not to hurt Liv even if he does have feelings for Gwen."
"We can hope."Callum pulled his phone from his pocket and typed up a quick message to the rest of the royals as we headedafter Liv, walking at a normal pace. I peeked at it after he hit send.
Callum
My magic can’t hurt Kat
Merrily
WHAT?
Not at all?
Callum
It feels good to her
I assume it's a side effect of the connection
Merrily
Holy fuck
We could see Liv in front of us, and that she didn't have her phone out.
