"And regardless of anything else, you'd regret walking away while the demon king is trying to force her to mate with him."
He didn't know about the soulmate thing, so he didn't know the full extent of the problem it would be, but I was pretty sure he was against forced matings.
"It worked for you. The forced mate bond."
...or he'd be in favor of them.
Shit.
"Just fight for now to buy yourself time to figure it out."
"Alright. Thanks. For what it's worth, you were the best alpha I ever had."
"I still refuse to accept that title."
"Exactly."He paused for a moment before continuing."When I win, don't let Liv think it's going to change anything for us. It'snice to have a workout buddy, and I'm pretty addicted to the energy boost from her magic."
"The what from her magic?"
Gwen got up and started talking to the crowd, effectively ending the conversation.
"What did Jonah say?"Callum asked me.
"He doesn't know if he wants this, but he's going to fight anyway."
"It's a good call."
I nodded."What does Liv's magic feel like to you?"
"Passively, it's similar to a light, continuous electric shock. Your hair stands on end. Your skin tingles. If you weren't acquainted with my magic or Merrily's, you might find it slightly painful. She can channel it a handful of other ways as well, but that’s how it feels consistently."
"Does it energize you? Jonah called it an energy boost."
"What? No."
I held an arm out toward Liv and whispered, "Can you hit me with your magic?"
"Shut up. I'm watching," she whispered back, gesturing toward Jonah. He wasn't fighting yet.
Gwen was still going on about the privilege of running the challenges.
"Do it." I put a hand on her arm and swore under my breath when her magic zapped me, indeed feeling like an electric shock.
"Shit."I all but breathed the word into Callum's mind.
"He said it was an energy boost? That's the opposite of what it—oh, fuck."
Callum had just realized what I had.
"Tell her to get her phone out."
I relayed the message while Callum texted her quickly with one hand. She looked irritated but pulled it from the pocket of her running shorts, reading the messages she'd missed in the group chat until his text came through.
Callum
Jonah told Kat your magic is an energy boost
She read the message, and her gaze jerked up to ours.
