They instantly stopped growling and looked contrite.
“Unbelievable,” I muttered. Then I grabbed another beignet.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
“Are you okay?” Lex took my hand as we strolled through the French Quarter.
“Yeah, actually. I always thought that talking through your issues was a bunch of crap, but it helped to get it out.”
“You wanna talk about the nuns again?” Cyrus asked.
“Nuns?” Lex looked from Cy to me.
“The nuns are nothing.” I blinked, processing what I'd just said. “Nun-thing. I handled them.”
“What did you do to the nuns?”
I laughed at Lex's expression. “I started rumors about vampires to scare them.”
“Why?”
“Cause they were being bitches, of course.” I grimaced. “I hate nuns. No nuns for me! None!” I pointed at him.
Lex snorted a laugh.
“What other lives do you remember?” Cyrus asked.
The minute I thought about it, memories tumbled through my mind. I stopped abruptly and pressed my handsagainst my temples. It was too much. I couldn't sort through them fast enough. All those people. All that pain. Had I ever been happy? Fuck me. Why did I want to remember all of this? Oh, right. Wren. Forgetting that meant forgetting her. She was worth not forgetting.
“Salina?” Three voices came at once and three men surrounded me, their scents mingling to create an intoxicating aroma.
The heat from their bodies radiated into me. That, combined with their scent and the memory of Wren, calmed me enough to conquer my rampant memories. Just because you have a ton of memories floating around your head, it doesn't mean that you need to see them all at once. But this was a new head. It had to get used to memories that didn't belong to it. Form a filing system of sorts. Folders for the hard drive of my mind.
I took a breath and lifted my head. “I'm fine.” Then I eased the men back. “It was just a lot of memories hitting me at once. I think I've got them cataloged now.”
Jake grunted and took my hand. We started walking. The other two formed a guard—Cyrus in front and Lex in back.
“I used to want my memories.” Cyrus glanced back at me. “I'm rethinking that.”
“I wouldn't care about them so much if I didn't need to remember Wren.” I shrugged.
“What about Ace?” Lex asked.
“I didn't know about Ace until after we met.”
“And now?”
“Now, yes, I need to remember Ace too.”
Jake's hand tightened around mine.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“You wanted to be bait.” Cyrus shrugged. “Your boy has probably reported to his master by now. Silas will make his move soon.”
A shiver ran down my spine. “Oh.”
Jake's sharp gaze slid over to me.
