“The only Prager I know is a wizard.”
“No,” I breathed, unable to hold back my sarcasm. “Changing before my eyes kind of proves they aren’t Nullen.”
“I can’t believe you went after her.”
“Not your business,” I snapped.
“You should’ve taken me with you.”
“You would’ve held me back.”
A tick of a pause followed. “I might have.”
He definitely would’ve held me back.
“What did Prager tell you before she tried to kill you?” The surprised curiosity in his voice almost made me smile, but I was too upset about last night and how he behaved this morning to let down my emotional guard.
“What makes you think she tried to kill me?”
“You spoke with her.”
I dipped my head forward.
“What did you learn?” he asked.
“Everything and nothing.”
“Not an answer, Tempest,” he growled.
“It’s the only one you’ll get.”
“I’m glad you made it through unscathed.” The rasp in his voice curled down my spine like the trace of a feather.
“Don’t act like this,” I snapped.
“Like what?”
“As if you care. A short time ago, you could’ve frozen me with your glacial eyes.” Do not mention how you behaved when you came to bed last night after working me up in the dining area, I huffed to myself.
“Perhaps my feelings have changed.”
Hearing wonder in his voice was the only reason I didn’t rip into him with my words. Instead, his tone made me deflate. I was a wreck. This man could tug me in all sorts of directions, and I’d willingly let him do it. No, I welcomed it. Didn’t I have any pride?
Not when it came to Vexxion.
“Why do you keep doing this?” I groaned, scrubbing my palm across my face.
Again, he waited so long to reply, I almost turned to look back at him. “I don’t know.”
I pinched my eyes closed, and it was all I could do not to wail. When we talked in our minds, I could feel his love, his humor. Even his sweet irritation. I knewthatman.
This one? I couldn’t read him at all.
“When you figure it out,” I said lightly. “Let me know.”
After that, we didn’t say much and that hurt as much as him being short with me.
Someone threw a knife into your friend Prager’s chest,I told Madrood.
