Theo had given Dario his answer that morning before he’d left for school.
Dario promised that he would put an offer in and that they’d know by the end of the night. Another thing that was happening fast. Theo’s life was moving at a speed that he was learning to roll with. What else could he do?
“Hey, baby,” Wylder called.
Theo looked up to see Wylder and Josh headed in his direction.
For one brief moment, panic filled him. A reminder of the last time that Wylder and Josh had joined him under the tree. Theo dug his fingers into the dirt, holding on as he shook internally.
He couldn’t be taken again.
No! Theo wouldn’t survive this! He’d given everything las time and had nothing left.
“Hey! Hey, Theo. Look at me.” Wylder grabbed Theo’s face between his palms.
Pain yanked Theo back to the present where he was still leaning against the tree with Wylder crouched in front of him. Theo blinked.
“There you are,” Wylder said. “I need you to keep breathing for me. You were having a panic attack.”
He was? Hellcats! Theo needed to get control of himself. The ground was solid under him. No rumbles of magic trying to steal him away.
“Your eyes are glowing,” Wylder said. “Calm down, baby.”
His eyes were glowing. Why? “Huh?”
“We noticed it when you were using magic back in fae,” Wylder said. “Your eyes glowed so green that it was almost blinding. It’s not like that now but they are glowing. Too many humans around us.”
Theo nodded before dropping his chin to his chest. Maybe it would be smart to work with Seb. At least learn how to control whatever was happening with his eyes. He couldn’t walk around with glowing eyes!
“You can do it, friend,” Bo encouraged.
Aurelia climbed up Theo’s chest to settle against his heart.
Theo patted his little brownie’s back as he forced himself to relax and think happy thoughts. Like moving into a house with his mates. Theo had been the one hold out since his other mates didn’t care one way or another.
It wasn’t that Theo was opposed. Never having a home made Theo wary of losing the small comforts that he’d found. His dorm and Dario’s apartment, which was where their mate bond had formed.
A house was a big commitment as well. Not that Theo imagined any circumstance that he wouldn’t want to be with his mates. The bigger house just made sense for them.
And going to bed every night snuggled in the middle of his mates was every dream come true.
“Perfect.” Wylder leaned forward and kissed Theo’s forehead. “Good job, baby.”
Theo grinned back at his mate. “Thanks.”
“That was a really good job. Unseelie magic can be tricky.” Josh dropped down beside Theo and as close to Garrett as he could get.
It was such a shame that Josh never got to speak with Garrett like Theo had.
“I see you got the Dario special.” Wylder nodded at the food spread around Theo. He pulled his own food bag out of the backpack on his shoulder.
“Right! It’s so much.” Theo unwrapped his sandwich. He glanced at Josh. “Want to share?”
Josh laughed. “I grabbed something from the coffee shop earlier. They miss you, by the way. You need to swing by and say hi.”
Yeah. With so much happening, Theo had neglected the connections that he’d made with the other students. Friends that Theo hadn’t even known he was making. But he had. Theo wasn’t as big of a failure as he’d always believed. He needed to remember that. “I’ll do that.”
“Hey, guys!” Ethan hollered as he jogged down the steps from the dorm building.
