Silva shook her head. “You don’t understand. Asherah is of royal blood.”
“That magnification could harm more than help.”
Kalinda and Silva shared a pointed look before Silva sighed. “Then we wait. I promise I’ll figure this out, one way or another, okay?”
Asherah smiled weakly. “Yes.”
“The meeting is starting,” a receptionist announced, and the women parted to find their mates.
As Fabiana came to Adonis’s side, he cocked his head at her. “Are you okay?”
“We may have a problem, but it isn’t my secret to tell.”
“The Fae woman … Heath’s Fate?”
“Not my story.”
“But if you decide to help, tell me what you need and I’ll get it for you.”
She knew he couldn’t have known what they talked about, but his immediate agreement to assist her in whatever it may be warmed her heart.
“Thank you.”
He tucked her arm in the crook of his and walked her into the elevator.
It didn’t take long for them all to get seated. Arturo, of course, was at the helm of the wide table.
“Fabiana?”
She turned her gaze to Romano who gaped at her before Kalinda slapped his chest. “Cut it out.”
“What? I’ve never seen her like … that.”
“Like what exactly?” Adonis returned with a growl.
“Um, normal?”
Adonis hit the table. “And what the fuck is that supposed to mean?”
Fabiana rubbed a soothing hand down her mate’s shoulder before turning to Romano. “Hello, Romano. When’s the last time you played shit for crops?”
“The word you were looking for is fertilizer,pequeña. He fertilizes them.”
“That’s what I just said.”
Silva cackled in her seat beside Kalinda. “She just called you plant poop, Romano. Wait, let me take a picture for SpellBook. Hashtag I gotallthe fiber.”
Kalinda coughed to cover her laugh as Romano scowled. “Who are you and what did you do with Fabiana?”
“My sister apparently has bigger balls than you.” Pasqual smiled proudly as he stood behind Dominic and beside Giuliana.
“Not really hard, considering,” Giules added. “Wait,” she continued, dropping her arms to her sides, “do those grow too when you use your power?”
“Okay, chil’ren,” Zahara admonished, stopping the foolishness before Romano could say anything else. “Bus’ness firs’ ’nd den we can see how his balls are.”
“We haven’t heard of any attacks from other cities so far, and Encantado’s rebuilding has been moving quickly,” Arturo began. “Everyone we contact has set up a relay of information.”
“Nothing on the borders,” Alexi reported.
