He avoids my stare, and I have half a mind to blast him with some Seduction or stroke his soul until he falls to his knees for me.
I quickly change my mind.
I need to have an actual conversation with them and make sure it doesn’t bother them that I do that.
They didn’t mind when I was learning how to call forth and control my Seduction but now…I can’t help but feel like things could be different.
“Go on in the house. We’ll be back soon.”
Yemi nods, closing her eyes briefly as Sevryn lays a kiss to her forehead, and my eyes widen comically.
He’s always snatching her to his side and standing all protectively around her. That’s the first time I’ve seen him do something super sweet and affectionate.
I fix my face when her gaze swings to me. Her small smile is weak, so I make sure my nod is confident.
The six of us stand here silently until the four of them make their way into Yemi’s—and well, I guess her Valtrue’s—house.
“So what? Home sweet home?” Sevryn asks.
“Something like that,” Creed grumbles.
“If he’s in Hellveilious, he can keep his ass there.”
“I agree.”
“No, you don’t,” I argue, eyeing Creed, then moving my gaze to Sevryn. “You of all people should know better. What if I had left your ass there?”
“You would have if not for Yemi.”
“Okay, and? Same thing now. What if he’s in there wrongfully and you’re okay not even finding out?”
He can grit his teeth like an animal all he wants. He knows I’m right.
“Fine. What’s the plan?”
“Starshoot to the tree line so we can watch them show up. I want to get a look at both of them before we approach,” Creed says, then he turns to me. “Do you think you can starshoot or do we need to get V?”
“I can do it, thank you very much. I remember the trees distinctly.”
His lips flatten like he’s ready to argue with me, but he relents with a nod.
“To the tree line.”
Sevryn’s gone before I even command my power forward and Creed shakes his head as he disappears as well.
“We’re waiting for you,” Amick says and I give him a grateful smile.
My power responds immediately. I shiver as the seven slivers cascade around my whole body, then meet as one.
“Good, little burden. Now do it.”
Riven’s short song of praise has me squeezing my thighs together and commanding my power to whisk me away before he catches that hint of arousal.
In less than a second, I’m being greeted by towering trees. The transition from dark to daytime is still upon us and the massive canopies block out any light that may try to break through to the forest floor.
“Ah, shit.”
I spin around, searching for the guys, but I’m met by darkness that gets deeper the farther into the trees I look.
