“I’m sorry, are you saying Iric is an Attendant and he was assigned a role in Hell?”
Worry and a touch of anger lace her voice. Her gaze bounces over Amick, Creed, then settles on me once again.
“That’s what we first were told and believed until he told us the truth in the carriage.”
Her shoulders deflate as I jump right into explaining what little we learned about him. The disgust on her face, directed at the random goddess and High Chancellor who did this to him is cute in a protective way.
“Now this is the part I’ve honestly been dreading telling you.”
“Really? It’s worse than the part where one of my Valtrue members has a prominent role in Valveilious?”
I grimace and Riven lets out a chuckle.
“That’s the Valtrue member she wanted to punch and had to lay the law down with.”
“What?” She gasps as she spins toward him.
“Oh yeah. The moment all four of them were together, he tried to tell them what was about to happen. My angel had to shut that down.”
“Stop trying to rile the situation up, Riven,” Kyzen scolds, but panic has already set in Yemi’s face.
“What did he say? Does he think he’s like in charge of our group because of his standing? What happened?”
I glare at my snickering little psycho but soften my features at Yemi’s pacing.
“I don’t know if he thinks he’s in charge or it’s in his nature to dictate a situation. He stated you all would be moving to his house in Valveilious. I may have called him a pretentious asshole and said under no circumstances would you be moving. A few other choice words were said and he let it go. Agreeing that it’d be your decision.”
“My decision? Fuck yeah, it’s my decision where I’m going to live. Are you serious? I’m not moving to Valveilious. If the rumors are true, Attendants are treated even shitter there than here. What the hell is he thinking?”
What was a frantic pace is now one of anger.
My lips press together to stop from smiling at her and the muttered curses falling from her mouth.
“Well, Thayla never mentioned that you were an Attendant at any point today.”
“What?” she and I say at the same time.
“Anytime you addressed Yemi, you called her by her name or your best friend. You never once referred to her as your Attendant. Sevryn never mentioned it either.”
“So the other three still don’t know I’m Thayla’s Attendant?”
“Not unless it’s been mentioned since we left them to go into your home.”
“Fuck,” she mutters as she plops down on the end of my bed and rubs at her forehead. “That’s going to be a shocker for them.”
I crawl out of Kyzen’s embrace and situate myself beside her. Her eyes beg for answers I don’t have, and that hurts my heart.
“Everything’s going to be okay. Two of the four over there are firmly committed to you already. Doren speaks of you as though he’s really been waiting his whole life to meet you. Sevryn is a jealous ass who would love nothing more than to knock them all out and have you to himself.”
That pulls a small laugh from her, and I smile as I pat her knee.
“It’ll be a learning curve with the other two and there’s nothing wrong with that. The first step is getting to know them.”
“Yeah, and what if they decide they’re not all that happy with having an Attendant as a Binder?”
My face grows deadly serious. The energy in the entire room shifts, even from my men, and she squirms in her spot.
“Then I will fuck them up. There isn’t a thing wrong with being an Attendant, Yemi. It doesn’t make you less than by any means. I truly hate that’s what the Godsdawn has made you believe, but I will do whatever I can to make you see otherwise.”
