Which is unlikely.
Everyone looks at Rast in surprise.
Rast’s eyes, however, are on me. “I wanted you to know how sorry I am, and that my promise is a genuine one.” He swallows thickly and glances away. “I know that you’re more than capable of kicking my arse, but I don’t want you to fear me.”
Oh.
It’s obvious how sorry he is, and I can see that his reaction to what happened and the way that he is trying to fix it has earned him the respect of the guys.
I get up and move over to Rast, wrapping my arms around him.
This time I don’t have to wait for him to hug me back, he pulls me closer immediately.
“I’m not scared of you, Rast,” I tell him. “I forgive you. You weren’t going to hurt me, I know that. All you did was get so close to me thatI could’ve kissed you, and to be fair, that was what I was going to try next.”
I feel Rast inhale sharply, “You were going to kiss me?”
The guys all burst out laughing at the absolute shock in his tone, and I smile as the tension starts to dissipate.
There’s just one last thing that I want to make sure that he knows, “I would have never asked you to make such an oath.”
“I know,” Rast replies, his breath ruffling my hair. “That’s why I made it.”
“The way that it happened was the only way that Nico would have been brought back,” Zev says. “And it was important that he was brought back because he was never supposed to die.”
“He wasn’t?” I ask, as I pull back from Rast and he hesitates in letting me go.
“We need to fill you in on some things,” Khaos says. “Why don’t you go and take a seat back on the bed and we will fill you in on everything that you’ve missed.”
I nod and turn back to the bed. “I have some things to tell you guys as well, actually.” I stop as I get a good look at the room. “Wait a fucking second, are we in Ignatius place? Did we go backward somehow?” I groan dramatically, “More walking.”
Reaper shakes his head, “We’re in Ignatius’ place, but we haven’t gone backward. When we mentioned that we needed a place to rest for the night, we turned a corner, and there this place was.”
“That’s so cool,” I grin as I settle on the bed.
Poca settles on one side of me, Fluffy on the other. Meri is on Poca’s back still, sleeping as usual, and Oryn is perched on the windowsill.
The guys all take seats around the room, and at the end of the bed where there’s space, and then they fill me in on everything that happened. I have to say that it's surprising how quickly they’ve all taken to Nico, but he’s not hard to like. I mean, he makes several jokes while they’re filling me in, and he seems to bounce off Loki really well.
Once they’re done, I start filling them in on what I find out in the dream.
“Whoa, your mum is a Fate?” Nico asks.
I nod, “Yep. I’m ignoring that piece of information, if I’m being honest, because I don’t know how to even begin to deal with it.”
“I’m not surprised,” Nico mutters.
I glance at Hades and smirk, “Monty’s still pissed at you.”
“Why would Monty be pissed at Hades?” Rast asks, now fully caught up on the whole messy situation.
“Because we’re friends, they’re actually some of my closest friends,” Hades replies with a sigh. “I have a silencing spell put on me, so I can’t tell Farren certain things until she finds them out when she’s supposed to.”
“Oh, so you’re dating his daughter,” Nico chuckles. “Yeah, I get why he’s pissed. That’s hilarious actually.”
“I’m glad the threat to my life is funny to you,” Hades retorts with a slight smile, but Nico doesn’t look repentant at all, his smile just widens.
“Oh, come on, you know that they would never hurt you. They wouldn’t risk pissing off Farren,” Storm grins.
