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“I need all the deets,” Marissa’s voice chirped as she jumped out of Frankie’s office and into my path. She’d pulled her red hair up into a messy bun, making her blue eyes pop with her added excitement. “I can’t believe you got to touch Dominic Sato instead of me.”
Her cherubic, freckled face gawked at me in equal parts horror and amazement, and I almost laughed.
“That’ll teach you not to miss your VIP appointments.” I stepped around her. My bare, dirty feet ached as I walked, reminding me that shoes would have been nice on my impromptu jaunt through the city.
“Why do you look like a drowned squirrel?” her voice followed after me. “Did you go for a swim without me?”
I knew it was useless to try to ignore her, but exhaustion was creeping in fast. “No, I just needed a release.”
“Ew, that sounds like you orgasmed.”
Rolling my eyes, I descended the few steps into our underground haven. “All good there, thanks.”
“Ugh, I did not need to know that. But also, you’re a filthy liar. You haven’t had sex since…” her voice trailed off. “Wait, have you ever had sex?”
Finley swam to the front of his aquarium and blinked. Seeing us both walking around here at the same time was probably unusual. My sister and I were awake at completely different times of day, or night, in her case.
I stripped off my soggy clothes and dropped them on the ground before heading to the bathroom. “Yes, Riss, I have. Not that that’s any of your business.”
“Aren’t sisters supposed to be able to talk about this kind of stuff?”
“Not if you keep saying ‘ew’ and ‘ugh’ like a guppy.” I pulled the bathroom curtain closed in her face. I didn’t even have time to turn the shower on before she stomped her way in.
“That was rude, but whatever. Tell me about Dominic.” Marissa folded her arms across her voluptuous chest and leaned against the pedestal sink.
I would’ve been envious of her curves if I wanted the kind of attention she received. But I didn’t, so I was fine with the handful I had. More wasn’t always better.
“He came, we talked, he left. Now, can I shower in peace?” I tested the water with my hand. Perfectly cold.
“You’re wasting time delaying the inevitable, Bree. Give me the specifics.”
Sliding the shower curtain closed behind me, I stepped under the cold flow of water and breathed a sigh of relief. It would never get as cold as the depths I grew up in, but if this was the best I could get for now, I’d take it.
“Fine. He asked me out on a date. I said no, and he agreed to leave me alone. End of story.” There was only so much I could share with the oath-keeper binding me.
As the silence stretched on, I assumed she’d left, disappointed in one of my decisions yet again. Instead, the shower curtain flew to the side, and I stared at my sister’s shocked face with equally wide eyes.
“You did what?”
“You heard me. I’m not explaining it again.” I reached for the shampoo and started scrubbing it into my hair. The lavender scent was divine. This was one small benefit to the human world, though I’d never had to worry about my hair beneath the waves. In our true forms, salt water was more than enough.
“How can you be such an idiot?” she asked.
I blinked at her as bubbles ran down my cheeks. “Excuse me?”
“You know who he is, right? Like, not just Dominic Sato, but who the Satos are?”
Besides a family of billionaires? “Why would that even matter? I know enough to stay away.”
She shook her head, her expression incredulous. “The fact that you asked that means you have no idea.”
Unease crept through me, raising goosebumps. I closed my eyes and rinsed the bubbles out of my hair. “Again, why would I care? Nothing else is happening.”
Her chuckle echoed through the bathroom. “Sure it’s not. Do me a favor and Google him.”
The bathroom curtain slid shut.
She didn’t mean to use Google literally since most of the Gifted kind didn’t show up in human world searches. We made sure of that. But we did have our own forums and sites online, hidden like the dark web only with magic. Using non-Gifted terms made it easier to discuss these things in public.
