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“So he’s not going to be with you,” Vi pointed out.
“Could the bond restart again, Eli?” Randa asked. “Since it didn’t seal last time?”
He looked up again, his forehead creasing for a moment. “I’m not sure.”
That made my chest hurt a little.
“I’m going to stay long enough to figure it out,” I told the girls. “If he wants to walk away from me, that’s fine. But if he doesn’t, I’m not leaving either.”
“Being the person who cares more never works out,” Vi warned.
“How do you know I’m the one who cares more?”
“August isn’t here. You are.”
“He would be here if he had the choice,” I said. It was what Eli had told me—and what I desperately hoped was true.
“Elodie is old enough to make her own decisions,” Randa said, reaching over to squeeze my hand. I gave her a small smile. “Let’s talk about something else. Like jobs. I got a job offer a few days ago.”
My eyes widened. “You did? And you didn’t tell me?!”
“You were sleeping off weeks of sex!”
“Valid point. Tell me everything,” I ordered.
She smiled, launching into the story about her interview and everything that had come after.
They stayed for dinner before they finally headed home. Vi had work the next evening, and needed to run a few errands before she called it a night. Randa had to buy some things for her new job.
In the past, I would’ve probably gone with them.
In the present, I just wanted to curl up in my room, surrounded by August’s scent, and read a book or watch a movie.
I took a long shower after they were gone, then padded out to grab a snack. While I was in the kitchen, I heard Eli’s voice in the other room.
“How bad is he?”
How bad was who?
August?
I abandoned my snack idea and hurried across the house, stopping just outside Eli’s door.
There was a moment of pause before he responded to whoever was on the other line.
“How many days do they think it’ll take him to heal?”
My heart squeezed painfully.
Was August hurt?
“You need to get him out of there,” Eli finally said. “I know the thunder doesn’t want to let him go, but try to convince them.”
Another moment passed.
My heart pounded erratically.
Eli growled, “If it comes down to it, I’ll fly in there myself and convince him to abandon them. He’s better off banned from the mountains than dead in prison. I finally have Elodie convinced he’s coming back for her—I don’t want to have to break the news to her that he was fucking killed.”
