“She’ll be fine,” Shade replied. “Our mate will be, too, by the way. In case you were wondering.” The hint of annoyance in histone created a tense atmosphere that caused the hairs along my arms to stand.
“Are you trying to imply that I can’t see, Shadow?”
“No, I’m suggesting you redirect your concern to the right female, Zephyrus. You know, the one who is ourmate.”
“Say that a little louder,” Kols snapped.
“Is that a dare?” Shade countered. “Because you know I will. Unlike you two idiots, I’ve embraced my destiny. Perhaps you should try it.”
“Or I could undo it,” I muttered, more to myself than to them.
Shade froze against me, the air chilling in the room. “What did you just say?”
Right. Time to tell the boys my thoughts on this whole mating business. As we were all together, why not now? It’d already been one heck of a day. Might as well end it with a bang.
I pulled away from Shade so I could see all three of the males bound to my life and cleared my throat.
“I said that I could just undo it.” They all gaped at me as if I’d lost my mind. “What? I’m a Quandary Blood, right? Redirecting power is apparently my thing. Why not apply that logic to the bonds and sever them?”
Chapter Twelve
ZEPH
Ice drilled through my veins.“Absolutely fucking not.”
Aflora blinked up at me in surprise. “Excuse me?”
“No. The answer isno.” I’d claimed her. Planned or not, she was fucking mine, and I wouldn’t allow her to undo it now.
She bristled at my tone, some of her inner fire climbing into her gaze. “No?” she repeated. “No?I’m pretty sure that’s not your call to make.”
“I’ll just bite you again,” Shade interjected, sounding bored already by the discussion. But I caught the hint of hurt in his icy gaze. He very much disliked this line of thought. For once, I agreed with him.
Kols, however, remained quiet.
I glanced at him, expecting to see rage but catching a glimmer of intrigue instead. “You can’t possibly be considering this,” I told him.
“It’d solve a lot of problems,” he admitted with a shrug.
“Yes, it would solve several problems,” Aflora agreed as she stood on shaking legs.
“And create a thousand more,” I inserted, folding my arms.
Kols gave me a look I knew well. The one that told me he was up to something. Then he returned his focus to Aflora. “Can youundo the Earth Fae bond?” he asked, the question making me realize his intent.
He wanted to test her resolve and see how far she’d go.
Which meant he didn’t actually want to dismantle the bond.
Thank fuck for that.
We didn’t go through all this bullshit just to undo it.
The bonds existed for a reason. If Aflora fractured our ties, she’d implode, and none of us would allow that to happen to her. She belonged to us. End of discussion.
“Um.” She winced, causing me to narrow my gaze.That, right there, told me she didn’t actually want to do this. Something else was driving her to suggest this insanity. “I’m not sure, but I’m going to try.”
“No, you’re not,” I replied, done with this conversation. “You’re not going to do anything.”
