He glances over with a grin I immediately want to smack off his face. “Immensely. Locklyn owes me five bucks.”
My jaw drops. “You bet on whether or not I have real feelings for Haven?”
“Keeps the marriage interesting,” he says without a hint of shame.
“Unbelievable. Well, I’m glad I can provide entertainment for you both.”
Talon chuckles and the urge to punch him ramps up. “In all seriousness though, I get you’re in a bit of a tough spot. Have you talked with Haven about how you feel?”
“A little,” I hedge.
She doesn’t know the depth of my feelings. I didn’t want to scare her off, and besides, she has enough on her plate right now with a demon keen to suck her powers in order to take over the world and all that. But there’s no way she doesn’t know I’m into her.
Right?
I remember the look on her face when I left with Talon, and unease trickles through me.
Something is up with her, but I don’t know what. Maybe she’s upset that we haven’t made our relationship public. I assumed she didn’t want to put it out there yet, but maybe I was wrong. Maybe she’s mad at me for keeping it a secret.
I should have had a conversation with her before I left, but there wasn’t an opportunity. She was impossible to get alone. If I didn’t know better, I’d say she was avoiding me. But that makes zero sense. Everything was fine this morning.
“And how does she feel about your history with Locklyn?” Talon says, cutting into my thoughts.
Guilt stabs my chest.
It’s not that I’ve been concealing that information, per se, but the timing never felt right.
“She doesn’t know,” I confess.
Talon’s head jerks toward me so fast the car swerves before he rights it again.
“She doesn’t know?”
“Do I really need to repeat myself?”
He lets out a low whistle. “The longer you keep that one a secret, the harder it’s going to bite you in the ass when she finds out.”
“Yeah,” I say, plowing my hand through my hair. This whole thing with Haven is a mess.
But it’s worth it, something inside whispers. And I agree.
“I don’t know how to bring up something like that,” I admit. “Haven kind of took me by surprise. It’s not like I planned it. And now that we’re in it . . .”
I pause, unsure if I want to go on.
Talon keeps quiet, waiting for me to make up my mind about how much I’m comfortable sharing.
Oh, to hell with it.
“I’m worried that if I tell her, I may lose her.”
My gut twists at the thought.
“You might,” Talon says with a nod.
“Thanks for the encouragement,” I grumble.
He glances at me out of the corner of his eye. “Let’s be honest, she’s not going to be happy when she finds out. Who would be? But it’s not like this is something that can stay hidden forever. It’s going to be a shock, but if what you have with Haven is strong, it’ll last.”
