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He doesn’t hesitate or make me feel weird about it.

Volik Vadas shakes my hand. “You must be very strong. Or the fates would not have joined you to my brother.”

Vameer huffs as we release hands. “Of will and stubbornness.”

I poke him in the side.

Volik smiles even wider. “I am happy to see you so happy.” I glance up to see a matching smile on Vameer’s face, making me melt into his side. “Though,” Volik sighs. “I was really looking forward to being bigger than you for once.”

Vameer’s smile turns into a smirk. “Just be glad you found your other half first. Imagine if you were still as tiny as you used to be.”

Volik rolls his eyes. “Still cocky.” Then he places his hand on Nix’s back. “This is my mate, Nix. Fleur, this is Vameer.”

“It’s—” Nix starts. But then the door behind them opens.

And Vameer’s gravito bursts into existence. Forming a dome of dark smoke over the four of us.

Chapter 70

Volik

“Uh, Volik?” Henry’s voice is muffled from the other side of Vameer’s power.

I place a hand on Vameer’s shoulder. “Brother. That is Henry. He is a shifter and a friend. And the dean here.”

Vameer nods slowly. “He did the interview with you.”

It is more of a statement than a question, but I still agree. “Da. Have you seen it?”

“Da.” He mimics me, like he used to always do.

I breathe in the storm that is my brother and squeeze his giant shoulder. “I missed you.”

His throat works on a swallow, and that storm cloud scent sharpens with emotion. “I⁠—”

He might still be bigger than me, but he is not that much bigger. So, I shake him. “No more apologies.”

Vameer sighs. Then dips his chin.

“Should I go, or…?” Henry is still on the other side of Vameer’s wall of gravito. And I do not blame him for not trying to touch it.

It is vibrating with intensity.

And feels almost… feral.

I shake Vameer’s shoulder again. “He is your friend now too.”

My chest warms as I watch my brother hug his mate tighter against his side.

Then the barrier around us evaporates.

Chapter 71

Henry

Volik doesn’t reply when I say his name.

I’m slightly tempted to reach out and touch the dark wall of gravito, but something stops me.