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The selkies turned to look at her, one with a smile, the other with a glare. It seemed Macey wasn't the only one with jealousy issues.
"Everything okay?" Rónán asked.
"Yes. But we need your advice on something back at the hut." She smiled sweetly, hoping he'd get the message and that it would annoy Cara. Two birds with one stone and all that jazz. Or maybe she should use two seals with one stone. Though that did sound unnecessarily violent.
"You do?" He cocked his head to the side, a puzzled look on his face.
"Yes, urgently." She tried to put as much of an explanation into her eyes as possible, but worried he hadn't known her long enough to pick up on that.
Indecision warred over his face before he nodded. "Okay, coming.
Thank you for your time, Cara."
"We weren't done," the female selkie protested.
"Yes, we were," Rónán replied. "I'll see you later." He turned away from the woman and closed the distance between him and Macey.
"You okay?" she asked him when he was close enough for her to whisper to.
"Yes. Are you? What's the problem?"
"Not here," Macey whispered, grabbing his hand and pulling him away from Cara's hut.
When they were far enough away for it to be safe, Macey pressed his necklace into his hand. Rónán's eyes widened in disbelief. "Is it? It is!" Joy lit up his face as he opened his palm and studied the necklace. "Thank you." He looked at both Macey and Jared with clear wonder on his face.
"You're welcome," Macey replied, going up on her toes and giving him a swift kiss.
"You're part of the team," Jared added. "We protect the team." He shrugged as if that was all there was to it and Macey supposed that was true.
"Even so, thank you," the selkie said.
"We should probably get going though. I don't want to even consider what Cara will do when she discovers it gone."
"Where even was it?" Jared asked.
"In her bed," Macey replied.
The incubus let out a hearty chuckle. "The one place Rónán would never have gone willingly."
"Too damn right, I wouldn't," Rónán muttered darkly while slipping the necklace over his head so it settled on his chest. He sighed with relief.
"Now...to the others?" Jared prompted.
"Yes, to the others," Macey acknowledged.
"About time," Flint called as they approached the stone building. "I was starting to get worried."
"No you weren't," Jared countered. "It's barely been an hour."
"That's still long enough," Cam said. "We should probably get going."
"I agree." Macey glanced over her shoulder, still half expecting to see Cara storming towards them with a murderous look on her face. "Does anyone actually know where we should be going next?"
"Wherever the Mahoun is?" Amber suggested.
"If that means the Keep then count me out," Macey replied. "But do we really want to go into the Staran and ask them to take us to Mahoun? I can come up with a dozen reasons why that's a terrible idea."
The others thought for a moment.
