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ng a soft kiss against her head. She glanced over at her sisters and saw the sad smile on Bex’s face, which almost made her feel bad about how she was being with Felix. She opened her mouth to speak, but Bex held up a hand to silence her.
“Don’t. My turn will come. Who am I to deny you what we all want.” Her smile spread a little more, becoming more genuine. Mia relaxed a little more into Felix who squeezed her closer.
“What do you mean what we need to do about Mia’s date?” Faye asked, looking Felix up and down as she did. Probably sizing him up. “And what are you?”
“Faye, don’t be rude,” Bex admonished, finally slipping back into elder sister mode and chastising Faye. Mia hid a snigger in Felix’s shoulder.
“I’m a dryad.”
“You didn’t have to tell her,” Bex said, and Mia felt Felix shrug from her position tucked into him.
“Makes no difference to me. I’m sure that Mia would have told you.”
“See,” Faye said, and Mia could imagine her sticking her tongue out in response. Though she imagined Faye had just about held back. Mia untucked herself, there was no way she could stay hidden inside Felix’s arm when there was a potential mess of her making about.
“Now what about Skyler?” she asked Felix, looking up into his concerned looking eyes.
“Who is Skyler?” Bex whispered to Faye.
“Her date I think. You know the blond man she’s been ignoring the entire night?” Bex nodded, and Mia threw a glare at the two of them. Though she guess it was true. She had been ignoring Skyler all night, but that was hardly her fault. She’d met her mate, that was always going to overtake any other obligation.
“Yes, Skyler’s my date. Yes, I gave him a love potion,” Mia said off hand. They should at least know the truth.
“You did what?” Bex sounded horrified.
“I gave him a love potion. Because for some reason I’ve been mooning over him for months but not actually getting anywhere.”
“Except I’m pretty sure the love potion hasn’t worked. When did you last give it to him?” Felix asked as he stroked her lower back soothingly.
“This morning sometime, before I went to get ready with Bex,” she said having thought back over the events of the day.
“And before that?” Faye asked.
“Last night. I took a cup of coffee out to him while he was gardening.”
“He was gardening?” Felix raised an eyebrow as he asked.
“Yes. Why do you think I liked him, he was in the garden almost every day...oh.”
“Oh?” Bex asked.
“I think she’s just realised that he was in the garden every day for just this reason,” Felix answered.
“So he’s known that I like the outdoors since the beginning?” Mia asked softly, worried about what that meant. Her affinity for potions, and the natural ingredients that created them, had meant that Mia had always loved being outside, though not the actual getting dirty that gardening entailed. She glanced up at Felix, she guessed it made sense that she liked the outside if fate had always had a dryad in mind for her.
“I suspect so,” Felix said. “And I don’t think you love potion worked.”
“But Mia’s potions always work. She’s always been the best at them.” Faye looked confused, and Mia offered her a weak smile.
“I think there’s more at work here. I overheard Robert talking to Skyler.”
“Oh no.” Bex’s eyes widened and the blood rushed from her face. Mia watched in amazement as her mate and her sister held each other’s gaze, something important passing between them.
“You know don’t you?”
She nodded slowly. “I suspected.”
“And you married him anyway?” Felix asked.
