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“Don’t be ridiculous, Harm. Besides, we can keep a better eye on you if you’re up here,” Talon states, leaning back in his seat as he tilts his head at her inquisitively.
Harmonia’s mouth moves repeatedly but nothing comes out. Huh, it’s nice to see her speechless for once. When she clears her throat, pursing her lips, she places her fork on the now-empty plate before her.
“Last night, Malik slept against the door to make sure I didn’t escape. I have a feeling that you would be sleeping much closer in comparison.”
Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding.
Fuck, it feels like she knows this guy too well. Time may have passed, but certain things haven’t changed. Talon throws his head back, laughter tumbling from his mouth as he playfully slaps the table. Somehow, that simple move seems to ease the tension that was rising in the air around us, even managing to deflate my anger a little too.
“What’s the matter, Harm? Worried I might bite?” He snaps his teeth, continuing to chuckle as he eyes her mischievously. She just rolls her eyes in response.
“I’ve faced far worse than a small nip of your teeth, Talon.” I can’t tell what she means by that statement with the tone of her voice, but the slight wrinkle on her nose tells me there’s more than what rests on the surface there with her. Before I can consider delving deeper, Talon claps his hands, rising from his seat and circling around to Harmonia’s side of the table.
“Then it won’t be a problem, will it? You can stay with me tonight, and we can rotate.” He gently squeezes her shoulders as she glares up at him.
“I’m not a toy to pass around,” she grumbles, and I think the annoyance that Talon just claimed her for the night gets the better of me. If it’s not for that reasoning, then I don’t know what the fuck it is, but it controls the words that come out of my mouth next.
“Aren’t you?” The room goes still, Talon and Malik both shooting glares at me immediately. But once again, Harmonia looks down at the table instead of meeting my gaze. I don’t know whether it kills me or reminds me what a cold-hearted bitch she really is, but either way, it only encourages me. “Remember, Harmonia, we brought you here because we could. You knew that the second you agreed to the deal to save your friend.”
Rising from the table, I dust invisible lint off my pristine white shirt as I continue to stare her down.
“I did, but I thought there would be a level of understanding for the bigger picture here. I didn’t expect to become some prisoner kept in a cell with no food or drink,” she bites, still not looking up.
“What understanding did you expect, Harmonia? You never wanted to be here, to be with us.” My bitterness is clear in my tone as I push my stool under the countertop.
I watch as her hands clench together and she shakes her head with a scoff. “I never said that.” Her words are firm, her confidence radiant, but it does nothing except make me sneer in response.
“That’s irrelevant now. The choice has been taken out of your hands either way. Now all you can do is get comfortable.” I start heading for the door, needing to get the fuck away from all of this bullshit before it consumes me.
We run a smooth operation as the Furies, and her arrival doesn’t help the issues we’re currently dealing with. Sitting around here having petty arguments that aren’t going to change anything are pointless at this stage.
Just as I reach the door, her voice reaches my ears, halting me in my tracks.
“My friends need me, Alexi. There’s a fucking war coming and me being here isn’t going to help them.” The pleading is clear, but irrelevant.
This time, I opt to keep my eyes turned away, not wanting to feel more disappointment at her not looking my way. “There’s worse shit going on that we have to handle as Furies, Harmonia. Worrying about your safety doesn’t need to be an added task,” I grunt, hearing the frustrated sigh that passes her lips as I continue to move, not daring to look back.
