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There was a brief silence.
So, what were you lying about earlier?She asked.You were really upset. My wolf was about to freak out.
I pressed my lips together.I was thinking about Mikey. I left him there, Aria. What kind of brother am I?
Oh, Sariel. You didn’t leave him there—he chose to stay there. You know that.
I know, but… it doesn’t feel like it. It feels like I abandoned him. Again.
He might be your little brother, but he’s still a grown man. Half-fallen angel, too. Now that he’s out from under Azazel’s thumb, he can take care of himself, especially with his Amazon of a girlfriend. Trust him that he knew what he was getting into, Sariel.
She’s right. Mikeywasan adult. It’d only been recently that he’d found his freedom, though, so I couldn’t help but worry whether he’d made an impulsive decision.
Just because Azazel was hounding him doesn’t mean that he didn’t form his own sense of self,she continued, as if reading my unspoken thoughts.He’s probably thought things through more than you give him credit for.
I forcefully settled myself.I know. You’re right.
There was another comfortable silence. When a thought later crossed my mind, I asked,Speaking of thinking things through, what do you want to happen someday?
If we make it out of this alive, you mean?She asked sarcastically.I want a cabin in some remote wilderness where no one will ever bother us again.
I huff out a laugh.Great idea.
I also…
She trailed off. After a few seconds, I gave her a nudge against our bond. That seemed to spark her into action, as she said,I also think it’d be nice if we could do regular couple things someday.
Regular couple things?
Yeah, you know. Like watch movies and eat pizza together, go on dates, and other stuff. This whole soulmate business… It's like we skipped over the “getting to know you” part and went straight to the “married” part. We’re inseparable now, but I’m kind of realizing that I don’t really know you that well, Sariel.
My angel and I stiffened a little.What do you mean?
Don’t freak out. It’s just— I don’t know small things about you. Your favorite food, your hobbies, your life outside of supernatural bullshit. We’ve just been going, going, going, and stressed the whole time we’ve been at it. I want there to be peace so that I can actually know who I’m fated to.
Oh. That’s fair.
Now that she’d mentioned it, I couldn’t name anything simple about her, either. Her favorite food, what she liked to do, any of that—it was all a mystery to me.
Settling down would be nice, but it seemed like everyone and everything was hellbent on making that as difficult as possible for us to do.
Johnny returned at this point. Instead of killing rabbits, he had robbed a human campsite of its supplies and returned with a sack full of protein bars, fruit snacks, drinks, and other ready-to-eat bags of food. It wasn’t the healthiest, but it was definitely better than nothing, which was what we’d had. No food had been provided in the fae rooms for us to pack before this, of course.
When he had curled up next to Marilyn without waking her and fallen asleep in turn, I said to Aria,I kind of do and don’t want to ask about your plans for kids.
After this shitshow of at least three different people wanting our firstborn for evil reasons, I kind of don’t want to think about it at all,she admitted.We would have to deal with all of them before we could safely have any, I think.
Despite the grim idea, I chuckled a little.But you do want some?
She glared at me.Only when that “black market” is dismantled so that people won’t try to hunt the kid down and sell them because of their hybrid status, Sariel.
Right again. Maybe this wasn’t that funny.
Also, I’m not even sure that I can have kids? Blossom said that she had total control over reproduction, but I don’t know if even that could have fixed sterility.
I stopped myself from spluttering.You think you’re sterile? Why?
Decades of wolfsbane use?she answered, sounding sheepish.
