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“I want to go home, but that doesn’t mean I can’t talk to you about the things that are bothering you. The bond has been flooded with your emotions all day and I thought it might help to get some of it out.”
“Once I help you find a way to break the bond, you don’t have to worry about my emotions.”
“Wait. Nowyouwant to break it?” I’m so confused. I mean, even with Edgar here, I still want to find a way home, but Orcus was the one who kept me in the cave and wouldn’t take me to find a way to get home that first day I was here. And then last night he was so sweet and gentle. Kind. Now he’s saying this. The signals are super confusing.
“You’re not safe here.”
“What changed from yesterday?”
“Everything.”
I growl and clumsily get to my knees in his hold and grab his left tusk.
His steps slow and he searches my face. “What?”
“I’m not doing this vague-booking bullshit. Tell me what’s going on like a grown adult, er, ogre.”
“Vague-booking?” His forehead crinkles.
I wave my hand. “A dumb thing that happens on Earth. My point still stands. Please, talk to me, okay? That’s all I’m asking.”
“You grab my tusks a lot.”
Oh shit. I do grab his tusks a lot, but they’re so grabbable. “Does that bother you?”
He doesn’t answer. I loosen my hold. He growls and displeasure cuts through my skin. I immediately grasp it again. A hum of approval emits from his chest, the sound like a giant kitten purring. Interesting. I twist my palm around his smooth tusk right below where the gold cuff is and he grunts, nostrils flaring.
“Unless you want me to set your friend down and fuck you on the side of the path, I suggest you stop.” Per the bond, he’s not lying.
“Wow, okay.” Note to self: Tusks are an erogenous zone. “We have to talk about the mixed signals though.” I release his tusk and settle back into his arms.
“What mixed signals?”
I scoff and lower my voice to imitate him. “You’re my mate. I don’t want a mate. My daddy is a big asshole who sent you here. You’re a witch. You’re not a witch. I don’t want to break the bond. I want to break the bond. Touch my tusk, don’t touch my tusk. Make up your mind, my dude.”
“I guess that could be a bit confusing,” he admits.
“A bit?”
He sighs. “Okay, maybe a lot.”
“I mean, I know that I have to go home, but what do you want?”
“Idowant a mate,” he says, catching me completely off guard. “It’s the issues with my father that complicate matters.”
“Him trying to force it on you?”
“That and what it means for me to finally have a mate.”
“What does it mean?”
“It means I’m ready to take the throne, but I don’t want to rule over the kingdom he’s made. I don’t want to deal with the furies. Did you know he’s the one that made them mad to begin with?” Orcus looks down at me.
My jaw drops.
“Daisy?”
I think maybe my brain is broken. “Did you saytake the throne?”
