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I touched Damien’s arm. “She says sorry. She didn’t mean to scare you.”
“I’m not—” he started, denying any kind of fear. But then he stopped himself and nodded. “Just a little more warning next time would be nice.”
Turning to face Thalia’s general direction, he waved. “Hi…Thalia,” he greeted in a suddenly hoarse voice. “I miss you.”
When he slowly held out his hand in front of him, Thalia stepped close and wrapped both of hers around his fingers. I could tell the exact moment he could feel the contact; he sucked in a deep breath and his face went red with emotion.
“Ireallymiss you,” he grated out, and two tears chased each other down his cheek. “Nothing’s the same without you around.”
“Dammit,” Thalia moaned and pulled her hands away, turning her attention to me so she couldn’t see him anymore. “I can’t talk to him. It’s just going to ruin my makeup.”
I shook my head, frowning slightly. “How is it evenpossibleto ruin your makeup?”
Thalia sent me a sharp frown. “Shut up.” Then, she blew out a long sigh and sent me a forgiving stare. “I haven’t seen you around,” she admitted softly. “I was beginning to wonder if you were still of the living or not after that last visitor was here.”
“Oh!” I said. “Yeah, I’m sorry. I’m fine. I guess I should’ve let you know I’ve been staying with Damien since then, but… Honestly, I thought you were gone.”
I bit my lip, hoping she didn’t freak out about the fact that I was dating her brother.
“I’m going to be moving out of here permanently today,” I added hesitantly, “so I can move in with him.”
For the longest moment, Thalia didn’t react; just blinked at me. Finally, Damien tipped his face my way and whispered, “How’s she reacting?”
“How am I reacting?” Thalia repeated before her face lit up with excitement. She threw open her arms wide as if to hug me, but she didn’t take a step closer. “I’m freaking the fuck out,” she said and laughed. “But, yay… It’s about damn time.” Then she winked. “Told you we’d end up being sisters.”
I grinned over at Damien. “She approves,” I started to report, only to realize what she’d just said. “But…wait.What?” I spun back to blink at her. “Oh my goodness. You reallydidsay that. The first day we met. I didn’t think you were beingliteralthough.”
Thalia rolled her eyes. “Well, obviously.”
“But… How did you know?” I shook my head, utterly confused. “I hadn’t evenmethim yet. Oh my God, can you see the freakingfuture?”
Dude, that would be so handy if—
Thalia scoffed, ruining my grand plans to make a fortune from her abilities. “Of course not. Don’t be weird.”
Right. Because being able to see and communicate with dead people was completely natural and normal… But thinking they had any kind of foresight was just plain crazy.
Sure.
“I just see more than you living folk do,” she explained.
Which made me shake my head, utterly lost. “I don’t understand.”
“When I met you,” she started patiently, “I could see your soul, too. And it…” She closed her eyes and drew in a deep, fortifying breath as if refreshed. Then she reopened her lashes and smiled at me in approval. “It contains the missing pieces of my little brother that he needs to help him balance his life into becoming the best possible version of himself.”
“Wait. So you…” I glanced at Damien. He didn’t say anything, though his eyes were full of questions. Swallowing, I turned back to Thalia. “Are you saying… Damien’s mysoulmate?”
Thalia shrugged. “In a manner of speaking, I guess. Sure. We could call it that. I just knew that the two of you would mesh well together. In everything. And so… I had to make sure you at least met him.”
I lifted a confused eyebrow. “Excuse me?”
“I mean…” Thalia waved a hand in dismissal. “You were talking about needing a place to stayrightwhen you were walking bymyapartment, and you didn’t notice the very clear sign in the window. So, of course, I had to play some music in the hopes of catching your attention.”
“Wait…what?” My mouth fell open.
Thalia lifted her brows at me. “Be honest; did I pick a good enough song to draw you in or what?”
“I… I mean,yeah,” I uttered, trying to make sense of this. “Since it worked.”
