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“If you really need to know, I was with Luke and Rhett…at the same time,” I admitted.
I definitely saw a glimmer of amusement in his dark green eyes at this confession.
“But I didn’t end up having sex with Rhett. We just did…stuff,” I finished lamely, losing my nerve.
I glared at him, daring him to ask for more specifics about what kind of “stuff.”
“And that occurred…”
“Right after the Summer Ball,” I answered.
“I really need to get out of the M more,” he teased. “I’d heard that House Bellamy’s galas rivaled the High Court’s, but if I’d had any idea…”
I crossed my arms at him.
“Anyone else I should know about?” he asked again.
I thought about Jay. I would not share that secret with him. And there was even less proof than there was with Cass and Luke and Rhett that I had any influence over Jay’s powers.
“No,” I bit back.
“Well, unless you want to dostuffwith the entire Valencian army…” he said.
I stared daggers at him.
“No?” he chuckled, amused by himself. “I didn’t think so,” he said, tilting his head dismissively, like it had been a real possibility. “Okay, then we’re going to have to figure out how to tap into your magic.”
We?I wasn’t going to dostuffwith him either.
Seeing the look on my face, he retorted, “Relax, princess. I don’t need whatever magic you have between your legs to get my powers back. I still have mine,” he bragged. And to prove his point, he traveled to the other side of the rooftop and back in the blink of an eye.
I was burning with anger. I wasn’t ashamed of what I’d done with Cass. Or Luke. Or Rhett. But why did I have to do thiswith him?
“I wasn’t offering,” I retorted.
“Well, don’t rule it out just yet, princess,” he teased.
I groaned under my breath. He was never going to call me by my name.
“What does any of this have to do with me being a senior counselor for House Heroux?” I asked.
“Your first priority as senior counselor for this House is to learn how to use your magical abilities. Youwilltrain with me. And if we are successful on this first task, then senior counselor to House Heroux can mean whatever you want it to mean. The resources of this House will be at your disposal,” he promised.
Disbelief roiled through my body. If he truly meant what he said, then I had bargained for much more than a promotion as senior counselor to High Heroux. I could do anything I wanted, become anyone I wanted, with the resources he offered. It was an opportunity I could not have even come up with in my dreams.
“But until then, princess, you’re my magical guinea pig. And one way or another, I’m going to figure out how to get that magic out of you,” he said resolutely.
There it was. He didn’t care about me. He just wanted to find a way to use whatever magic he thought I had.
18
Alarie
“Come home with me for a few days,” Cass implored. He kissed my lips and then my neck, and I felt myself softening to whatever he wanted.
“I don’t know, Cass,” I replied reluctantly, trying very hard to think of reasons to get out of the trip and not be distracted by the line of kisses he made down my neck.
“Come on, Mand. Don’t be that way. It’ll be fun.” His lips lingered on my skin with a promise of better things to come.
