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“Then why are you doing it?”
“Because you matter to me.” My voice cracked. I sighed and looked away. “I’m no good at this.”
“At what, Kua?” His voice dipped, inviting and hopeful.
“Talking about my feelings.”
“I think you’re doing great,” he responded. “And it’s not like I have much experience with it either.”
“I guess that’s true.” I traced my fingers over his chest, but it felt different than it had before. I took a deep breath. “I’m not indifferent to you.”
He chuckled. “I believe you’ve been a little obvious about that.”
I bit my bottom lip, thinking back over everything from the last day or so. “Maybe. Kuk thinks...” I trailed off, unable to say the words.
“It doesn’t matter what your brother thinks,” Abrax responded. “It only matters what you think, and what you’re ready for.”
“I’m ready for you to be free from the Sons of Seth,” I responded.
“I wouldn’t mind that myself,” he murmured.
“I’ll make it happen.” I cupped his cheek in my hand.
“If anyone can, it’s you,” he responded. “But I’m going to worry about you every moment you’re in there.”
“I’ll be fine.”
From his expression, I could tell he wasn’t entirely convinced that it was going to be okay. But that wasn’t anything that could be helped. I’d be worried about the reverse was how things were going to happen.
“And somehow, we have to wait at least another forty-eight hours for this to be over,” he said.
“That’s okay, there are plenty of ways to pass the time,” I responded.
He raised an eyebrow. “Oh?”
“I have a lot of board games.”
He laughed. “That wasn’t where I saw you going with that one.”
“You’re injured, and even if Anise has helped, you need time to heal.”
“I’m feeling more than up to the task,” he murmured.
I laughed and put my hand flat on his chest. “Maybe tomorrow. But for tonight, you’re going to rest. And tell me what you want to eat so I can order it.”
“So cooking is where you draw the line?” he teased.
“Trust me, if I cooked for you, you’d understand. That’s not a skill I have.”
“Surprising.”
I shrugged. “All right, let me just feed Pattie, then we should get comfortable.” I went up on my toes and pressed a kiss against his lips before pulling away to sort out my snake.
It was only as I walked away that I realised how much I liked being so casual with him.
And that I had no idea what to actually do about that.
CHAPTER14
