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Kane reached over to rub the back of my neck. “I’m amazed what goes through that deified head of yours sometimes.”
“I wish she had more control over her gifts. She’d be a hell of an asset for this town.”
He glanced at me. “I could say the same about you.”
I stiffened. “My gifts are different. In my case, the risks far outweigh the benefits.”
“Only because that’s what you’ve been telling yourself your whole life.”
Not just me. Pops. Matilda, the Night Mallt.
I shifted in the seat to face him. “Melinoe is darkness. Nightmares. The dead. Tell me, how would unleashing all that on Fairhaven be an asset?”
“Children used to leave little statues of you next to their beds to protect them from nightmares. You aren’t the nightmare, Lorelei. Not if you don’t wish to be.”
I didn’t wish to be. I didn’t wish for any of this, but I was stuck with my goddess powers, for better or worse—and I desperately wanted to keep those scales tipped in favor of better. If that meant denying parts of myself, then so be it.
CHAPTER 9
Sian was thrilled with the list of Sarahs, as well as the quality of timber and leftover chili. “An excellent bounty. Shall we make a start on the list?”
I didn’t think it was wise to leave sweet Sian to his own devices. He was a little too wet behind the pointy fae ears to deal directly with the humans of Fairhaven. Fairies with generational experience like Sage and her grandmother blended in far more easily, whereas Sian would be more like Socrates wandering around the San Dimas mall.
“Why don’t I heat up the chili for you and then we’ll talk?”
“I am excited to try it.”
My phone trilled in my hand, and I snapped it to my ear. “Hello?”
“Lorelei, it’s Anna.”
“Can’t West make his own calls?”
“I’m not calling from his phone.”
The tone of her voice set my teeth on edge. I left Sian in the kitchen and walked into the foyer to speak in private.
“What’s up?”
“Thought you should know I told West what you did to me at Monk’s that first night we met.” There was a slight tremble in her voice as she said the words.
“Why would you do that?”
“I told you before, my alpha is my priority. Once you became a threat, he deserved to know.”
“Why did I become a threat? I’m trying to help you.”
“No one asked you to get involved. Your meddling is going to make things worse.”
So her response was to drive a wedge between us by playing on West’s fears about me. Anna had to be more afraid of the threat those wolves presented than she was of me. That was the only reason she’d break her silence.
“West didn’t seem to mind my meddling when it benefited the pack.”
“He won’t want it anymore. You can be sure of that.”
“I’ll bear that in mind the next time one of you shows up on my doorstep begging for assistance.”
“I would rather die first.”
