Page 42 of Stone Seduction
“I wanna smash something.” I tugged at my bracelet.
“Take a deep breath. Wait, now my phone’s ringing.” He answered. “Boss? Yeah, he’s up. I’m with him now. I’ll pass you over.” He handed me the phone. “It’s Carissa.”
I took it, ready to unleash a tirade of what-the-fuckery at her. “What’s the meaning of this, boss?”
“I sent the schedule in error,”she answered quickly.“I’m so sorry. I specifically left Billy off the call list. This is Seth’s doing. I’ll fix it.”
Seth. Seth. Seth.
Fuck! Poking me again, testing my patience.
“But Billy’s team leader is now giving me an earful for being picky, and your sister’s giving me hell in your defense.”
Shout out to the older sibling for always fighting in my corner.
“I will fix this,”Carissa reiterated.“Don’t worry. I’d never expect you to work together.”
A mistake, eh? Whatever. Right now, I didn’t care about the excuses, only getting out of here. The tower’s walls were closing in, irrespective of me technically being outside.
Need out.
Need out.
“I can’t talk right now,” I said, handing the phone back to Dane.
I heard Carissa shouting, blocked her out as I vaulted over the balustrade, and unleashed my wings. The robe tore open, not designed to withstand the changes in my body like my red leather.
Oh, well. Let me be naked.
“Asher!” Dane cried.
I left him behind, soaring through the air, making a beeline for the sea. I passed a patrol, ignoring the questioning calls, aiming for…I had no idea. I just wanted to fly, to be free of all of it.
Not free of Luke. Never him. If I could, I’d fly back to get him and take him somewhere hot and beachy and romantic. Live a quiet life, leave the lie back in Brinecrest. If we were somewhere far away, the lie didn’t have to exist. Isn’t that how it worked when fleeing the truth? Reject the reality?
Nope.
A hard, steel-clad nope.
I landed outside the lighthouse, the morning already bright. Seemed like it was going to be a sunny, crisp day.
Whatever.
I stared up at the white building, enjoying the relative serenity of being at the end of the peninsula with the waves.
Dane landed beside me and stood with me for a few minutes before speaking.
“Want to go inside and make yourself less naked?”
I turned to face him. “You’ve seen my balls plenty of times.”
“Never in the morning light.”
I snorted. “Idiot.”
“We’re not packing your stuff, though. I’ve got plans with Tom. You’re not crapping on them.”
I snorted again. “Wouldn’t dream of it. Anyway, I forgot the key.”
