Page 56 of Stone Seduction
“Asher?”I returned, the amulet warm against my chest.
“Hey.”
“Ohmygod!Should I pinch myself?”
My darker side took a seat.
“No need, Lukey.”
Lukey. I liked that.“Are you okay?”
“Getting there.”He explained the healing bath and his sister being here.“Can’t wait for you to meet her.”
Butterflies went wild in my belly.
“How are you?”he asked.
I gave him the brief version.
He growled, the sound equal parts scary and delicious.“If you get hurt, he gets his nuts slammed in a vice.”
Wow. Swallowing a cackle took some serious effort.
“Knobhead. Knobhead. Knobhead.”
“Hard agree from this corner,”I said.
“How did we get to this point? Stuck under Seth’s thumb?”
“I can handle it,”I said, injecting some cheer into my tone.“Maybe this really will help me get a handle on things. Help with the inevitable showdown with Ember.”
My declaration caught me by surprise. Though it might scream obvious, I hadn’t really sat with the reality of my situation. Which brought on a horrific idea…
Maybe Sethdidhave my best interests at heart.
Yikes. How grim.
“I want to hug you,”I said, full of pining.
“Tonight. I promise.”
“I’ll make us a cocktail. We’ll catch up. God! Anyone would think we’d been apart for a month or two.”
“Feels like it. I’m so bored without your face.”
I couldn’t hide the next laugh, bringing on a coughing fit.
Oh, crap.
Seth clocked our secret conversation straight away. “Enough. Take the amulet off.”
“I better go,”I told Asher.
A growl, a sigh.“Bollocks.”
“I know. Bye.”
“See ya.”
