Page 92 of Stone Seduction
“Indeed. Because of the suppressant.”
“Maybe.”
If I’d been hit with this news while fully active, things might have taken a deadlier turn. But I didn’t buy it.
Two halves united.
“When do I get to leave this room?” I asked, knowing he’d be vague.
Asher knew…
Seth’s phone buzzed. “Yes? Excuse me?” The confident timbre in his voice wobbled. “I’ll be right there.”
“What’s going on?”
He left the room.
Great. Welcome to painful silence, I guess.
TWENTY-FIVE
Asher
Ipaced the room, engulfed by anguish as dusk approached.
“Where have they taken him?” I said again and again, my sister trying to offer reassurances.
No amount of ‘he’ll be fine’ or ‘you’ll see him soon’ turned the dial down on my panic. We were dealing with Seth here, not some cute puppy.
I sensed Luke but couldn’t pinpoint his location in the tower. Yeah, they were blocking me, keeping me from my mark.
My mark. Not theirs. They didn’t get to set the agenda here.
“Pissingbollockingshit!”
“You’re making me dizzy, Cookie.” Eden jumped in front of me.
I blinked at her, wringing my hands. “I won’t stop until he’s with me again.”
“He will be. I promise.”
The waterworks kicked off again, exhaustion pulling at me like a hundred anchors.
My sister stepped closer, catching the tears pissing all over my reputation. I never cried. Ever. These were for Luke, though. A testament to how much I cared for him, wanted him.
By the gods.
“Everything will be okay,” she whispered, pulling me into a hug.
Bollocks. I broke down, clinging to her, unable to take it anymore. The helplessness and the toxic sense of failure clung to me like poison ivy.
“I wanna be better,” I whimpered into the crook of her neck.
“This isn’t on you.” She patted my back. “You’re doing the best you can. Never forget that.” She kissed the side of my head.
I failed to see the light. Things were getting out of hand, my part in this redundant. A liar and a flop, nothing more.
“I think you need to meditate,” Eden suggested.
