Page 125 of The Stone Secret
“Miss Basque, meet Jana Rune,” Serath said.
“Basque?” Jana stood straighter. “Our new elite-to-be. It’s so good to meet you. Best of luck with the trials, not that you’ll need it with Serath as a mentor.”
Had he been her mentor at one time? Had they fucked back then? Oh gods, I needed to get out of here.
I stood up quickly and fixed a warm smile on my face. “Lovely to meet you too.” I blasted Serath with the same smile, cheeks aching from holding it. “Thank you for showing me this place. It was kind of you. I should get back to the others.”
“I’ll walk you,” Serath said.
“No need.” I waved him off. “I’m sure you have better things to do.” I walked away before I could lose my shit and claw out the poor, unsuspecting female’s eyes or bawl out my own.
The world blurred, hot tears of anger and frustration stinging my lids.
“Cameron! Hey!” A hand fell on my shoulder, and for one stupid moment I thought it was Serath, but it was Orix looking at me with concern. “Ah, shit.” He put his arm around my shoulder and tucked me into his side. “Where’s Serath?”
“Jana found us.”
“Ah…”
“I’m so fucking pathetic.”
“No. No you’re not. This situation is pathetic.” He gave me a sideways hug.
“Can we…” I swallowed back a sob. “Can we please go home?”
“Sure we can. Let’s go find the others.”
CHAPTER50
TOURON
Jogging usually clears my head, but not today. Today the doubts won’t stop circling like vultures.
I know what I’m doing is dangerous because it can never lead to anything, but I can’t stop. I don’t want to.
She’ll have to put a stop to it. Until then, I’m all in.
Dammit. I’m all in.
“Lomax!” Curi jogs to catch up to me. “You seen Basque?”
He sounds relaxed and unfettered, and it pisses me off. “Why do you do that?”
“Do what?”
“Call her Basque when you want to call her Cam?”
“What?” He looks confused, but it’s a lie. He knows exactly what I mean.
“Look, I know you have feelings for her.”
Curi stops and draws me to halt. “What crawled up your ass and died?”
I’m being a bastard. He doesn’t deserve it. “I’m sorry. Bad day.” I’m a mess.
Curi studies me through narrow, speculative eyes. “Who is she? One of the omegas? Did you guys hook up after the moon? You know it’s allowed. You don’t have to hide it.”
“It’s not…I’m not…Shut up and mind your own business.”
