Page 122 of Eye of the Hurricane
Luna runs over to us and grabs Katherine’s arms.
“Did you know?”
“No, Ares didn’t tell me until I was getting ready.”
“I got some cryptic text from Sebastian telling me he needed to stop by my house. Which was like… Hella weird since we hardly know each other. I had no idea what to expect. Once he showed up in a suit though, I had an idea. Although, I still didn’t really know until he told me.”
“Ravyn should be here any minute. Ares said Beck was the one sent to retrieve her.”
“Poor Beck. I know he’s scared of her,” Sebastian adds. We all laugh but it’s true.
“Actually, I should probably call him and make sure he doesn’t need help with that,” I say, stepping away from the group to make the call.
“Do you have Ravyn?” I ask.
“We’re in the car. Running a little late because she wouldn’t even get ready until she knew what was going on. Something about not taking demands from men being one of the perks of being a lesbian.” He sighs. “We’ll still be there before Audra and Roman though. Promise.”
“Just making sure.” We get off the phone and I make my way back over to the group. Katherine’s hand instinctually wraps in mine and Sebastian drops his eyes to our hands. He doesn’t say a word, he just smiles to himself.
“Sebastian, how’s it been having Katherine with The Sea Dragons?” I ask.
“It’s been great. Probably the only one out there as great as Mateo. Also, you guys know you can call me Bas, right?” he asks, looking at all of us.
“I’m still fighting the urge to call you Defenseman Sebastian Riley. I’ll work on it though,” Katherine says with a giggle.
We’re cut off by Ravyn stomping over and grabbing me by my ear.
“I could kill you right now. You knew and didn’t tell me?”
“Brother’s orders,” I shrug. “Plus, you knew he got the ring. You just didn’t know when.” Luna and Katherine’s mouths fall open and they whip their heads to Ravyn.
“You knew he got the ring?” they ask in unison.
“Oh, did you see a bus coming by?” Ravyn asks, sticking a hand on her hip.
“I did actually and I know how much you love them so I figured might as well toss you under it,” I say with a smile. She reaches an arm up, flicking my forehead.
“Okay, okay. Break it up. They’re outside.” Beck scolds, separating us. We step apart and she gives me a dirty look.
Roman and Audra finally walk in and they’ve both got on giant smiles bright enough to light up the entire hall. Everyone cheers when they walk in. Audra wipes tears from her eyes.
There’s a whole line of people waiting to hug them both but I manage to be the first one to hug my brother.
“I’m really happy for you,” I tell him, patting his shoulder.
“Thank you.”
“I’ll let everyone else congratulate you. I’ll catch you later, yeah?” He gives me a stiff nod and I move out of the way. I’mnow waiting my turn to hug Audi. All of the girls go ahead of me and her mom, Liz.
“Come here,” I say, yanking her into my arms. She immediately starts crying again. “I’m so happy for you. I’m sorry I ever made you feel like this was something you had to keep from me. I know better now. I know this is the best thing,” I whisper to her. She looks up at me with teary eyes and I wipe them.
“You going soft on me now that you’re in love?” she asks with a smile.
“What do you know?”
“I know that I’ve seen you go through a bunch of hookups and relationships over the years and I’ve never seen you look at someone like that.”
“Like what?”
