Page 61 of Fangs
“Now,Bones.”
I glared at her, but she just took off running. Jax hesitated momentarily, then startled me by throwing his arms around my neck and giving me a quick hug that almost knocked me over.
“Hi, Bones,” he said with a shy smile as he pulled back. “Glad you’re awake.”
“Jax!” Raven barked from where she’d stopped and turned back.
He winced and took off after her. I stood there and watched them disappear, my stomach churning anxiously. What the fuck was that about?
A shadow fell over me, and I turned just in time to see Wolf’s eyes glinting as he seized my arm and dragged me behind a nearby cabin.
“Let go of me!” I demanded furiously, trying to jerk away.
He didn’t release my arm, looming over me with a fierce glare.
“What the fuck?—”
“Did Dune know?” Wolf demanded, his voice sharp.
“What?”
“Did Dune know what you could do?”
I tried to jerk my arm away again, but his grip tightened painfully.
“Ember.” His tone grew dangerous. “Did Dune know?”
I swallowed hard, trying to calm down andthink.“Yes.”
Angry pain filled his face. “You told him, but not me.”
I pressed my lips together, my legs feeling even shakier.
“Why the fuck did you not tell me?”
“I wanted to?—”
“You did not,” he practically exploded. “How hard would it be to say, ‘I have magic healing powers?’ Why didn’t you tell me when you were in that cell? When I was?—”
“You would’ve thought I was a witch,” I hissed, losing my temper.
“Ember,” he snapped, “Ineverwould have?—”
“Dune thought so, too! He made me promise never to tell you!”
He snapped his jaw shut so hard I heard his teeth click together. The raw hurt in his eyes made mine burn. We stared at each other for a few breaths.
“Do you have any idea how things would’ve been different if you’d just been fucking honest with me on that rooftop?” he finally asked in a low voice.
“Yes,” I snapped, “I would’ve been burned alive by the Ministry.”
He reared back like I’d hit him. “What?”
“Dune told me.”
“Dune told youwhat?” He was staring at me with an intense expression I couldn’t quite read.
“That the Ministry burns women alive if they suspect they’re a witch.”
