Page 105 of Broken Veil
“I don’t know anymore. I just don’t want you to be so angry.” She looked up and saw that he wasn’t sulking anymore. His lips were parted, and his eyes were locked on hers.
“I never thought of you, you know. Before she died. I never thought of you once.” His voice was bitter, but his eyes were aching. “And now I’m realizing that Duncan must have thought of you every day after seeing Seren and me together.”
I never thought of you once.
“That’s hurtful,” Carys whispered. “Whether you realize it or not, that’s hurtful, Lachlan, and I know you’re grieving again, but?—”
“I don’t know why I’m still alive,” Lachlan continued. “When he realized what I’d done—how I went looking for you—I don’t know why I’m even alive.”
“I’m not some kind of prize for you to fight over.” Oh, she was just picking winners today. “Laura?”
“Yeah, hon?”
“Can you trade places with me?”
Her best friend didn’t even hesitate. “Sure.”
Carys moved to the side, allowing Laura to sit beside Lachlan while she moved back to sit next to Cadell.
He was close enough that his mental voice came through.I can kill him for you.
No.
It would be like a favor. He would be with Seren again. Well, probably not, because he didn’t die in battle, but at least he will not put that look on your face.
I was trying to be nice to him.
Don’t be.
She swallowed the lump in her throat and nodded.
Cadell’s mental voice grew softer.He does not have the space in his heart for kindness right now. All he can feel is his own selfish grief. This has nothing to do with you.
I want to go home. I want to take Duncan and go home.
Call your uncle’s man in Cardiff and he will send a plane for you.
She leaned her head against Cadell’s shoulder. “I can’t,” she whispered.
“Why not?”
“Because there are sea monsters in Yorkshire and enchanted bears outside Birmingham.” She looked up. “I have to fix this.”
“Then I’m with you,” Cadell said. “Wherever this angel leads us.”
Angel?
Oh. Of course. Of course Jibril was an angel. Amessenger.
Carys blinked. “Not a god. But definitely not just a beekeeper.”
“Most definitely not.”
“And this last druid that Angus mentioned?”
Cadell shrugged. “We shall see when we arrive in Kent.”
Jibril wantedto drive directly to Blean Woods, but Duncan insisted on spending the night in Cambridge.
