“What did you find out?” Sebastian changes the subject. “Anything useful at all?”
“About Project Eden? None.” I shake my head. “Maybe if I had asked the Chief, he could have told me something but then, he could have told the Council, too.”
“So, while we went to hell and back, you were just sleeping and having a family reunion?” Toshi asks.
I narrow my eyes at him. I guess I can’t blame Sebastian. This one’s annoying.
“I did learn something,” I answer, turning back to Sebastian. “A prophecy. About a human with all the primal gifts who could spell the destruction or the salvation of primals.”
“Well, that’s helpful,” Toshi mumbles.
“All the primal gifts?” Sebastian asks, eyebrows raised. “Or just primal gifts in general.”
“All the primal gifts,” I clarify.
“But Clarissa can’t take an animal form, right?” Toshi points out.
“I’m just saying what I was told,” I tell him before continuing. “The prophecy also said that this could depend on who the human chooses to love.”
“Let me guess.” Toshi jumps down from the tree, landing on his feet. “You think that you’re the best choice for Clarissa since you’re all
about saving and protecting?”
I frown. “I’m not...”
“Oh, great,” Toshi interrupts with a roll of his eyes. “Another coward.”
My whole body tenses. “Excuse me?”
Sebastian stretches his arm in front of me. “This is how our fight started. He taunted me, calling me a coward because he told Clarissa how he felt and I didn’t want to.”
I turn back to Toshi, puzzled. “You told Clarissa how you felt?”
“Yes,” Toshi admits proudly. “I confessed.”
“Confessed what?”
“My love,” he answers. “I told her I want to be with her and I asked her if she felt the same.”
He did?
I have to say, that is gutsy, even if it feels like something out of that cheesy Japanese anime he’s always watching.
“She hasn’t given me an answer yet, of course,” Toshi continues, his tone smug. “But if the two of you don’t say anything to her, she might just choose me.”
Sebastian snorts.
Toshi frowns. “What? You think you’re the better choice? Well, tell you what – it doesn’t matter. Women don’t care who’s good for them. They want someone who loves them, who wants to make them happy...”
“You sound like you’ve been with a lot of women,” Sebastian remarks, arms crossed over his chest. “Too many.”
“And you haven’t been with any?” Toshi asks. “Oh, right. It’s because you’re a Wolf. Only the alphas get to have mates, right? But before that, they need to have packs and you don’t look like you have one, or you’d be surrounded by them right now.”
“Or you’d be dead right now,” Sebastian snarls and for a moment even I hold my breath. Not that I’m afraid of either of them, but this is about to blow and the last thing I want is to get involved in their childish rivalry.
“And you may look badass but you must be too honorable that you’ve never laid a hand on a human.”
“Enough,” I tell Toshi, and shake my head because someone has to defuse this and it looks like I’m elected to play peacemaker. “Leave it alone.”