I smiled sadly. “What’s a few years of searching? When we could have each other now? Enjoy our love now? I would do anything for you?”
And a dark voice whispered in my mind. “Anything, Prince A—”
“Oh you poor thing!” Genesis was in full mom mode, ready to make a pot roast and then lecture me for simply existing. A pulsing headache erupted behind my eyes as I tried to conjure up words that would explain or at least put her at ease.
I looked to Cassius.
I had nothing.
Couldn’t he at least try to help?
“Kyra, daughter of the sun.” Cassius beamed. “You’ve been touched by both sunlight and by darkness, have you not?”
“Good,” I said through clenched teeth. “By all means scare her more!”
“Calm the hell down.” Alex stood and went full siren. Well shit. I braced for impact as he turned his attention toward her, but all she did was frown.
Alex tried harder.
Hope burst out laughing. “My favorite day is now this day.”
“I’m not working!” Alex looked ready to stomp his foot because he wasn’t making her fall into a puddle at his feet.
“Uh, you’re working.” Tarek started to pant, “Just not on her.”
Cassius grinned and watched her closely. “Her soul belongs to another, is owned, by another who searches for her, who has searched for eternities.”
My head shot up catching Cassius’s gaze.
“I think—” Ethan pushed away from the shadows. “—this is where we tell her a story that doesn’t scare her, or at least shouldn’t. After all, we’re the good guys.” He just had to flash a bit of fang.
Kyra let out a scream and clapped a hand over her own mouth.
“Trust me, his bark is worse than his bite,” Genesis said helpfully as she pulled down her hair to cover exactly that—his friggin’ bite. Only Kyra turned at the wrong moment and caught fang marks.
So far? We weren’t really handling the situation well.
How long had it been since we brought a human in? Not long, but all of them had parts of them that were tethered to the immortal world.
Hmmm.
Colors.
Tasting colors.
Sunshine.
“Cassius, try freezing her and see if it works,” I offered in a bored tone while I examined my impeccable fingernails.
“The hell is wrong with him?” Alex muttered.
“Aw, does the siren miss sex?” I teased.
He lunged.
Cassius stood between us and moved toward Kyra. “We would never hurt you, though this is a lot to take in, I just want to… touch you. May I do that?”
I almost rolled my eyes. So damn polite.