Page 38 of Tangled Fates

“Well, I don’t trust her,” I snarled.

“I know, but…”

“Nothing after the word but is worth saying,” I snapped.

“Soren,” he chastised me. “Let’s talk about this privately.”

“No, she needs to admit and tell us everything,” I said, feeling like I was on the edge of losing it.

“Hey, I think we need to take a break,” Gray said, looking worried.

“Fine,” I said, looking over his shoulder to see hazel eyes staring at me. “But not until she’s secured.”

“No,” Gray snapped, when I reached for her hand, snapping on a cuff and attaching it to the wall with a few words that activated the spell.

“What the hell!” she yelled immediately, grabbing the cuff. trying to pull it off her wrist when she screamed.

The cuff was designed to shock its captive if they tried to take it off.

“Seriously, Soren?” Gray snarled. “Don’t touch it, Sunshine. It will hurt you every time you try to take it off.”

“Now she can’t run,” I said, feeling better about her trying to escape and now I felt a little more in control.

“I can’t fucking leave, asshole,” she snarled at me, lunging at me like she was going to hit me, but the chain wasn’t long enough to reach.

“Goddess, what the fuck, Soren?” Gray grabbed my arm pulling me out of the room.

He dragged me down the stairs while I just followed.

“What the fuck is your problem?”

My twin glared at me with so much fury, I wasn’t used to being on this side of his anger.

“You have Stockholm’s,” I replied. “You’ve clearly developed feelings for her or she has cast a spell on you.”

“You really think that?” He looked at me with wide eyes.

“You sided with her. You’ve been weird about this entire situation,” I huffed. “Why aren’t you mad?”

“I don’t know,” he said thoughtfully. “I just have a feeling that?—”

“That you want to stick your dick in her?” I finished his sentence.

He looked at me like I was stupid, but he didn’t deny the statement I made.

“So, you’re buttering her up so you can fuck her before we leave?” I pulled my arm away from him.

He made a face that implied he was disgusted with my assumption.

“Look, I just think there is more to this situation than you’re giving this credit,” he said, walking away to sit on a sofa. “I think that she’s naive, don’t you feel it?”

“What could?—”

The sound of the door opening downstairs made us both silent. Loud stomping traveled up the stairs as Gray and I made ourselves invisible. This was not good and this was exactly why I was worried and wanted to question her. For all we knew, an entire army was on their way back, hell, the powerful witch was probably with them.

Gray disappeared from my view as I used an invisibility charm on myself, standing up against the wall waiting to see who came up those steps. They were slow in their climb, grumbling about being sent on this bullshit run and how maybe they might make it worth their while. They stopped at the level below us, saying they needed to secure Oria before they looked around.

My mind was running, wondering where else in this tower Oria was. The moment they stepped onto the floor I realized it was two of the men we saw leaving the other night. One was a tall blond man with long hair and the other had long dark hair. They walked over to the fridge, opening it like they lived here. They were conversing as to why no one was here to greet them and where the hell was Ria.

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