Page 135 of Cursed Heirs

“Yeah, I did.”

“What help?” Orpheus demanded in his harsh tone.

But as I looked at him, there was no malice in his eyes, they weren’t darkening or anything. He was just giving them a hard time, there was no ill intent there.

She cast her eyes downward as she responded to him, “The issues between some of the Light Fae girls and a few witches here.”

“You mean that clique bullshit thatyoustarted a few weeks back?”

What clique bullshit?Wow,he really had his finger on the pulse. Even with us being in and out a lot lately.

“Yes,” she murmured. “It’s sorted now. I promise.”

“Good.”

She chanced looking up at him as her new boyfriend rubbed her shoulder encouragingly. “Do you forgive me?”

“Forgiveness takes time, Isabella. Continue down this path and we’ll see.”

“I promise,” she said, nodding quickly.

Orpheus waved his hand dismissively at them. “That will be all.”

There was no hesitation at all, the two of them reacted immediately and hurried away.

“Good luck to that poor fucker,” Ore commented once they were gone.

“He seems to provide a nice balance for her.”

He rolled his eyes. “You and your romantic notions.”

“As if you haven’t been going there with Alena.”

The corner of his mouth turned up. “Touche. I’m not as shmaltzy as you, though.”

“Is that so?” I asked, moving closer to him. “What was that possessive comment to Artemis about me not feeding from him anymore then?”

“I don’t want you feeding from anyone outside our foursome,” he said simply, trying to keep it stoic.

But I knew him too well not to see beyond the façade.

I reached out and traced my fingers over his throat, watching him swallow as I did. “That was supposed to be a one-off.”

“I’ve been rethinking that.”

“That’s becoming obvious,” I teased.

He batted my hand away, then snagged my nape and dragged me in close to him. “It would be far too great a waste, don’t you think?”

He turned so my lips brushed over his throat, earning a growl from me.

And then he released me and stepped back abruptly. “Keep those hot little fangs in check, X.” He winked. “For now.”

“For now, huh?”

He nodded. “Right now, we need to get Alena down from the sky and wake up Tal.”

I followed his gaze up there. “What are we going to do about her, Ore?”

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