Page 521 of Lodestar

Savannah pretended to wipe a tear from her eye. “That’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me, Aela.”

“You should invite Dagda next time.”

My head whipped around so fast it probably would have recorded as speeding on a radar. “What?!”

Aoife was unapologetic in her madness. “He’s probably as fucked up as the rest of you. Savannah included.”

“Hey! I resent that.”

“You were the one who admitted you and Aidan had sex after he hanged those traitors,” Aoife said calmly.

I peered at my sister. “Under their swinging bodies?”

“No! Back at home, thank you very much.”

While Aoife’s nose crinkled, I shrugged. “You have to celebrate wins when and where you can.”

“I’d appreciate the backup if you didn’t make that even creepier. I can’t see Conor wanting to fuck under the hanged corpses of traitors,” Savannah drawled.

“He’d be down if I was down, I think. He’s very…” A smile danced on my lips. “…open to new experiences.”

I didn’t realize it, but every single one of my sisters-in-law moved closer to the table at my words.

“My cousin tried to hook up with him at my wedding,” Inessa said in a quiet voice.

My brow puckered. “Remind me to kill her.”

“You can’t kill everyone he’s been with,” Camille pointed out calmly, flicking a glance at her manicure. “What would be the sense in that?”

“Anyway,” Inessa grumbled, “she said he was different.”

“Different, how?” I argued. “He’s got one dick and two balls like any man.”

Inessa shrugged. “She just said he was different. And he never gave her his number. If I liked my cousin, I’d probably have been annoyed on her behalf.”

“Which one?” Camille questioned.

“Klara.”

“God, I used to hate her.”

“She was so jealous I got Eoghan. I think that’s why she went for Conor. But…” She cleared her throat. “I mean, something happened at our apartment when we got home and Conor had to focus on repairing our security system.”

My nose crinkled. “I should probably apologize to you for that.”

“What do you need to apologize for? It’s not like…” Her eyes widened as she jerked to her feet. “Youinvited that woman, thatwhore, into our apartment?”

“I thought the O’Donnellys were the front for the Sparrows,” I admitted with a shrug. “Plus, aCooooig needed his code rattled and his ego brought down a notch.”

“I don’t believe you! You ruined my wedding night!”

I frowned. “Conor told me once that you never even met Eoghan until the day of your wedding. Don’t pretend like I wasn’t doing you a favor.

“A woman deserves to know if her husband is bringing a side piece into the marriage bed.”

“Wait, so, you did it to piss Conor off or to let Inessa know Eoghan had a girlfriend?” Camille questioned—I was starting topick up on the fact that she was always the voice of reason in these matters.

I hitched a shoulder. “Both.”

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