Page 214 of The Sins of Silas

Torrin's eyes slid to Merrick's, his arms crossing. “Tell him, Mare.”

I could see the resemblance between the two as they stood beside each other, especially as Merrick's eyes turned charcoal, just a shade darker than Torrin's deep brown.

“Lena and I performed a spell,” he began slowly. “Her memories, her feelings for you, became too much to bear.” He winced. “She…she wanted to forget.”

No.

I blinked.

No fucking way.

“You made her forget me?” I asked in a dangerously low voice.

“Notforget you. But all romantic interactions.” Merrick puckered his lips, blowing out a shaky breath in an attempt to calm his emotions. “It’s not forever. It can be undone. Dani said so.”

I crept toward him, Merrick flinching as I yelled, “Dani helped with this?!”

As if knowing what the three of us would be discussing, the blue-haired Warlock pushed open the door.

“Yeah, I did.” She waltzed inside, shutting the door closed with her hip.

My furious eyes found hers. “Undo it,” I growled.

She crossed her arms, her gaze narrowing. “She told me what you said to her.”

“I went right back to her after our talk, and she was gone!" I choked out a bitter laugh. "I guess you lied when you advised, ‘be honest.’”

At her silence, I grasped one of the Goddess statues resting on the shelves beside me and whirled it toward the wall behind her, the ceramic shattering upon impact.

Dani bared her teeth as I shouted, “You think this is the solution, Dani?!” My eyes went to Merrick’s, then Torrin’s. “Does she know everything?”

Merrick shook his head, jaw clicking. “No. Not everything.”

“What don't I know?” she asked lowly.

I met her stare with vicious regard, my lip curling. “The only reason I had a change of heart is because I saw Lena in Ames the day my people attacked.”

Her frown deepened, not understanding.

I took in an unsteady breath. “I met Lena when I was sixteen…the first day my mother let me out of the castle. Every week,my mother would allow me to sneak out, and every week, I met with her.”

Dani’s pupilless eyes broadened. “You two knew each other?”

“We didn’t just know each other. She was my best friend.” My voice broke. “She was the love of my life.”

“Lena faked her death when she escaped Otacia. Silas didn’t learn of her survival until they crossed paths in Ames,” Merrick said quietly.

Dani's hand slowly covered her mouth. “Oh, my Gods…so much makes sense.”

“Their history has saved our people up until this point,” Torrin said. "Without it, I fear there will be consequences.”

“Their history wasn’t completely erased,” Merrick deflected. “The friendship is still there.”

“Our friendship was always laced with flirty banter. We had feelings for each other since the beginning,” I responded gravely. “I guarantee she remembers hardly anything.”

“I…I didn’t know,” Dani breathed.

“I don't care. Undo it,” I repeated.

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