Page 149 of Lady of Ashes

Sorin gave her an unimpressed smirk before he said, “You should alsofeed.”

“Godsdammit, Sorin,” Scarlett snapped, throwing the sandwich at him.

Sorin laughed at her, swatting the food aside before it smacked him in his face. It landed with a dull plop on the ?oor. “Maybe your Guardian can convince you if I cannot.”

Cassius was looking back and forth between them, a mixture of confusion and amusement on his features.

“You’re a prick. You’ve just been waiting to get in here to say something about this, haven’t you?” Scarlett seethed.

He just offered her another mocking smile that told her he was not even a little sorry.

“Something you need to ?ll me in on, Seastar?” Cassius asked, taking a bite of his sandwich.

“It can wait,” she replied with a pointed look at Sorin.

“Can it though?” Sorin asked. “Your eyes are almost back to blue.”

“I have blue eyes, Sorin.”

“When your power reserves are full, you do not.”

Cassius set his sandwich down. “I think you need to ?ll me in.”

“No. I am not going to sit here and let the two of you gang up on me about this,” she huffed.

Sorin shrugged. “You can tell him, or I will.”

“Sorin,” she snarled.

“Scarlett,” he parroted.

Stop this,she seethed down the bond.Stop this, and I will … ?gure something out tonight.

Sorin arched a brow.Not good enough, Princess.

She narrowed her eyes.If we don’t ?gure something out, I will … feed.Her lip curled up in disgust at the very thought of doing this.

“I’m not sure what I am witnessing, but it’s awkward,” Cassius said, continuing to glance between them.

Scarlett waved a hand in dismissal. “It’s our bond. We can speak to each other in our minds.”

“That’s weirdandawkward,” Cassius replied.

“Even if that part of our argument is settled, Cassius still needs to know about feeding, Scarlett,” Sorin said pointedly. “He will be directly affected by such a thing in more ways than one.”

“I am aware, Sorin,” she sighed in annoyance. “I would have gotten around to it eventually.”

“Now seems as good a time as any.”

“And here I thought Cyrus was the busybody of the family,” she grumbled under her breath. She ignored Sorin’s droll glare, turning back to Cassius. “The things we need to discuss … They’re big, Cass. If you need to rest for a while, I understand.”

“I’m ?ne, Scarlett. Sorin appears insistent.”

“That’s because he is an overbearing ass, but itcanwait if you need to rest.”

Cassius rested his head back against the pillows, his eyes drifting closed. “Speak, Scarlett.”

She scowled at him, but let the order slide, considering he’d just woken up from nearly dying.

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