Page 245 of Seer Prophet

Realizing I’d missed the first part of what he’d said, focusing on Revik, I refolded my arms, taking a half step back without thinking about why I’d done that, either.

I struggled to focus on the male seer in front of me.

As I did, my brain acknowledged the validity of Balidor’s question.

It also acknowledged my utter unwillingness to go there with him.

Revik’s light continued to wrap into mine, pulling my attention, demanding it––

Balidor caught hold of my arm. “Alyson!”

I jumped, startled.

The Adhipan leader’s grip managed to jerk my attention back to the room. It worried me when I realized how quickly I’d drifted. Before I could speak, or pull my mind together, Revik appeared at my side.

Well, a little in front of me, really.

He inserted his body directly between me and Balidor, forcing ‘Dori to let me go.

“What the fuck do you want?” Revik demanded. “What is this?”

The maleness thing was on overdrive now, and while it affected me, I grew conscious of the stares we’d officially begun to garner from around the room.

To his credit, Balidor barely flinched.

Instead, he looked around Revik’s body to me, his eyes showing an open exasperation. He didn’t send any words to me directly, but from his vague hand-wave towards Revik and his meaningful frown and head-tilt, I got the point without needing to hear it.

He might as well have said,See? You’re seeing this, right?

I sighed, catching hold of Revik’s waist.

Without meaning to almost, I didn’t just tug him back, I wrapped my arms around him, pulling on him with my light as much as my body, so that I felt hisaleimiwrap into mine, his body melt into mine even as that protective thing continued to flare off his light. The latter caused his muscles to tense and release against me, making me conscious of his hands, of the long muscles in his thigh, his arms.

He let me pull him back, though, and I felt elements of his light grow submissive, even as his pain sharpened from the direct contact with me.

And yeah, okay, none of that helped my concentration any.

Realizing my eyes had started to glow, I blinked them, trying to pull back my light.

“Both of you, chill,” I said, without releasing Revik. I looked at Balidor. “Yeah, ‘Dori, I get it. I’m just not sure how this falls into the ‘dire, imminent peril’ category, given what we have on our respective plates right now. Yes, there’s something going on with our light. Yes, we’re acting a little weird because of it. It’s not like we’ve been hiding that fact. And if we feel the need to take a few more private moments together as a result, what’s the big deal? We’ll do our job, I promise you––”

But Balidor was already clicking at me, at both of us.

“Alyson, it isnotokay. Not when we have no idea what’s causing it.” He gave Revik a wary look. “Neither of you will be able to view this objectively.”

“And you can?” I asked.

Balidor gave me a harder look, one that bordered on cold.

Realizing how that sounded, I glanced at Yarli in reflex, feeling my face grow hot. “I didn’t mean it like that.”

Clicking in irritation, Balidor waved off my words.

I felt my jaw tighten when he didn’t go on. “So what do you suggest? Are you really telling me to stop having sex with my husband, Balidor?”

I didn’t realize how loudly I’d said it until the room around us fell silent.

Glancing around without releasing Revik, I felt my jaw clench before I looked back at Balidor. I found his gray eyes watching me, even more than Revik.

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