Page 67 of Seeded By Two

“So?” I snapped.

“So, anything she feels for you will be reflected on me. And I don’t want to take that risk.”

I blinked at his revelations.

I had thought he was being controlling without any real thought or conviction but now that he had told me his thought process and the way he considered me, I understood where he was coming from.

I still didn’t think he was right but I at least understood.

I opened my mouth to argue from another direction when a soft knock came at the door.

Feon’s eyes snapped up at me, the question clearly printed on his face:

Did you hear that?

With our superior hearing, we could have heard a muxap fart two rooms over.

There was no doubt in my mind there had been a knock.

I immediately bolted up from my position on the bed and angled toward the monitor where I could see it was indeed Beth on the other side of the door.

“It’s her!” I said. “Hurry up! Open the door!”

Feon didn’t move as fast as I liked and took his sweet time.

I didn’t for a moment think it was because he didn’t want it to look like he was following my commands.

In the past — in fact, less than a day ago — he would have snapped to attention and done whatever I told him.

The difference a simple Joisa could make…

He placed the chair to one side, ran his hands through his hair, reminding me to do the same with mine, and reached for the door.

I drew up alongside him.

Feon hesitated and I realized he was nervous.

What was there to be nervous about? I wondered.

Oh yeah.

Beth might decide to dump us.

He gathered up his inner strength and opened the door.

There Beth stood, hands clenched in front of herself, looking so small and vulnerable.

But really, she was the most powerful being between the three of us.

With a look or a word, she could break our hearts and destroy us.

I gulped, my throat dry. “Would you… like to come in?” I said before Feon raised a hand and, with glaring eyes, pushed me aside.

I tended to speak more when I was nervous.

Hell, I tended to speak all the time no matter how I was feeling!

Feon held the door open and Beth entered.

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