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smiles, but Katrina pulled through for me and changed the subject. “In more important news, I got to hang out with Selene’s hot cousin—and I’ve been meaning to ask you . . . Is he looking for a human girlfriend?”
I laughed. “I’ve never known Sy to turn down a pretty girl.”
“Says the girl with no memory,” Jessica said with a smile.
It occurred to me suddenly that she was wrong. I did remember. The memory sparked by Jaron’s kiss brought back my entire youth up to the point of the memory. I couldn’t say with certainty that Sy hadn’t changed, but picturing his cheerful, lopsided smile, I had doubts.
“You remember, don’t you?” Leslie said.
“How much? What was being an elf like? Tell us everything about your life,” Devin said in an excited ramble as she leaned forward with her elbows on her knees.
“Why don’t we let Selene breathe, Dev?” Jess said. “I think she just wants to take her mind off things.”
“Exactly,” I said.
“We can do that,” Leslie said.
We spent the rest of the afternoon laughing and talking about our lives before everything went weird and people wanted to kill me and kidnap my friends. Before too long, it was time to go back to Sy’s, and I hadn’t even told Cheney I was going out again. I said goodbye to my friends, who decided to stay and hang out with Kat, before going to find Cheney. I heard his muffled voice down the hallway.
“I really don’t think now is the right time for that. Shouldn’t we wait until everything is in order?” Cheney said.
“No. The people need to see the two of you together. Right now they only know that you said you are married to Selene. If you have a public renewal of vows, it will remove any doubt.”
I stopped and listened.
“I don’t know that Selene is ready. We have put a lot on her shoulders, and she’s still trying to remember everything.”
“Exactly.” There was a pause, and I didn’t follow Sebastian’s meaning. “Cheney, Selene made an excellent point when she said she might never remember. I have no idea why her memories are gone but they are and I know I don’t need to remind you—”
“No,” Cheney’s voice was low and dark.
“She can’t even perform elf magic. I don’t know that she will ever be the Selene she was, and you should be grateful for that. She is much improved.”
I rapped on the door before Cheney could respond. I didn’t want to hear what he thought about that that. I was a chicken. I stuck my head in the room. “I’m going to hang out with Sy again tonight. The girls are going to stick around here.”
Cheney froze mid-smile. “You’ve been spending a lot of time with him.”
I laughed. “You can’t possibly be jealous of my cousin. He’s telling me about our childhoods. I think it’s helping me. Besides, you and Sebastian are so busy.”
Cheney stood. “I guess you need me to take you.”
“Actually, Sy’s picking me up.” I kissed his cheek. “Don’t wait up.” With that, I got the hell out of there before he could propose. I ignored the ache at being parted from him so quickly. It was better than being forced to make a new commitment to a man I wasn’t sure I should be committed to in the first place.
Sy stood in the great hall, waiting for me with an amused expression. “I’ll never get used to you living here.”
“You’d rather I live in a seedy bar?”
“Hey, it’s not seedy. It’s…”
“Vile?”
“Lived in,” he said with a firm nod that made me laugh.
How was it that Sy managed to grow up in the same world as me and not be turned bitter by it? He transported us back to Chicago. “Why is it that you don’t mind how half-elves are treated?”
He paused, hand on the door to his pub. “I didn’t wait for anyone to give me what I wanted. I made my life what it is and have earned the respect of those who work with me. However, I work with the Abyss at large, not just the fae. You never could see that there was a much
I laughed. “I’ve never known Sy to turn down a pretty girl.”
“Says the girl with no memory,” Jessica said with a smile.
It occurred to me suddenly that she was wrong. I did remember. The memory sparked by Jaron’s kiss brought back my entire youth up to the point of the memory. I couldn’t say with certainty that Sy hadn’t changed, but picturing his cheerful, lopsided smile, I had doubts.
“You remember, don’t you?” Leslie said.
“How much? What was being an elf like? Tell us everything about your life,” Devin said in an excited ramble as she leaned forward with her elbows on her knees.
“Why don’t we let Selene breathe, Dev?” Jess said. “I think she just wants to take her mind off things.”
“Exactly,” I said.
“We can do that,” Leslie said.
We spent the rest of the afternoon laughing and talking about our lives before everything went weird and people wanted to kill me and kidnap my friends. Before too long, it was time to go back to Sy’s, and I hadn’t even told Cheney I was going out again. I said goodbye to my friends, who decided to stay and hang out with Kat, before going to find Cheney. I heard his muffled voice down the hallway.
“I really don’t think now is the right time for that. Shouldn’t we wait until everything is in order?” Cheney said.
“No. The people need to see the two of you together. Right now they only know that you said you are married to Selene. If you have a public renewal of vows, it will remove any doubt.”
I stopped and listened.
“I don’t know that Selene is ready. We have put a lot on her shoulders, and she’s still trying to remember everything.”
“Exactly.” There was a pause, and I didn’t follow Sebastian’s meaning. “Cheney, Selene made an excellent point when she said she might never remember. I have no idea why her memories are gone but they are and I know I don’t need to remind you—”
“No,” Cheney’s voice was low and dark.
“She can’t even perform elf magic. I don’t know that she will ever be the Selene she was, and you should be grateful for that. She is much improved.”
I rapped on the door before Cheney could respond. I didn’t want to hear what he thought about that that. I was a chicken. I stuck my head in the room. “I’m going to hang out with Sy again tonight. The girls are going to stick around here.”
Cheney froze mid-smile. “You’ve been spending a lot of time with him.”
I laughed. “You can’t possibly be jealous of my cousin. He’s telling me about our childhoods. I think it’s helping me. Besides, you and Sebastian are so busy.”
Cheney stood. “I guess you need me to take you.”
“Actually, Sy’s picking me up.” I kissed his cheek. “Don’t wait up.” With that, I got the hell out of there before he could propose. I ignored the ache at being parted from him so quickly. It was better than being forced to make a new commitment to a man I wasn’t sure I should be committed to in the first place.
Sy stood in the great hall, waiting for me with an amused expression. “I’ll never get used to you living here.”
“You’d rather I live in a seedy bar?”
“Hey, it’s not seedy. It’s…”
“Vile?”
“Lived in,” he said with a firm nod that made me laugh.
How was it that Sy managed to grow up in the same world as me and not be turned bitter by it? He transported us back to Chicago. “Why is it that you don’t mind how half-elves are treated?”
He paused, hand on the door to his pub. “I didn’t wait for anyone to give me what I wanted. I made my life what it is and have earned the respect of those who work with me. However, I work with the Abyss at large, not just the fae. You never could see that there was a much
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