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Allison’s eyes widened. “Never mind, let’s go!”
I grimaced as we made our way down the rest of the street. They were enjoying this far too much.
On the other side of the village was a meadow of gigantic flowers, each big enough to hold several people. In the centre of each stood a cauldron.
The fae potion pods were out of this world, like everything else here.
We stepped into the centre of a big red flower, and as soon as we were inside, the petals folded up around us, enclosing us inside.
As the petals came together, potion ingredients in brown paper bags hung down on strings from the ends of the petals.
“Okay. Dish. Now.” Kira grabbed a bag from above and tugged it off the string.
I sighed as I sat cross-legged next to the cauldron. Allison followed suit, scooting up to me and thrusting her face close enough to mine that I could tell she had recently had a breath mint.
“It’s… about who my date was,” I said, massaging both my hands together.
“Yes, we gathered that. Who is he?” Kira asked.
I opened my mouth, but I couldn’t make the words come out. Spilling this secret was harder than I expected, even to my friends.
“Maeve!” Allison shook my arm. “Who is he?”
“Ben Everhart.” I covered my mouth the second I spat the words out.
“No!” Kira dropped the bag she was holding. “You didn’t… you didn’t sleep with him, did you?”
I squeezed my hands over my mouth even harder. Now that I couldn’t say, but my silence spoke volumes.
“Gods above!” Allison shook me harder. “You had sex with an Everhart?”
“Will you keep it down?” I snapped.
I didn’t know how soundproof these petals were.
Fae weren’t exactly known for keeping other people’s secrets, just their own.
“That’s insane,” Allison whispered. “I thought you had the closest match of any couple yet?”
“Allegedly. I wonder what kind of cockamamie magic they’re using to draw that conclusion,” I muttered.
“Unless it did work properly. Have you thought of that?” Kira asked, rummaging around under the unlit cauldron for her dropped ingredient.
I pressed my fingers to my lips again. “Yeah, I did. But how cruel is that? We’re supposed to hate each other.”
“Or are you supposed to want each other?” Allison asked. “Do you think… maybe the curse…? Would that break it?”
My eyes widened. Now that I hadn’t thought about.
The curse had come about from an Arrowood and an Everhart killing each other. Would the opposite break it?
Oh great. If there was even a chance that could happen, I couldn’t just chalk up my rendezvous with Ben to some horrific mistake. Damn it.
“How did it end?” Kira asked. “Did you shake hands and call it a day amicably?”
“Shut up. I ran out of there the second he took his mask off.”
“Oh, Maeve!” Allison punched me on the arm.
