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“By herself?” Ken asks Rainer, ignoring me.
“Apparently so.”
How am I high?
I didn’t smell any of the naughty flowers. Or drink anything weird. I only ate the same doughnut as Rainer, and the—
“Berries,” I mutter. Moonberries. “I knew eating them was a bad idea.”
“Yet you ate them anyway.”
I snort a laugh. Rainer’s scowl returns. His messy hair tumbles around his face alluringly, framing his broad jaw and thick brows, with sharp ears peeking out. I want to trace them, touch them. They’re so enchanting.
I reach forward, but Rainer jumps to his feet before I can touch him.
“This is not playtime.”
“I think she wants to play with you, Rai Rai.” Ken teases with a sly look.
“No,” Rainer says, his voice frosty. “I am not touching her.”
Her.
He not only finally used my name, but he stopped referring to me as an it.
My chest warms. The berries certainly did a swell job of getting me high if the bar for romance is this low. It’s like I suddenly don’t care that he’s holding me hostage or that he’s condescending.
Laughter bubbles out of me.
“This is so funny,” I say. My head buzzes with excitement. The colors are so bright I can feel them, and the sounds are so loud I can taste them. Everything is comforting, and I’m safe. So safe. So happy.
“Funny, indeed,” Kenisius says, his eyes gleaming. “What color are your panties?”
“White!” I blurt, unable to prevent the words from spilling out, and he snorts a laugh.
“Ken,” Rainer warns.
“What?” Ken asks with a sly grin. “I’m not asking for me. I’m asking for you.”
“I don’t need you to—”
“Have you ever taken a lover?”
“Yes! Only one though.”
Felix.
Why don’t I miss him more? I thought that since we connected on an intimate level, he’d be more important to me. But Char’s death, coming here, flirting with Rainer, all overshadowed him. It goes to show that physical intimacy is sometimes just that—physical. Nothing deeper or more meaningful than surface level pleasure.
Rainer closes his eyes and scrubs at his brow aggressively as Ken continues his line of questioning.
“Was he very good?”
“He was… selfish.” I lower my voice and scandalously add, “I never had an…orgasm with him.”
Rainer’s eyes flicker navy again, and he swallows a groan.
The ground is so soft that I want to roll around in it. I want to cover myself in all the grass like a cocoon and never leave. So soft.
