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Alex paused with his fork partway to his lips, locking on me as I topped the stairs. Everyone stopped eating and dropping kisses on Calix’s chin and chest in the case of the two girls sitting on either side of him.
“What the hell is this?” Sirena pulled a face like I was vomit on the carpet. I hadn’t noticed before that she had the cutest little pygmy owl riding her shoulder. “Are you lost, Sisyphean? Your slop hole is down there.”
“Stuff your beak, princess. I’m not here for you.”
“Excuse—! Who do you think you’re talking to!”
Dismissing her, I turned to the guy sitting at the head of the table beside her. “Hey, Alex. Do you got a minute? There’s something important I need to talk to you about.”
Brillant eyes beheld me, giving away nothing.
“It’s about my mom,” I continued when he didn’t move or speak. “I remembered something that might help so...”
Stare.
“I’d really like to talk about it in private.” I stepped aside, gesturing at the steps. “After you.”
“I’m sorry,” he said, looking me dead in the face. “Do we know each other?”
“Haha. Everyone’s making jokes today. But for real, it’s important.”
Alex tipped his head, brows snapping together. “I’m pretty sure it’s not me you’re looking for. We’ve never met— Oh, wait.” He snapped his fingers. “You’re the girl I gave directions to yesterday. Look, I was happy to help you out, but don’t make a big thing of it.”
My jaw dropped with every word.
“We’re not friends.”
The words were a punch to the gut. “Alex—”
“Didn’t you hear him?” Sirena leaned over, resting her head on Alex’s shoulder. “You’re not friends, so stop calling him Alex.
“Ugh, don’t you hate it when the peasants act so familiar?” She scoffed. “Our parents sit on the council. They have to pretend to care about you and your little problems. Not us. So blow away, trash.” She and the other girls all made a shooing motion at me like they practiced the timing beforehand. “You’re not allowed up here, and you’re definitely not allowed to talk to my Xander.”
I bit my tongue, penning in a nasty reply to Sirena. I only had eyes for Alex.
“Are you serious right now?” I asked softly. Visions of our night together flashed through my mind. “This is how it’s going to be?”
“I don’t have a clue what you’re talking about.” Just like that, he turned his back on me and fell into conversation with Calix. I could’ve been Tycho throwing compliments at his feet for all the attention he paid my existence.
“Are you still here?” Sirena snapped.
Her voice grated on my nerves, providing the anger needed to stop me from crying. I got it. Alex was back with his fancy, powerful, popular friends. He was done slumming it with the half-mortal Sisyphean who’d fallen into his lap and recruited him for a suicide mission.
Whatever. If he was done with me, I was done with him. It was stupid to be upset over his backing out of our friendship. What friendship? I’d only known him a day.
“Hey. Is she bothering you, Sirena?”
A couple of Titan boys fixed narrowed eyes on me from the bottom of the stairs.
“As a matter of fact, she is.” Sirena tossed me a smirk. “Get rid of her, please, boys. For me.”
Their chests puffed up. “Anything for you, Sirena.”
“Wait. There’s no need to—”
Water jets burst from the tiny rivers. Five words were all I got out before they blasted me in the face and sent me flying head over heels.
“Ahhh!”
