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They’ve got to work this out.
“You go, Lux,” Og said. “I’ll collapse the tunnel behind us.”
Tactically, it was a sound decision. However, there was no tactical thinking to be had between these two.
Lux helped me up and pushed under my arm. I leaned into him, using both his strength and his eyes. For a moment, I was Betty again. I let her weakness and calm grace my mind as I accepted Lux’s support without judging myself.
The ground shook, destroying my odd reminiscing. I was Jay. Immortal, strong, and I didn’t need anyone to help me.
Don’t fucking say anything, brain.
Falling slabs of rock thundered against the ground and a small layer of dust made me sneeze. With the two starved and dehydrated supernaturals in the middle of us, we briskly made our way deeper into Under London. The tunnel narrowed with every step until we struggled to even walk in pairs of twos.
“You doing okay, Lux?” I asked softly.
Something that sounded like scales thumping a rock was followed by an ‘ow’ in Rehan’s deep voice. I assumed the ceiling dropped as the walls closed in, creating a narrow passage.
No. I’m not OK.I answered my own question.I’m marching towards a past I never dealt with, without my magic, and surrounded by men I’ve fallen head over heels for but know I can’t keep.
Not that they're pets.
No. Men are definitely not pets.
I pet Lux’s arm, where he took some of my weight.
Dragons could be pets, though. Maybe we are approaching all of this the wrong way.
I shook my head and focused. Lux was not a pet but a person, and he had a mate. Og. It had to be Og. They were perfect for each other. My curse was keeping them apart. They just needed to talk to each other and ditch the middleman… me. My heart twisted, but I ignored it.
“I’m here if you need some girl talk,” I said softly.
As neither Og nor Lux had spoken to me about each other, it was the only thing I could think of to let him know I was okay with them being a couple without saying those words.
Lux made an unhappy sound in his throat but still didn’t open up.
“I’m sorry I gave you that little mocking bow earlier,” I said. “Og’s hell-bent on making sure I’m not in charge, so when you interjected into my conversation with Tenzin, yeah, I thought it was something else and overreacted.” I squeezed his shoulder. “You got Caoimhe to trust you so fast. You are incredible with people.”
Lux squeezed me back. “I accept your apology, though now that you explained it, I feel like I owe you one too. I guess I’m just a little too sensitive.”
“Never say you're too sensitive, but also realize Og’s a dragon…all of us are. Well, not me, technically.” I snorted. “But time toughens all our skins, and if you live long enough, you end up with scaly armor whether you want it or not.” I pattedhis arm, wishing mine wasn’t quite so thick. “What I’m trying to say is, be who you are, but be honest and vocal if you need something different. I’ll be here for you no matter what.”
Awe, you gave him your blessing to date Og.
His shit father isn’t going to walk him down the aisle, I was serious about that.
Lux slowed our steps and cocked his head to the side. “Jay…“ he started, but the entire party came to a halt at the ‘T.’
I opened my third eye. Though it didn’t help me see the real world, magic glowed regardless of physical obstacles. Caoimhe said Marduk had a portal surrounded by demons. Demons were born of pure magic, and so were Marduk’s golems. Patches of power lit up like an infrared picture. I pointed us toward the brightest, and we hurried forward.
Lux didn’t continue our conversation but held me tighter. I didn’t press. Following his lead, I kept my mouth shut and let my mind wander.
I’d only been in one of Marduk’s other strongholds, and that was eight hundred years ago. As badly as I wanted to make a plan to infiltrate this one, I had no clue where to start. His resources or even the scale of his operation down here was a mystery.
More, why bring Caoimhe here? Marduk had strongholds all over the world. So why London? The same place I happened to end up on a quest to recover my memories.
There were too many coincidences going on here.
This entire thing could be a trap for me, but why?
