Chapter 168: Lyre: Separated, Again

LYRE

Watching my camper leave without me is a strange feeling. I’m more attached to it than entire castles I’ve had built in the past.

Every girl dreams of a castle.

It just turns out my favorite one is shaped like a box and gets dragged behind a truck.

A warm weight settles against my waist, and something inside me twitches, instinctively repulsed by any form of casual, possessive affection.

The offending appendage wrapped around my waist is large and tanned. A working hand. A fighter’s hand. A hand with no business settling on my waist like it belongs there.

"You okay?" Aaron murmurs, leaning down so his breath is hot against my ear.

"That depends. Are you particularly attached to this hand?"

He pulls back immediately, the warmth vanishing.

Smart.

"I was just checking on you," he says, keeping a careful half-an-arm’s-length distance. "You seem worried."

"I’m fine." Do I look like I need babysitting? I know my fancy Korean facial creams make my skin glow, but it isn’t as if I’m as young as I look.

Thankfully.

Because then I’d be a sentient pile of dirt.

I pop the trunk of our SUV and toss my bag in, and Thom pops out of the backseat to follow at my elbow like a lovesick puppy.

"Lyre, I’ve been thinking about how we might approach the tracking when we—"

"Get in the backseat, wizard."

He blinks through his ridiculous copper-wired glasses. "I—but I thought we should—"

"Backseat."

to the

I sigh.

men is going

even think about it, I click my seatbelt into

he crams his tall frame behind Owen’s seat. He looks like he’s considering various methods of angelic decapitation. Behind the driver is the worst spot for someone his size, but it isn’t my fault he didn’t get in the car

engine

where the hell are we going?" Aaron asks, his knee knocking against the back of Owen’s seat in what

doesn’t react. He probably

can begin tracking now," Thom pipes up, poking his head between us as he leans forward. "I still have the energy from our—" His cheeks flush as he looks at me out of the

"Sit back, wizard."

"Yes, ma’am."

looking, I know Aaron’s grinding

not tracking yet," I announce. "We’re going to Owen’s place

to lean forward and shove his face in my space, and I press

doesn’t budge, and his tongue flicks

lose, I infuse the faintest hint of arcana into my arm and shove again. He jerks back, his head

Oops.

leave," Owen says, unfazed by the wolf’s shenanigans. His silver-gray eyes remain fixed

clear skies. For

from behind me, the word

an eyebrow arching. He’s prodding at his nose gingerly, checking for damage. A drop of blood beads

Again: oops.

concerned. Wolves heal

was a hell of a push, though. Do we have paper towels in here? Napkins? Baby

of napkins of various colors and types, and I toss a few at him. They flutter in the air, and he snatches one

tells him, his voice wavering a little with his sudden and random bravado. His glasses

bother with arcana this time. A simple palm against his forehead is enough to send him flopping back into his seat. His copper-wired glasses go askew, and

no way he’s hurt, which

The ones who always

No, thanks.

and mine. "See this? This is a no-person zone. Stay the fuck out of my personal bubble,

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