Page 49 of Beauty At Stake
“Focus!” I snapped in his face. “The Lady of the Wild Hunt betrayed her vow to remain impartial and tattled to her king about an ongoing mission. Raza came to Earth for nothing. She made him think I had betrayed my promise to involve you guys.”
“You did.”
“Uh, no, I didn't.” I put my fists on my hips. “You guys get called in if there are Fairies involved. You have nothing to do with Demons. Not even you. And I wouldn't call you in for Angels either. Not unless absolutely necessary.”
“Because I've stepped down?”
“Yes, of course.”
“But I'm still an Angel, Seren.”
“I don't care. You don't get to barge in on a mission unless there's a point to it. It's my job, Sever. If you can help in some way, then I have a reason to involve you. Otherwise, it's just bring-my-husband-to-work day.”
Sever scowled and leaned back against the wall. “I suppose you have a point.”
“Of course, I have a point. And I thought all of us had already made and decided upon it. Now, suddenly, there are clauses to the promise I made. Nope, not acceptable. This is my job, and I get to handle it as I see fit. If Unseelie Fey are involved, Raza will be notified. If it's Seelie Fey, then Tiernan. If the Fey of Earth are involved, then—”
“Now who's the one making clauses?” he interrupted me. “You said that Fairies meant you'd call us in. Period.”
“Oh, now there's a period?”
“Seren!”
“You're barely Fey, babe. The only reason I'd let you come along for a Fey mission is so you wouldn't feel left out.”
Sever's face fell.
“Shit,” I muttered. “I'm sorry. That was insensitive.”
He nodded. “It's also the truth. So I will accept it.”
“Sever, this isn't even what I need to talk to you about. Let me scry Dax and Tiernan.”
“Fine.” Sever crossed his arms.
I scried Dax on the phone, then Tiernan on the crystal ball. When I had them all connected, the phone propped on the ball and Sever sitting beside me, I told them about the Star situation.
I had intended to tell them the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me Anu. But what came out of my mouth was, “I asked Anu to stop nudging Star toward me, but he refused.”
Yep. I blamed God. In my defense, it's a very human thing to do. All jokes aside, I don't know why I didn't tell them the truth. No, that's a lie. I do know. I wanted Star. I wanted those promised children. Maybe I even wanted to rule Hell. There were still Demons underground who I wanted to bring to the surface. There were things I could do for Hell.
There were things I could do to Star.
Shit. I mentally shook myself as my husbands processed the bad news.
“Damn him!” Sever cursed, breaking the silence.
“Are we really surprised?” Daxon ran a hand through his short, indigo hair, simultaneously showing off the matching blue tattoos on his arms. His eyes were blue as well, their color hypnotizing, even when he wasn't using his magic. “And where's Raza, by the way? I assume Killian was there when this happened, but Raza wasn't. Or was he?” Daxon leaned forward.
“He wasn't.”
Dax started to lean back.
“Not at that time. But he showed up later. So, I've already told him.”
“What?” Dax growled.
Tiernan merely lifted a blond brow. It happened to be the one on the same side as his silver scar and, combined with his silver eyes, that simple maneuver became menacing.
