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Frowning, I pushed my empty plate away after finishing the last bite.

I didn’t mind that she was intimate with Cyn. But the idea of her dating someone else twisted something inside. My feelings for her confused me.

“Why do you look sad?”

I looked up. “Huh?”

“You’re upset she might go on a date?”

“Aren’t you?”

“Yes, because she needs to be available to help us get home.”

Liar.

I didn’t even know how she could help us go home. Ezra and Cyn kept saying she could, but we hadn’t made progress. What could she actually do?

“You need to stay away from her,” Cyn said, drawing my attention back to him.

“Why? She’s nice.”

“You act like she’s your girlfriend, or mate, or something.”

I toyed with the napkin in front of me, folding and unfolding it, unsure of how to respond.

On more than one occasion, I felt emotions that didn’t seem like my own. They aligned too closely with her body language, and it made me uneasy. Now, hearing Cyn recount similar experiences unnerved me more.

Then there was the matter of her blood.

It tempted me even though I didn’t like blood. I even thought I caught something in her scent when we teased her last night about Cyn, but maybe that was the alcohol.

She couldn’t be my mate.

Besides, the others reported similar things, and we couldn’t have more than two Nyrith mates.

“We need to do more to find a way home,” Cyn said. “Otherwise, she’s going to cause bigger problems. I can feel it.”

32

TEMPTATION

ZEKE

After Cyn finished cleaning up, he insisted we go grocery shopping since we weren’t leaving anytime soon. Thankfully the trip didn’t take long using Rae’s Uber account.

It surprised me she let us use the account again after Cyn stole her information and installed a tracking app to keep tabs on her—which was how we’d found the parking garage when she was attacked.

Uber wasn’t much different from the taxi services in Elyrdin. If Ezra hadn’t used one before, I wouldn’t have known what app to look for.

She insisted we take her money because she didn’t like the idea of us stealing groceries with my powers. I didn’t like it either, but I didn’t want to drain her accounts, so I picked the cheapest options.

After we packed everything away, Cyn sprawled on the sofa and turned on the TV. Ash joined him, while Ezra sat at the counter making notes on his phone as he studied the summoning book.

I wanted to check on Rae.

She seemed upset when I asked about using her account to call an Uber earlier, but Cyn called me downstairs when Ezra and Ash returned, and I couldn’t stay and talk to her.

Climbing the stairs, I heard her talking to someone. Had Maya come over again?