Some small, quiet part of his brain whispered otherwise. He ignored it.
Had ignored it for a long time now.“Morning, Az,” Vincent said cheerfully. He nodded to Nesta. “Nes. How’d you sleep?”Her eyes flashed with the anger that was like kindling to his own, but then she smiled coolly. “Like a babe.”It was to be a game, then. Which one of them could pretend that nothing had happened the longest. Which one of them might seem the least affected.Vincent threw her a grin that declared he was in. And he’d make her crawl before the end.Nesta merely began to unlace her boots.He jerked his chin toward Azriel. “Why are you up here?”“I thought I’d do some training myself before heading out for the day,” Az said, his shadows lingering in the archway, as if fearful of the bright sunlight in the ring. “I’m not interrupting anything, am I?”Vincent could have sworn Nesta’s fingers stalled on the laces of her boots. He drawled,
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