Soul Mates 04: Secrets(35)

I paused and grinned back at him. "I need to stop off in Lucien's room first if he's not there."



Nikolas caught up to me, and when we arrived at Lucien's bedroom, I was relieved to find that he wasn't there. I went to the closet and found a few of my favorite things that Adam hadn't picked up yet. It was difficult to sort through some of the clothes because Lucien and I shared them.



Nikolas lounged on the bed as if he owned it, and every time I put something in the pile, he'd pull me down for a kiss. We were in the middle of a long, groping kiss when the door opened and Lucien walked in.



His power exploded in the room and I rested my forehead against Nikolas', afraid of what would happen if I was to turn around. I was sure that Lucien would never intentionally hurt me, but the way his jealousy had turned, I might get bit in the crossfire.



"It is bad enough that you parade your relationship around in front of me and the rest of the coven, but you have to bring him to my room? To my bed?"



I couldn't look at him. "I was just getting a few things, Lucien."



"Same thing you've been getting for a while now."



"Oh, he did not just go there." Nikolas growled and pushed me away gently, then stood to face Lucien. "You do not get to throw insults and insinuations his way when you yourself have been fucking my lover, when you have marked him as your own."



"You did not even realize you wanted him until I had him."



The two of them fought and traded insults and all I could do was sit at the foot of the bed and watch absently. I didn't pay attention to the words, only the tone behind them, and wondered whether, if Logan could hear this argument going on now, he'd still say there wasn't any hatred between the two of them.



I guess in every relationship there comes a point where, if you're doing nothing but fighting and you're surrounded by nothing but negativity, you realize that you're better out of the relationship than in it. Losing him would kill me, but sooner or later, this shit was going to do the same.



Nikolas roared out in anger and tore out of the room in a rage and I watched him go, wishing I was with him instead of being left to pick up the pieces. I didn't want to fight with Lucien again. Twice in one night was just too much for me to handle.



Lucien turned his gaze to me and I held up my hands in defeat. "I'm going."



"You don't want to play with me? Am I not furry enough?"



"Stop it, Lucien."



"Oh, I'm done." He glared at me and I felt every hair on my body stand on end. "So. Very. Done. Don't bother leaving.I won't be back."



He slammed the door when he left and I jumped, even though I'd been expecting it. That poor door. It had been slammed so many times in recent months that I wasn't sure how it was still whole.



Another door slammed down the hall a little while later and I sighed in resignation. Wow. One minute I was happily caught up in a kiss and the next moment I was sitting all alone in the bedroom of a man I loved, but he was done. Whether it was with me, the relationship, with Nikolas&I couldn't be sure.



None of those options sounded good.



I went to the desk and pulled out a small box of the cigarettes Silver supplied me with on a regular basis. I lit one up and sat on a nearby coffee table, trying to figure out where to go from here.



First things first, I needed to get my shit and get it to my own room. It was clear that our situation wasn't going to be solved any time soon. Sabaan materialized into the room, and for once it didn't scare the shit out of me.



"Looks like it's just you and me again, kid."



"This is getting to be a habit," I said in an exhale of smoke.



"Yeah," he said, sitting beside me. "You know smoking is bad for you, right?"



I laughed. "What's it going to do, kill me?"



"Give you bad breath."



"Not these." I leaned over and blew softly into his face. He inhaled and leaned toward me and I smiled. "Pretty good, huh?"



"Oddly&yes."



"Silver's specialties." I rolled the cigarette between my fingers. "Nikolas should try them."



"Why?"



"Because they'd help in calming him down."



Sabaan laughed. "Then we really need to get Lucien to start smoking them."



I took another long drag and shook my head. "I don't know where he went. It's too close to dawn for him to be away from the house."



"He'll be okay. I'm sure he's gone to ground somewhere and will be back as soon as the sun sets."



"I hate it when dawn takes us without us settling things first."



"That was a good rule for you two to have."