Styx (The Four Book 1) by Layla Frost

Author:Layla Frost [Frost, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Layla Frost
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Not So Fresh Feeling

Denny

“I’LL SAY IT AGAIN,” JUNO said, holding her hands up in a surrender position. “I’m sorry.”

I brushed off her apology. “It’s fine, honestly.”

“It’s not,” Nate muttered under his breath, continuing to glare at her.

Sitting sideways on my couch, my legs were stretched across Nate’s lap as he held ice packs to my knees. I put my heel on his thigh and pushed it down, a silent message to be nice. Since his thigh was like a tree trunk, I doubt he felt anything.

When I hadn’t answered the door, Juno had done as she’d threatened.

She’d broken it down, likely with little effort.

Since last she’d heard, Nate was gone, she hadn’t expected anyone else to be at my house. She especially hadn’t expected to find me pressed up against the bookshelf.

She’d reacted quickly. A concentrated burst of her energy had been enough to drop him.

Since he’d been holding me up, it’d dropped me, too.

Luckily, he’d released me in time for me to unwrap my legs from around him, but I’d still landed firmly on my knees.

I hope we never need it, but it’s reassuring to know her powers grow stronger during moments of heightened emotions.

I wonder if that includes good emotions, like when she…

Pulling my one-track mind out of Perv Station, I turned my attention to Juno.

The knowing look on her face reminded me she could read me like a book. “Remember that freak earthquake a couple months ago?”

Her question, and the satisfied grin that accompanied it, said it all.

Huh. Good for her.

I gasped when Nate put the ice back on my knees. I tried shifting away from the intense cold, but he transferred his glare from Juno to me.

“Hey, don’t look at me like that!” I pointed at Juno. “It’s her fault.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Juno gasped. “I thought I was saving you. I’m a hero.”

Nate shook his head. “You’re both out of your minds.”

“Yeah,” I said at the same time Juno threw in an enthusiastic, “Thank you!”

“A couple more minutes of ice,” Nate whispered, his thumb stroking the side of my leg.

“So,” Juno started, looking from Nate to his hands to me. Her green eyes twinkled, and she looked ready to skip and dance around. “Things have improved.”

My happiness matched hers, though I tried in vain to be cool. “Seems so.”

“Good. I’ll forgive you for not letting me know since you seemed to have your… hands full.”

Nate chuckled, and I fought the urge to dig my heel into the area between his thighs.

I hope that’s tree trunk sized, too. Well, not that big. I’m not greedy.

Remembering too late I was near Juno, my eyes shot to her, but she showed no reaction.

Phew, maybe she can’t read me as well as we thought.

“I’m going to take off,” she said, starting for the door. “Text me.”

“Wait.” Standing quickly, my already bruising and sore knees protested.

As did Nate, who ordered, “Sit.”

I ignored him and walked into the kitchen. Grabbing his clothes, I handed them to Juno. “Do these tell you anything?”

She held them out before giving me a somber nod.

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