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“You saw it” Lucien’s voice was soft and slightly dazed “That first day in the hall, when you walked into the wall You were acting weird You saw it then”

Baer snickered, and Grey flipped hi his eyes on Lucien “Yes The thread had started to untangle with you and Gio together, but it was co”

“Soul onna do it”

Baer clapped his hands “Then let’s bond theoddesses”

Panic surged through hi to catch his breath “Bond us up? The last thing I want is a permanent bond in another poly relationship Nope Been there and got ain” He stood up, pulling free of Lucien and Calder He turned back to look at the two men ere supposed to be his soulthat he was attracted to them And yes, he definitely cared about the some fun, and that’s the way I want to keep it”

Calder stood next to him “You knoe have is more than just fun”

“No, it’s fun, and that’s it” Gio laid a hand on Calder’s chest because the pain filling his eyes slashed through him “I like you Like you both A lot But I don’t want some kind of perh this again”

“You had a mystical bond with two other people?” Calder asked with a raised eyebrow

Gio looked around the roo at him This wasn’t the place to have this conversation, so he shook his head “I don’t knohat he meant by ‘bond thelanced at Lucien to find the man’s expression a dark storm cloud ready to burst on all of them

“You can’t pay any attention to Baer He’s an idiot,” Grey muttered with a dismissive wave of his hand “It’s too soon to talk about bonds”

“Why?” Baer asked “They’re obviously soul et in this battle”

“It’s also obvious that they aren’t ready,” Wiley hissed, glaring at hispushy”

Baer’s expression cruured out the soul-”

“Well, not me,” Gio snapped “I’m happy to help you all with Charleston and any other way I can, but this whole soulshit is out of the question”

“Okay, so ait,” Clay declared with a nod as if he were so favors “You keep what you’ve learned to yourself You also need to take the ti and not to be ignored”

Resenthtened his belly Before Gio could tell him to shove his orders, Lucien exploded