I asked carefully, wondering if I needed to go and find her. “No. I mean yes… but not like that.” “Like what then?” I pushed. “We fucked,” he spat like he was saying he’d killed her. “By the stars, Darius.” The stress rolled out my body in a flood. “Well, that’s great, now you can drop all of this pretence.” “Pretence? What fucking pretence, Lance?” He shoved his way past me, throwing himself down on the bed and tucking a hand beneath his head as he blew out a long breath. “I mean, you and her, this whole ridiculous feud you’ve been so focused on. Now that you’ve both finally given in to what
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