I nodded my head and decided that nothing Fagua had said was really news to us. We just needed to hear her say it, even if it was the wrong way to do it. We needed to talk to her, but I knew she would be angry about me using my powers on her. As I took her out of the spell, I knelt in front of her, thinking that she would do one of two things: slap me for doing it or shout at me.
She didn't do either of those things. When we made eye contact, she sighed and a tear slid down her cheek.
"I should have come to you. I should have spoken about all this." She sniffled.
I shook my head as I held her in my arms. We had a lot to catch up on, and Sky joined in the hug. We needed her to forgive us. If we'd been the mates we claimed to be, we wouldn't have had to use my power and she would have come to us freely.
"No more secrets," Sky said.
"Here, here to that," I agreed as I hugged them tighter and decided we needed to figure out a way to make this all good again.
Sky
Ifound myself for the first time going from being the unreliable one to the stable one. Husk had taken over my role as the unpredictable one, as he spent more time in his room and even less time talking to us.
I headed to the kitchen before leaving the penthouse. It was a habit. Before, we all used to have breakfast or at least a coffee together. Lately, though, it'd been the three of us: Fagua, Winter, and me. Yet, the last couple of days, it had been only Winter and me. It was as if everyone was in their own world and no more were we working together, and we all had our own reasons why.
"I need to go and check the audit results today. So I'll be at the auditors most of the day. Are you alright to hold the ship without me?" I said to Winter.
Winter laughed, until his eyes met mine and he realized that I wasn't kidding.
"Of course, man! Do you think you're the only one holding it all together?"
He pointed to me. "Don't answer that. I'm not in the mood for a lecture. It's just confusing at times. Husk is jealous of us and Fagua. She's upset about not being with him, and then there's Mayia. She seems to be a friend to Fagua, but I'm not sure if she is or not."
I choked, thinking that Winter was being as possessive as Husk. We didn't own Fagua, and we certainly had to stop trying to control her, otherwise we would be no different than her parents. But there was a time and place for that type of discussion. Right now, we just had to move forward and I had to get to the audit meeting.
I didn't know whether we were coming or going. My brothers and I talked about everything, but something had changed since I left the hospital and we didn't do that anymore.
Husk would say in a heartbeat that it was Fagua. He would blame it on her, but shouldn't we be responsible for our own actions?
"We'll get there, bro." He stood up and gently patted me on the back. No doubt he'd read my mind from my facial expression. He knew me that well to be able to tell what I was thinking, which is why I hated playing poker with him. He left me alone in the kitchen and I looked at my Rolex and realized that I had to fly. It really was getting late, and if there was one thing that I hated, it was tardiness. So I had to get things turned around so I would make it to my meeting on time and be able to head back here to check on the daily.