I shook my head, turning to face them. “Actually no.”
Krew shoved Owen away like I was dressed indecently.
I snickered as I made my way over to the two of them, sliding out of my slippers once inside the door. “It’s not like he hasn’t seen me in far worse, Krew. I’m fully covered.”
“That may be, but not for long.”
I rolled my eyes as Owen started backing away for the main door. “Right. I’ll just disappear now. We can finish this later.”
Just to be a brat, he broke my sound barrier with his magic as he went, the door clicking behind him.
Krew opened his mouth to say something, but again not wanting to hear anyone boss me around for at least another few hours, I sent the sound barrier right back. That had likely been Owen’s reason for breaking it to begin with, to force me to do it again.
Krew grinned at me and used his own magic to shut the veranda doors behind me. “I was only going to say that I could get used to this.”
“Me in your shirt?” I shrugged. “I knew I wasn’t leaving this room today anyway, so I figured why not be comfortable.”
He crossed the space between us in two strides. “That too. I meant because there you were looking at the forest, stunning me in my own shirt, yes, but also happy. I felt that you werehappy. I haven’t felt that from you all week.”
“Yes, well we’ve had quite the week, haven’t we, husband?”
His lips raced to meet mine. He was an artist, pushing and pulling at my skin as he brought me closer and kissed me hard.
“Krew,” I gasped, trying to pull away. “It is the middle of the day, Silvia might come in at any moment.”
He was not to be deterred though. “Owen’s handled far worse. He’ll handle it.”
CHAPTER8
This was the first trial. The second would be tomorrow when I was to play cards with Renna, Molly, and Gwen and try my damndest to not give away that I had magic. Not that any of them would truly care, so it was a safe trial. But for now, I was practicing in the dead of night again with Krew, Keir, and Owen.
“Okay, I have an idea for the last part of tonight,” Owen offered.
Keir and Krew had practiced earlier, Owen and I showing up later. And to everyone’s confusion, Krew still seemed to have all but a drop or two of his magic. We didn’t know if it had to do with the soul bonding or if Krew’s magic would just be gone some morning or what.
I also wasn’t sure when Owen was sleeping this week, but it was safe to say all of our schedules were thoroughly messed up.
I sighed. “Judging by the look on your face, I already hate it.”
Owen crossed his arms. “You’ve gotten much better at moving objects. And much better about using magic more often. Now I need you to work on using magic at or near people.”
I didn’t even need to think about my answer. “No.”
“Jorah,” Owen began.
“No.”
He cocked his head in my direction. “Listen, what happened with Keir happened because you were feeling protective over Krew, likely because of your bond, and hadn’t used enough magic since acquiring it. This is going to be a controlled environment.”
“I almost killed Keir,” I reminded him.
Keir shook his head. “Nah. It’d take much more to kill me, honey.”
I rolled my eyes. “Okay, I inadvertentlyattemptedto kill Keir.”
Owen swiped at the air. “Whatever. I just want you to put up one of those barriers again. Like you had around Krew. And I want to test it to see how strong it is. Though the concept is not new, that one was strong enough that I’m wondering if you put a steady stream into it, if you could keep another Enchanted from shattering it.” He paused. “The other night it was just easier to have you take it down, since you were the one who cast the barrier. But tonight, I want you to focus on keeping it up, strengthening it. As long as you can.”
I took a deep breath. If I was strong enough to will it there and will it to stay, it could give us a huge advantage with the king. No one needed to say it out loud, but we all knew it. If I was as strong as they thought I was, this could be helpful. “Fine. But no one will be in said barrier.”
