Adam narrowed his eyes and shook his head. "What do you mean it’s not for the Fae, what the hell did Titus put on your neck?"
"No idea, but we need to figure it out—and soon." I replied shaking my head.
I tried to remember what Titus had said while tattooing the ink and gave up. I licked my lips nervously and spoke low so only those inside the room could hear me. "I have no birth certificate according to Ryder, you don’t either Adam. There are no pictures of me inside my parent's house before I was six months old."
"I was left at the Guild so no surprise there, but there has to be some pictures of you as an infant—well unless you were an ugly baby."
I snorted at his response since it pretty much matched the one I had given to Ryder. I considered my option and then turned to look at Larissa. "If Adam cut it off, you could heal it right?"
"Oh hell no! We cannot just cut it off Syn, have you lost your mind?" Larissa said turning a light color of green.
I rubbed my eyes, tired from everything I had dealt with today. "Adrian is alive," I mumbled knowing that was what they had come in here for.
"Technically he's—Ow!" Adam whined and rubbed his ribs where Larissa had just elbowed him. I barely contained a smile as he continued to do so.
"I know, how could he do that to us? I mean, he actually got turned into a Vampire I can't believe it! And he was all over you. He thinks he can come back in here after we buried him? Seriously, the guy is going to send my ass to counseling!" She shouted in her best outraged voice for my benefit.
"If you want I can grab my notebook and a pen and you can lie on the couch?" I teased her.
Adam laughed and lifted his green eyes up to meet mine. He wasn’t fooled by the jokes I was using to deflect the conversation at all. "He doesn’t deserve you, he left us. All of us, he left the coven to become more powerful Syn."
"Yeah, I get that. But, why? He was already powerful." I replied thinking it over.
"No idea, but now that Larissa has fed her curiosity of why Ryder was inside your room and no voices could be heard from the door…I bid you goodnight," Adam smiled as Larissa glared at him before he walked out and closed the door behind him.
"You can't be with Ryder, ever Syn," she said hastily.
"I know that, he was trying to figure out what the brand on my neck was for. Just don't worry about it. It's my ass, not yours. Why are you so worried about me, when you have Adam?" I asked deflecting her statement.
"I've liked him since we were little, I just need to see where this goes," she moved her hair behind her ear and smiled sadly.
"I'm doomed, I think I should become a nun," I smiled trying to lighten the mood.
"We're both going to hell, but at least we will be there together," Larissa said grinning.
"Not anytime soon though," I joked halfheartedly.
If we didn’t catch this killer, it might be sooner than later.
Twenty Two
The next few days were difficult, but we'd managed to settle into a routine of sorts. My coven worked out in the morning together as we always had, while Ryder and his men disappeared to wherever it was they went to during the days.
Communications were short and kept to a minimum. I trained with Ryder and Zahruk who seemed to be his second in command. I'd even managed to hold a tea cup in the correct way. Who knew there was an actual right way to hold a flimsy little china cup? Today, I was being instructed on how to dance. By Ryder himself.
Ryder had said to pick out something suitable to dance in, so I was relieved when Larissa showed up holding an ice blue dress and shoes. It was backless and soft, not something I would normally wear, but I was limited on choices. I slipped into it and stared at my bare feet.
I slipped on the matching shoes and decided to leave my hair down and slapped on some light make-up. Zahruk knocked and opened the door and nodded, before offering his arm so we could head to the room in which we'd be dancing in.
Adrian had never wanted to dance, the other night couldn’t be considered since all I had done was move my feet while he had held me. I'd been too stunned to do much more than that. I just had to train for one more night and then I'd been promised we'd be allowed out, even if only for a few hours. Adam and Larissa had both begged to go to the Guild's Samhain party.
I peeked around Zahruk's wide shoulders to watch as several couples twirled around the dance floor. Surprisingly Adam and Larissa were one of those couples. I smiled as I watched them glide smoothly to the music and wondered how I could have missed the relationship. They looked happy together, complete.
"Coming in, or do you plan on hiding behind me all day?" Zahruk said with a wide grin that lit all the way to his vivid blue eyes.