“I don’t know, I never tried it.”
“Have you ever wanted to open if before today?”
Mia thought back, humouring her sister ever so slightly, but not knowing what the hell she was getting at. “No.”
“But you met Skyler before today?”
“Yes, we’ve lived next door to one another since I moved in.”
“Hmmm.”
“Whatever you’re thinking, you’re wrong,” Mia said defensively.
“You don’t even know what I’m thinking.”
“That the necklace means something. It probably doesn’t, Grandma probably just put a spell on it so that it would open on a certain date just to confuse us all. Maybe if we asked Grandad nicely, he’ll tell us when the other two open.” Mia took a breath, surprised at herself for saying what she had. She’d never thought things like that about her Grandma before. Then again, she’d never had a reason to. .
“If you believe that then I’m a tree climbing goat.”
“Like that’s a thing.” Mia snorted.
“It is, they live in Morocco and eat nuts out of trees, but that’s not the point. You don’t believe that about Grand
ma, I know you don’t, so just stop pretending already.” Faye gave her a stern look, and Mia kind of had to admit defeat. Her little sister could be terrifying at times.
“The alternative is accepting that Bex hasn’t met her mate yet,” Mia whispered hastily, hoping their older sister wasn’t paying any attention. “And that you and Reese aren’t meant for each other. Or that I met my other half at four,” she added. An odd look crossed Faye’s face as she considered.
“Me and Reese are complicated,” she said in a small voice that made Mia wonder if there was something more to her concern. She placed a consoling hand on top of Faye’s, hoping that it would convey what words couldn’t. “It’s fine we’re dealing with it.”
“If you want to talk—”
“I said it’s fine,” Faye snapped, before sighing. “I’m sorry, it’s just difficult at the moment. I know he’s it for me, but every time we get close to touching, even if it’s just holding hands, it feels so wrong we have to stop.”
“And he’s definitely it?”
Faye nodded instantly. “He’s it. It’s just weird. And I’m getting a bit tired of it all. I mean I’d quite like a first kiss at some point.” She looked so sad that Mia longed to give her a hug, but she couldn’t without raising Bex’s suspicion. She had enough to worry about today.
“I’m sorry Faye, if there’s anything I can do—”
“There isn’t. But thank you. Is that how you feel about your Skyler? Is he definitely it for you?” Mia took a mental step back. She hadn’t thought about it like that at all. She liked Skyler she supposed, but as the morning passed she’d realised she wasn’t thinking about much at all. Unlike a certain tall dark haired man. Nope, now was not the time to think about Felix. Not at all.
“I don’t know,” she admitted eventually.
“Then maybe he’s not it. Who have you met recently that could have changed how the box reacted?” Faye asked, flipping from the emotional woman of moments ago to the logical thinker that she was. Mia’s immediate response was to say Felix, but she wasn’t ready to admit that aloud. She’d deal with him when she had to.
“No one.” Faye raised a questioning eyebrow, clearly not buying it in the slightest.
“Hmmm.”
“No one, Faye.”
“We’ll see.” There was a twinkle in her eye as she said it, a clear sign that she thought Mia was deluding herself. And maybe she was, but it was Bex’s wedding day, now wasn’t the time to sort out her love life. Which was ironic given that just yesterday she’d planned for it to be just that.
Chapter Six
Felix half-raced through the hotel. He was already picturing the smile on Mia’s face when he presented her with the jewellery boxes. They’d been exactly where she’d said they were, and after discovering she was more than just a human, he hadn’t felt the need to snoop around her house as much. There was no need when he was safe in the knowledge he’d be spending a lot more time there soon. In Felix’s mind, there was very little doubt about what she was to him. The only problem was that she obviously hadn’t come to the same conclusion, especially if she was using a love potion on someone. Why would she even do that? She was gorgeous, no way did she need to trap a man to her side, they were probably falling at her feet as it was. And that thought wasn’t a pleasant one. Definitely not.
A soft thump left him reeling, and he almost fell to the floor, just catching himself with a steadying hand on the wall. He looked down to find the dark haired object of his most recent thoughts looking up at him with a wide-eyed innocent stare. He could get used to that. Though he would bet almost anything that she wasn’t as innocent as she first appeared. That seemed impossible.