Chapter 364


    Sephle


    Andrei looked at his watch, then looked at Adrik, then to me. “They’re still not due back for a while. Can


    we see?” he asked, tentatively.


    Adrik looked to me, but I put it back on him. “It’s your call and only your call,” I said, still working on


    making enough food to feed a small army. Adrik looked at me for a few moments, then smiled. I could


    tell he was sad to no longer have the secret, but he also seemed happy to show them. Like he was


    proud of how weird I was bing. He simply nodded his head.


    I went to take the contacts out, thankful to have a few moments without them. When I came back to the


    kitchen, I was still rubbing my eyes intermittently.


    “The contacts bother you, huh?” Andrei asked when he saw me rubbing my eyes.


    “Yeah, I can handle them for short periods but they make my eyes itch when I wear them for longer


    periods,” I said. I walked to Adrik. It was easy to think about how much I loved him, which I knew would


    turn my eyes blue. The look in his eyes let me know it had worked. He wrapped one arm around me,


    but motioned for both Andrei and Misha toe to us.


    He jerked his head slightly in my direction. “Blue means she’s thinking about how much she loves me,”


    he said, showing the Wonder Twins.


    “That’s your normal blue. It just took over the other two colors,” Misha said. He was clearly fascinated


    by my new trick.


    “I call them my mood ring eyes now, since they seem to change with my ever-changing moods,” I said,


    laughing. I watched as Andrei and Misha’s eyes got bigger, signaling that my eyes had switched to


    green.


    “Green usually means sarcasm,” Adrik said.


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    “But you still have the demon eyes, right?” Andrei asked.


    I closed my eyes for a moment, trying to make them go dark. When I opened my eyes, they both


    laughed. “Yep, still there,” Misha said.


    “What were the other ones?” Andrei asked,


    “Whi te means I’m scared. I’d rather not have to show you that one right now. I don’t know how far


    away it still works on Ivan, but he definitely feels it when I’m scared. I don’t want to distract him right


    now,” I said.


    “The only other one we’ve seen is they turned golden brown, almost amber, when she was thinking


    about Trino seeing his m om for thest time,” Adrik said. “That’s only happened once, though.”


    “You don’t have to try to show us that one, either. I can’t wait until you start making up new colors. I


    want to see purple and orange next. Get inventive, spider monkey,” Andrei said, teasing me.


    “I would try if I had any clue it was happening. I was only just barely getting a handle on the demon


    eyes and they started doing this on their own. I don’t have a clue when it’s happening. It’s not like I can


    feel it. I just see it in his expression that they’ve changed, but I still sometimes have to ask what color


    they are,” I said, looking at Adrik.


    “Are you going to tell Stephen and Viktor about it?” Misha asked. He couldn’t keep the grin off his face


    when he asked.


    “Might as well. They’ve both likely noticed the absence of her demon eyes, just as you did,” Adrik said.


    “Ten bucks says Stephen offers to turn you to a vampire because of it,” Misha said.


    “You’re on,” I said,ughing at him.


    I managed to pull Adrik away from the Wonder Twins when I went to put the contacts back in before


    Viktor got back with Vitaliy and his men. He was standing behind me in his new favorite spot while I put


    my contacts in, his arms wrapped around my waist, his chin resting on my shoulder.


    “You’re okay with having told them?” I asked. I was fairly certain he didn’t mind telling them, but I also


    knew how much he loved having a secret that was just between us.


    “Of course, solnishko. I knew it was only a matter of time before they found out. I sometimes forget how


    observant they all are, especially of you. Ivan just has a leg up because he can feel your emotions like I


    can, but given what happened earlier, I think Misha might be tapping into that as well. You didn’t look


    angry when he asked about your demon eyes. You never look angry, unless you’re an absolute raging


    inferno and even then, you generally only look slightly miffed,” he said, rubbing his stubble against my


    neck lightly.


    Iughed. “I wasn’t a raging inferno, but I was angry about them being picked on. I wish I would’ve


    known it was happening while we were down there. I would’ve put a stop to it,” I said. I caught him


    smiling at me in the mirror as I put the second contact in. It was a strange sight to see my one


    seemingly normal eye and one demon eye.


    “You should only wear one contact at a time, just to f**k with people,” he said,ughing.


    “I don’t think the guys are going to like how busy that’s going to keep them, fighting off random people


    that think I’m possessed.”


    “Worth it,” he said, stillughing, his lips against my neck. “As for the Wonder Twins’ problem, I’ll talk to


    Vitaliy. Those guys haven’t been with him long, but I won’t stand for them disrespecting my men.”


    “Is that going to cause even more problems, though? If they already have animosity toward you and I,


    will that just make it worse? What if Andrei and Misha give them an old-fashioned attitude adjustment?


    Do you think that will work? Do Vitaliy’s guys have the same kind of training that your guys do?” I


    asked.


    “The other guys do. I don’t know about these two. They haven’t been with my father very long. Two of


    his guys retired a few years ago, so he needed recements. I don’t know much about these two.


    Aleksei will know,” he said.


    “I know they’re both bothered by it, even though they’re trying to act like they’re not. Misha made me


    fish it out of his head what happened. He’s really bothered by it. I’m sure Bubba is too. They’re both the


    sensitive ones, but they also shouldn’t have to deal with this. It makes me want to punch both of your


    father’s guys in the nose.”


    “If I haven’t told youtely, you’re extra adorable when your hackles go up,” he said, turning me to face


    him.


    “I don’t have hackles,” I said, matter-of-factly.


    “Oh you do. They go up even when you don’t like someone’s tone with one of us. It’s very endearing,”


    he said. “I sometimes want to make it worse and then turn you loose, just to see what will happen.”


    “You’re a little bit evil,” I said,ughing at him.


    “That’s a lie. I’m a lot evil,” he said, pressing his lips to mine.