Sebastian blinked.
"Don't wait," Nicholas said again. Quieter. "She chose. You said it was free. Then stop making her wait." Something moved in his own face that he did not try to hide from his brothers. "Just be careful with her. She is carrying more than she knows. Be careful."
Sebastian nodded.
Once.
Slow.
"I will," he said.
Nicholas looked at Lucian.
Lucian was already looking at him.
"Zev," Nicholas said simply.
Lucian exhaled. Long. Slow. His hand pressed to his chest again briefly. "Zev says she already knows. That she felt us this morning when she came back. That the bond is already there and we are the ones making her wait for something she has already decided." He paused. "He says we keep treating her like she might break."
"She won't break," Sebastian said quietly.
"No," Lucian said. "She won't."
The three of them stood there.
