"Are you cheating on Neve?" Kael had asked that question.
Cael frowned at the words hanging in the cold air. Of all assumptions to make or questions to ask, Kael had arrived at something like that.
Cael hoped people didn't think that of him while he was busy walking away from the same girl who was stalking him.
"Are you saying that just to make me angry?" he said to Kael.
Kael looked at Isabella, who said nothing, who did not deny it, who just stood there with her lips pressed together and her eyes flicking between the two of them. Kael's mouth twitched as he realised what was going on.
"I see," he said, closing his eyes briefly. "Seems I was wrong. Forgive me."
He fell into step beside Cael without waiting for a response. Cael held the empty pot against his hip, Kael carried the wrapped talon in both arms, and they walked together while Isabella trailed behind them, uninvited.
Seeing that she was still following them, Cael stopped and turned.
"Stay away," he said.
