We didn't go far, Mathias setting us down in an alley in the city, early evening in the metropolis on the edge of the continent no less lively than any other time of day. I hugged myself as I shivered my way through frustration and disappointment while the pair made their own plans without me.
Just as well. When I turned at last to find them staring into one another's eyes, clearly talking in their heads, I felt a wash of resentment toward them, of jealousy and petulant childishness that Leah chuckled over.
Stop being such a baby, she sent, amused enough to just make my temper worse.
Bite me, I snarled back.
"Ethie." Mathias reached out to me with one hand but I backed away, shaking my head. I needed to go, get away from them, from all of this, just for a while. And had a moment of memory, of a promise I'd made not so long ago.