Demetrius pulled back from the kiss, his dark eyes searching mine with a sudden, thoughtful intensity. "And what does Sam think about all of this?"
I looked down, absently playing with a loose thread on the cuff of his sleeve, twirling it around my finger. "I haven't told him."
Demetrius stilled, tilting his head as he looked at me. "You haven't told Sam you gave his wife an experimental bracelet to wear?"
"Well... if it didn't work, then it would have just been a bracelet," I murmured defensively, keeping my eyes fixed on his sleeve. "I knew the spell matrix. I knew it wasn't going to harm her, Demetrius."
"Rach," he said softly, his large hand gently covering mine to stop my fidgeting. "I think you need to tell him. Especially if you're planning on giving her an elixir next."
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