Diara
That evening, I had dinner with Horus and pretended everything was alright, trying to get used to my new normal. He couldn't hide his excitement about the mating process and kept talking about it. He smiled across the table and reached for my hand, but I slipped it under the table and placed it on my lap.
He looked displeased but didn't comment. "I noticed that you and Irene are getting along," he said, eyeing me discreetly. My heart raced, but I managed to tame it. My reaction would determine whether all our hard work would come undone.
I snorted. "If you mean her teasing and bullying me as getting along, then yes. She's jealous and doesn't hide it, and I fight back."
He looked impressed.
"Why don't you just banish her?" I murmured, and that elevated his mood.
"Are you jealou
