straight in the eyes. “When you are ready to speak with him, come and get me. I need to be there,” I reiterated.
He smiled and nodded. At least he let me in on one thing.
I heard the three men gruff in unison as I slumped off to my room. Lexi popped her head from her door and asked warily, “You got a minute?”
The inevitable apology.
“Sure.” I walked into my room, leaving the door open for her entrance. She closed it and sat on the bed facing me.
“I’m sure you know this is about Fenn.” Her eyes were troubled. “I wanted to apologize. I um —” she waited a moment as if searching for the right words. “I didn’t know who he was to me when I first met you. Honestly,” she assured. “I don’t think my mother wanted you to find out.” Her face went rigid at the word mother.
I reached for her hand.
“There was too much at stake, and well, you know how my mouth is. I can’t keep it shut to save my soul. I would’ve blurted that out, and she knew that, so she erased it from my memory before I came for you.” Anger flared in her eyes. “It wasn’t until I crossed back over to this realm that I remembered, and at that point, I knew that seeing Fenn alone after all that you had went through to find him would be enough of a shock for you. After that,” she paused, “well, I just didn’t know when the right time should be.”
I let out a deep breath.
“It’s okay, Lex, I get it. Say no more, okay?” I petted her hand in reassurance. “We’re good.” I leaned in and hugged her, thankful that we could clear the air. At least I had someone I could count on to be honest with me. I needed her in my life. She was my family now.
Her tense shoulders dropped as a broad smile stretched across her face. “I am so relieved! I thought for sure that you were going to hate me,” she admitted. I wanted to kick myself for making her feel that way.
“I could never hate you. I was mad, definitely, but not even close to hate. You’re such a dork.” I leaned back against my pillow.
“So, um, how are things with Fenn?” she asked sheepishly, rolling onto her belly and dropping to her elbows next to me.
“There isn’t any “thing” with him. At least, not right now,” I replied, trying to hide the regret that I felt. “He can’t seem to trust me, and I won’t be in a relationship built on mistrust.”
If only it were that simple. Being soul mates didn’t make staying away from him easy.
She sighed and then said, “I wish things could be that clear and concise for me.” Her eyes peered over at me expectantly. She was waiting for me to ask her to explain. I could tell because that’s how she was, dramatic.
I played into it. “Explain.”
She began picking at the frayed ends of the pillow I was leaning against and sighed once again. “I really like Logan. I don’t know what it is about him.”
“Me either,” I muttered under my breath.
She glared at me. “Are you going to let me finish, Miss Smarty Pants?”
I nodded, laughing when she nudged me.
Her face dropped a little as she looked back at the pillow. “Brohm will be here tomorrow,” she said softly.
That explained it all. That explained her desperate need to talk to me about this. I thought back to the night we spent in the hotel in the other realm. That was when I had first learned of her proposed marriage to Brohm. The man she didn’t know or love.
We had discussed this situation a few days ago, searching for a way to get her out of this unconventional situation. I had reminded Lexi that he worked for Zordon. With everything happening after Zane’s attack against me and Zordon’s war, I figured she could get out of it based on that mere fact alone. No mother would let her daughter marry someone on the wrong side of the war.
But then again, her mother was Eve.
“What about what we discussed?”
“It didn’t work,” she said sadly.
I sat up. “What!? So your mother would let you marry someone on Zordon’s
He smiled and nodded. At least he let me in on one thing.
I heard the three men gruff in unison as I slumped off to my room. Lexi popped her head from her door and asked warily, “You got a minute?”
The inevitable apology.
“Sure.” I walked into my room, leaving the door open for her entrance. She closed it and sat on the bed facing me.
“I’m sure you know this is about Fenn.” Her eyes were troubled. “I wanted to apologize. I um —” she waited a moment as if searching for the right words. “I didn’t know who he was to me when I first met you. Honestly,” she assured. “I don’t think my mother wanted you to find out.” Her face went rigid at the word mother.
I reached for her hand.
“There was too much at stake, and well, you know how my mouth is. I can’t keep it shut to save my soul. I would’ve blurted that out, and she knew that, so she erased it from my memory before I came for you.” Anger flared in her eyes. “It wasn’t until I crossed back over to this realm that I remembered, and at that point, I knew that seeing Fenn alone after all that you had went through to find him would be enough of a shock for you. After that,” she paused, “well, I just didn’t know when the right time should be.”
I let out a deep breath.
“It’s okay, Lex, I get it. Say no more, okay?” I petted her hand in reassurance. “We’re good.” I leaned in and hugged her, thankful that we could clear the air. At least I had someone I could count on to be honest with me. I needed her in my life. She was my family now.
Her tense shoulders dropped as a broad smile stretched across her face. “I am so relieved! I thought for sure that you were going to hate me,” she admitted. I wanted to kick myself for making her feel that way.
“I could never hate you. I was mad, definitely, but not even close to hate. You’re such a dork.” I leaned back against my pillow.
“So, um, how are things with Fenn?” she asked sheepishly, rolling onto her belly and dropping to her elbows next to me.
“There isn’t any “thing” with him. At least, not right now,” I replied, trying to hide the regret that I felt. “He can’t seem to trust me, and I won’t be in a relationship built on mistrust.”
If only it were that simple. Being soul mates didn’t make staying away from him easy.
She sighed and then said, “I wish things could be that clear and concise for me.” Her eyes peered over at me expectantly. She was waiting for me to ask her to explain. I could tell because that’s how she was, dramatic.
I played into it. “Explain.”
She began picking at the frayed ends of the pillow I was leaning against and sighed once again. “I really like Logan. I don’t know what it is about him.”
“Me either,” I muttered under my breath.
She glared at me. “Are you going to let me finish, Miss Smarty Pants?”
I nodded, laughing when she nudged me.
Her face dropped a little as she looked back at the pillow. “Brohm will be here tomorrow,” she said softly.
That explained it all. That explained her desperate need to talk to me about this. I thought back to the night we spent in the hotel in the other realm. That was when I had first learned of her proposed marriage to Brohm. The man she didn’t know or love.
We had discussed this situation a few days ago, searching for a way to get her out of this unconventional situation. I had reminded Lexi that he worked for Zordon. With everything happening after Zane’s attack against me and Zordon’s war, I figured she could get out of it based on that mere fact alone. No mother would let her daughter marry someone on the wrong side of the war.
But then again, her mother was Eve.
“What about what we discussed?”
“It didn’t work,” she said sadly.
I sat up. “What!? So your mother would let you marry someone on Zordon’s
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