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Chapter 2

Stevie Rae

Rephaim is such a good kisser, Stevie Rae thought as Rephaim pulled her in closer, if that was even possible. Thank you, Goddess.

They were just about to really get into it when someone very loudly, very obnoxiously, and very deliberately coughed, and they jumped apart.

"Oh, please, don't mind me," Kalona, Rephaim's daddy, said as he went around the pair to grab some firewood to put in the pit thing. Stevie Rae could feel the blood rush to her cheeks and knew she was as red as a tomato. Rephaim, however, was nonplused, and he ran his fingers through his gorgeous black hair.

"Hello, Father," he greeted. "How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough to know you two need to get a tent," Kalona answered. Stevie Rae wanted to die again as she blushed even harder and wished she could just disappear.

Rephaim must have felt her embarrassment, or at least seen it written on her face, because he put an arm around her waist, sliding her closer to him. She leaned into his shoulder in a futile attempt to hide her scarlet face.

"You say that like it's a bad thing," Rephaim said, which made Stevie Rae wonder if she wanted to kiss him or slap him. Maybe both, because his words made her want to laugh and evaporated most of her embarrassment, but the reason she wanted to slap him is pretty obvious.

Kalona shrugged, and Stevie Rae stepped out of Rephaim's embrace to help him with the fire.

"A fire will never light like that," she said. "There's no way for the air to flow through." She moved the wood so they were stacked up against each other like they should be. "There, that's better."

"Now we just need the child to light it," Kalona said.

"Her name is Shaunee," Rephaim corrected.

"Yeah, I'd think you would know the name of the person who's lending you their iPhone," Shaunee said, coming up behind them with some folded-up chairs.

"I know your name, but that doesn't make you any less of a—" He stopped dead as he faced the death glare boring into him. "Never mind."

"Smart answer," Shaunee said as Zoey, Stark, Aphrodite, and Darius walked up, each carrying a chair or two, except for Aphrodite, of course. Darius was carrying hers.

Rephaim and Stevie Rae took the chairs off them and helped to set the circle of chairs up around the fire ring. Thanatos, Damien, and Erin came with more firewood, but there were only nine chairs. However, there were eleven semi-happy campers.

Aphrodite jumped on Darius's lap the second he realized the situation. Rephaim, seeing the problem as well, grabbed Stevie Rae by the waist and pulled her into his lap. However, Stevie Rae couldn't complain. At all. Even if she wanted to, which she did not. Not only did it solve the problem, it also gave her an excuse to cuddle with her favorite person in the world, which is exactly what she did, to the obvious discomfort of his daddy.

Rephaim kissed the top of her head as everyone else took their seats. Sadly, Erin and Shaunee were sitting as far away from each other as possible, obviously still fighting. Shaunee closed her eyes and snapped her fingers, and the wood was instantly aflame.

"What happens now?" Rephaim whispered in her ear.

As if to answer, Z stood up with a humongous bag of marshmallows. "Let's make smores!" she exclaimed.

No one protested, so she passed 'em out with the sticks and everything. Stevie Rae tried to explain how to roast a marshmallow to Rephaim, but he promptly managed to light his on fire. It wasn't a big deal; he blew it out almost immediately, but he was still a little embarrassed. She smiled at him and purposely put her marshmallow into the fire, and after she blew it out and showed him how to make a smore, she whispered, "I think it tastes better this way anyway."

He smiled and kissed her cheek. Someone had turned on some music, so bits of conversation mingled with the lyrics. Then Damien exclaimed, "We should play truth or dare!"

He said it with such enthusiasm that no one could say no, so Shaunee said, "Okay, I'll start. Damien, Truth or Dare?"

"Dare. Wait—no this is you who's asking me this. Truth," Damien answered.

"Nuh, uh, uh," Shaunee said, wagging her finger at him. "You gotta stick with your first choice."

"But that's just ludicrous—" Damien started.

"No buts or big words allowed." Shaunee got an evil look in her eye and laughed like a mad scientist. "Damien Maslin, here is your dare." She stood up dramatically. "I, Shaunee Cole, dare you to not use a large, confusing vocab word for the rest of the trip."

Damien paled to transparency, and the rest of the group looked like they either wanted to kill Shaunee or laugh hysterically. Stevie Rae was caught between the two.

This is the only time Stevie Rae would ever admit this, but Aphrodite saved the day (trip, and game) by saying, "Shit, I need popcorn, not smores. I can tell this is gonna get good."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, even the fire, when Damien laughed. "Okay," he said, "let's really get this started. Stark, Truth or Dare?"

"Dare. Truth's boring," he answered cockily.

"Hmmm…" Damien stroked his chin while he thought of an adequate dare. "I dare you to go forty-eight hours without getting within three feet of Zoey."

"Damien!" Zoey screeched from her seat next to Stark.

Stark, however, kept holding Z's hand. "And what if I don't," he challenged.

"Then…" Damien's voice trailed off, and he stroked his chin again.

"Then you have to wear a pink polka dotted dress, high heels, and make-up for an entire week once we get back to school!" Erin exclaimed.

"And we'll get it on video too!" Shaunee added, then slapped her hand over her mouth, obviously not meaning to make a twin-like comment.

"Stark, just do the dare," Stevie Rae said, fighting back an laugh at Stark's astounded face.

"But—"

"But nothing, Stark. I won't let you do that," Zoey said, standing and dropping Stark's hand. "Switch eats with me, Damien."

"'Kay," he said, sitting down in Zoey's seat, laughing at Stark's face. "Good luck, Stark," he teased.

"You suck. But I guess it's my turn now," Stark said to Damien. Then he looked around the circle, an evil smile plastered on his face. His eyes stopped on Stevie Rae and Rephaim. "Rephaim," he said. "Truth or Dare?"

"Truth. I happen to like sitting with Stevie Rae." Stark gave Rephaim a death glare, which made Stevie Rae want to squirm, but Rephaim smiled innocently at him.

"Fine, birdboy," Stark said looking at Rephaim, then Stevie Rae, then Kalona, and then back at Rephaim. "How many times have you slept with Stevie Rae?"

"That's a little personal," Stevie Rae protested, this time squirming a little bit. Did he really have to ask that, especially when Rephaim's daddy was literally right there? she thought.

"Relax," Rephaim murmured in her ear, the said, "Actually, I haven't slept with Stevie Rae at all. If I were to sleep, I would probably do it during the day when I am a raven and therefore above ground, not below ground with Stevie Rae."

Everyone laughed except Stark, who frowned and said, "No, I meant how many times have you done it with her."

"Then you should have worded your question differently. You asked me how many times I had fallen asleep with my love, and I answered you. Now, if I'm correct, it is my turn to ask a question." He scanned the circle and said, "Zoey, Truth or Dare?"

Zoey managed to stop laughing at the defeated look on Stark's face long enough to wheeze out, "Truth."

"Who is your father?"

Everyone stopped laughing, actually wanting to know the answer to this question.

"Ummm… not really anyone important. He left when I was really little. I don't even know if he's alive or not. I had a step-father, but he was a jerk and a loser, and I didn't like him," she said.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Rephaim said sincerely.

"Don't worry 'bout it, I don't talk about him much anyway." Stark stood up to go to her, but Zoey held up her hand and said, " No. I will not let them put you in a dress, Stark. I would never be able to look at you the same way ever again."

Everyone laughed again. Rephaim leaned back in the chair and whispered, "I shouldn't have asked that."

"Don't beat yourself up over it. Really, it's okay," Stevie Rae whispered back as Zoey said, "Aphrodite, Truth or Dare?"

"Dare. You and birdboy are fucking babies. Let's fucking change it up."

"You just made this way too easy," Zoey said, trying and failing to look evil. "I dare you to let Stevie Rae dress you for the next month."

Aphrodite paled; Stevie Rae laughed hysterically.

"And if I refuse?"

"Then we'll sneak into your room and for now your tent and steal all of your clothes and replace them with Stevie Rae's."

"Wait—what?" Stevie Rae asked while everyone just laughed harder.

Aphrodite, however, was nonplused. "And what would you do with my designer, worth-more-than-you clothes?"

"Burn them!" Shaunee shouted.

Aphrodite paled but still managed to shoot daggers at Shaunee, which made everyone erupt into fits of even more laughter.

"Fine," she muttered. Then Aphrodite glared at Stevie Rae. "Do your worst, bumpkin."

"Oh, trust me. I will," Stevie Rae replied, laughing.

Aphrodite shot one more glare at her, bit then said, "Kalona, Truth or Dare?"

However, Kalona was completely zoned out.

"Kalona?" Thanatos asked.

"Father," Rephaim said, reaching over to tap his shoulder, but Kalona was still in la-la-land.

"Kalona!" Aphrodite shouted.

"What?" Kalona asked, suddenly jerked back into reality.

"Truth or Dare?" Aphrodite asked.

"Oh, uh, Dare," he said.

"Are you alright?" Thanatos asked.

"Yes, fine," he replied. However, Thanatos wasn't convinced.

"Do not worry. I am fine," he said, touching her arm.

"If you say so," she said, but she looked worried.

"And here's your Dare," Aphrodite said. "I dare you to make out with somebody here for a timed twenty minutes.

Zoey paled. Stevie Rae kind of wanted to slap Aphrodite upside the head, but instead of walking over to Zoey, Kalona, using his immortal speed, pulled Thanatos into his lap in the blink of an eye.

"If I may, priestess," he murmured, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear.

Thanatos smiled. "If it would amuse them so…" she said. The last word was barely out oof her mouth when Kalona's lips locked with her's. Her eyes closed, and anyone could tell she was kissing him back.

Three minutes hadn't passed when Stevie Rae's gut lurched. Crap, she thought. It wasn't her who wanted to throw up. "Ummm…" she said, standing up and grabbing Rephaim's hand. "We'll be right back."

"'Kay," Zoey called, but Stevie Rae was already dragging Rephaim into the engulfing shadows of the trees.

Once they were out of sight and earshot, Rephaim fell to his knees and puked his guts up.

Stevie Rae held his hair back out of his face with one hand and rubbed his back with the other. When he was done, he sat back and rubbed a shaking hand down his face. Concerned, Stevie Rae felt his forehead and neck for a temperature, but he was just sweaty.

"Is that supposed to happen?" he asked.

"Yes, but it's not a good thing," she answered.

"It tastes bad," he said, making a face.

"Here." She reached into the pocket of her roper jeans and pulled out a packet of gum. "Chew on this," she instructed, handing him a piece.

He popped it into his mouth and scooted away from the vomit. Stevie Rae silently asked the earth to clean it up, and it glowed green for a second before disappearing completely. Rephaim lay down and asked, "Am I sick, Stevie Rae?"

She touched his forehead again for a minute, and he closed his beautiful brown eyes. "I don't think so," she said. "How do you feel?"

"I'm not sure," he answered, eyes still closed.

Stevie Rae lay down beside him but propped herself up on her elbow. "That doesn't help me help you here, Rephaim."

He sighed. "I know. I just… needed to get out of there," he said.

"Do you wanna talk about it now?" she asked.

He nodded once.

"Well?" she prompted.

"I want him to be happy, Stevie Rae, but…"

"But what, Rephaim?"

So many emotions crossed his face, but his eyes remained closed. "But will he still be my father if he is with her?"

"Rephaim, look at me," Stevie Rae said, climbing on top of him and cupping his face in her hands. When he opened his eyes, she continued, "Rephaim, him being involved with someone else doesn't make him any less your father."

"I know that, but… why didn't he tell me?" he asked, sitting up.

"Tell you what, Rephaim?"

"That he liked her! I thought he would tell me if he developed feelings for Thanatos."

"Rephaim, I' sure your daddy would tell you if it was anything serious. Besides, it was a dare. It doesn't have to mean anything."

"But it did and you know it."

"Rephaim, maybe he was going to tell you later. Or did you ever think that maybe—"

"There you are." Kalona's deep voice found them, followed shortly by the immortal himself.

"Hello, Father," Rephaim said. His tone sounded forced.

"Is everything okay? They told me to come find you two so they can continue the game."

"Yes, everything is fine," Rephaim said, standing up and pulling Stevie Rae with him. He tried to move around him, but Kalona blocked their path.

"You lie. What is wrong? Do not hide things from me, my son," Kalona said.

"Because you aren't hiding anything from me?" Rephaim challenged. Shit, Stevie Rae thought. This isn't good.

"Ummm… Maybe I'll just head back..." she said, starting to step around Kalona.

"Stay," Rephaim pleaded, catching her wrist.

"Wrong. Both of you will go back. Now," Kalona said, stepping aside. "We will speak of this later."

"Fine," Rephaim said, leading Stevie Rae by the hand back to the campgrounds. When they sat down again, it didn't take an imprint for Stevie Rae to know he was upset. Stevie Rae held both of his hands in hers and interlocked their fingers.

"Okay, now that you guys are back, it's Kalona's turn," Zoey said, smiling.

"Thanatos," Kalona said, turning in his seat to look at her. He took her hand in his before he asked, "Truth or Dare?"

"Truth, I suppose," she answered.

"Very well. Why are you able to see Darkness?" he asked.

"It's a very, very long story," Thanatos said, eyeing Kalona wearily.

"Wait—you told us you couldn't see Darkness," Stevie Rae said.

"Yeah," added Stark.

Rephaim looked at Zoey questioningly; Zoey looked down guiltily. "Z?" Stevie Rae asked.

"Okay, fine, I knew, but I promised not to tell anyone," Zoey explained quickly.

"It's true; I made er swear to not tell anyone, specifically Stevie Rae, Rephaim, and Stark," Thanatos stated.

"Then this is a valid question," Darius said.

"And we have time for this answer," Stark added.

"No matter how long the story is," Rephaim finished.

Thanatos closed her eyes and looked down. Kalona squeezed her hand reassuringly, and she opened her eyes again and said, "As you wish…"

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