Chapter 6"Is Nathan around?" Marcus asked, confirming my fears. "I want to talk to both of you, make sure you're not killing each other."He said it like a joke but my smile felt painfully fake. "Um, let me see if he's available."I walked out of my room and down the stairs, my heart pounding with every step. I found Nathan in the living room, sitting on the couch with his laptop open, he looked up when I entered, his dark eyes meeting mine."Marcus wants to talk to both of us," I said, holding up my phone.Nathan's jaw tightened but he nodded, he closed his laptop and moved over on the couch, making space for me to sit beside him, I sat down stiffly, keeping as much distance between us as possible while still being in frame."Hey man," Marcus's voice came through the phone. "How's it going? Are you two behaving?""Everything's fine," Nathan said smoothly, and his voice was so normal and friendly that I almost believed him myself. "Lyra's been a perfect houseguest." Immediately th
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