Audria giggled. “Yes, but I’m not the one always bragging about my conquests.”

“It’s fine that you haven’t,” Kerrigan said.

“Agreed,” Noda said, her voice solemn. “It’s better than regretting it.”

And no one had a response to that.

“Well, I suppose that I challenge Audria,” Roake said.

“Big surprise,” Audria said, flipping her hair.

“If you could have your first time with one person in this circle, who would it be?”

Audria gaped. “That’s… that’s not fair.”

Roake shrugged. “That’s the question.”

“I…” Audria looked around. Her gaze jerking between each person and then shrugging. “I can’t choose. Consequence, I suppose.”

“Then, you have to kiss Noda.”

Audria huffed. “That’s a terrible consequence.”

Noda looked offended by her response for one moment, but then Audria was on her hands and knees, crawling across the small circle. Her movements were unsteady. The alcohol was getting to them all. Kerrigan’s head felt fuzzy. But she was unprepared for Audria to gently take Noda’s face in her hands as if she were precious and kiss her so soft and slowly.

Roake gaped at them. Kerrigan’s eyebrows rose. They were kind of hot. She was definitely into guys, but still… it was hot.

Audria pulled back and winked at Noda. “I’m an excellent kisser.”

Noda nodded, dazed. “That you are.”

Audria giggled and returned to her spot. “I challenge Kerrigan.”

“Of course,” Kerrigan said, taking a fortifying sip of faerie punch. “What do you have?”

“What did you see in your bonding ceremony?”

Kerrigan froze. Her head spun. Did Audria know that she and Tieran weren’t bonded? Had she guessed and then gotten her drunk so that she’d reveal it?

“We all know what the others saw, but you’ve never shared it,” Audria continued. “I’ve been dying to know.”

No, she didn’t know. She was just being Audria and nosy. But of course, Kerrigan couldn’t say. Because they weren’t bonded. And Fordham would know if she was lying.

“Come on. It’s an easy one,” Audria encouraged.

But it wasn’t an easy one for Kerrigan.

“Consequence,” she murmured.

“Well,” Audria frowned, tapping her lip. “Your consequence is to go off into the greenhouse and kiss Fordham for three minutes.”

“What?” she chirped.

“It was an easy challenge. So, I’m giving you a bigger consequence,” she informed her haughtily. A twinkle was in her eye. As if she’d planned this all along. The little matchmaker.

“Fine,” she said, coming unsteadily to her feet.

Fordham rose beside her, and she stomped into the greenhouse. She walked until they were far enough away from their friends before she spoke, “I know that you don’t want to do this. So, we can just wait…”