Edmund had been in such a rush to tell her they’d found the aquamarine, he was still wearing his wetsuit, although he’d unzipped it, and was holding the stone in his hand as he spoke. “It was right where you said it’d be, although I’m sure we looked there yesterday and didn’t see it. But today I knew to move a little farther east and then I saw it.” “I said it’d call to you. It calls to lovers. What’s it saying to you now?” Utah hid a grin as red flushed across Edmund’s pale skin. His skin was so fair, blushing made him look adorable. “Um, actually, AJ, I don’t think you want to know.” AJ’s laugh echoed through the room. “Uh-huh. Well, you go off and do that. We’ll expect you back here in time for lunch tomorrow. I need to meditate on how to give Mavis the stone. It needs to be introduced to her with ceremony and sensitivity. And I believe we all need to be present to do it.” Giving Mavis the aquamarine during a ceremony seemed reasonable to Utah. More important was the information that the stone really did want them to fuck.
