“Who is this, and where’s Oanen?”
“That’s Oanen,” Zotera said. “Eliana just told him to stop looking for reasons to be upset with you.”
Megan’s gaze bounced between Oanen and Eliana.
“It was an accident,” Eliana said with a cringe.
Megan’s smile bloomed to the point I saw gums. “Best accident ever!”
She jumped up on Oanen and wrapped her legs around his waist.
“Want to take me home, bird boy?”
“Is it safe for us to leave Ashlyn?” Eliana asked.
“Hey, I’ll be fine,” I said quickly. “Go home. Rest. I have Zotera.”
After what we’d just endured, I was ready to let Zotera build a bunker for us to hide in forever, just so I wouldn’t see Megan hurt like that again.
Megan hopped off of Oanen and flashed a wicked smile at us all.
“I just had an idea.”
“We couldn’t tell,” Fenris said.
“I doubt we’ll get any rest if we stay here. Zotera, you could do statues, right? Can you make a look-alike of yourself and Ashlyn? Not real but something soft and easy to move.”
Zotera gave a slow nod. “I think so.”
“Eliana, send Mrs. Quill a message that there was an attack on Ashlyn’s and that we’d like to sleep at their place.”
“Oh,” Fenris said with a laugh. “I like how you think. Adira won’t attack her own sister’s place.”
“Don’t put anything past her,” Megan said. “That’s why the dummies are going with us.”
“If Adira shows up, won’t she know to look here once she sees the dummies?”
“She won’t get close enough to know. Trust us.”
Fenris nodded as Eliana sent the text.
“I like this idea,” Zotera said before hurrying from the kitchen.
She created our lookalikes out of two blankets. Both were freakishly real.
“Not sure how I feel about that,” I said.
“Don’t worry,” Megan said. “I won’t let anyone sleep with you.”
I shook my head at her and watched Fenris and Oanen carry our lookalikes out to the car.
“Are you guys going to be okay?” I asked.
“We’ll be fine. Get some sleep. The fates only know what kind of crap Adira and Thanatos will pull once they realize what we’re up to.”
I helped Zotera clean up after the others were gone then went to get ready for bed. Zotera was waiting for me when I got out of the bathroom.
“Do you want me to sleep with you again tonight?” she asked.
