Declan chuckled. “Good luck with that.”
He turned to smile at Fawn, his arm moving instinctively about the slenderness of her shoulders as she came to stand next to him, her arm automatically sliding about his waist. She was careful to place it below where he had been shot.
He waited until Magnus, Angel, and their entourage had left before speaking again. “All okay?” he prompted huskily.
“Areyouokay?” she came back.
She was so selfless, always thinking of the comfort of others before she even considered her own feelings. Declan was going to have to break her of that habit, mainly because, if she let him, he was going to spoil the hell out of her. Initially by buying her that boat, if she really wanted it.
“No one died, or is going to die, so it’s all good,” he dismissed.
Fawn breathed a sigh of relief. “Nikolai managed to restrain himself?”
Declan chuckled. “I told you, he’s a bastard who secretly has a heart. Maybe not of gold, but it’s still there.”
Fawn chuckled. “I really don’t care, as long as he stopped himself from killing a man who is merely grieving for his brother. I can relate,” she explained when Declan eyed her questioningly. “I would do anything to protect River. I’d also want to avenge him if someone hurt or killed him.”
Declan already knew that about her. “How is he?”
“He’s still feeling a little weak, but the swelling on his face has gone down considerably. He almost looks like my handsome brother River again,” she added happily. “He and Danny have eaten a brunch, now River is going to rest for the afternoon, then the two of them are going to join us for dinner later.”
His eyes widened. “Danny is still here?”
She nodded. “He spoke to Magnus and arranged to take a few days off. I have a feeling Danny is never going to want to leave River’s side again.”
“They really are already that together?”
“Yes.”
“Just like that?”
She turned to stare up into his eyes. “Sometimes it happens that way.”
Yes, it did. And if Declan had his way, the two ofthemwere going to be together for the rest of their lives too. Hopefully, with several children of their own.
Fawn had never hadsuch a perfect day as the one that she spent with Declan.
Maybe when she was a child? Although, even those halcyon days of being homeschooled and drifting along the length and breadth of England in a canal boat had been fraught with uncertainties. Such as when and where her parents would find temporary work again so that they could support them all. Winters had always been the hardest, with no fruit or vegetables to pick.
Once she reached eighteen, Fawn had become completely responsible first for herself and then for River too, once he joined her in London, leaving the days of their carefree childhood behind them.
No, this day with Declan, the two of them also spending several hours in bed together making love during the afternoon, had definitely been the best of her life.
So far.
She had a feeling that all her days were going to be this happy from now on. Declan certainly gave every indication that he was in this long-term.
It made Fawn’s heart soar just to think of being with Declan, of the two of them loving each other, for the rest of their lives.
All they needed to do now was find a new kidney for River.
All!
It was still a big shadow over all their lives. But if they could find a suitable kidney donor, her brother could hopefully begin to live again. Fawn could also stop worrying about him so much.
She would still worry, of course. He was her baby brother, and there was always the possibility of his body rejecting a new kidney. But that was a bridge much further on in the process. For the moment, she only wanted to concentrate on the positive things in their lives.
Declan was definitely the biggest positive ever in hers.
