“Well?”Jarred wanted to grab the phone from Justin’s hands.
“He has Wayla, she’s all right.”
Jarred pulled out his phone and called Wayla.After a couple of rings, she answered.
“Precious!Are you all right?”
“Yeah.Why wouldn’t I be?”She sounded normal, calm, and collected.
“I heard about Elena.Are you sure you are fine?Do I need to come over?”Now, there was a long silence on the line, and Jarred pulled the phone back to see if it still was connected.“Wayla?”
“You don’t need to come over,” she finally said.“His highness has graciously offered to escort me to my humble abode.I’ll talk to you tomorrow.”The line went dead.
Jarred stared at the phone, stupefied.What just happened?Was she mad at him?Quickly, Jarred picked out Chrissy’s number.
“Irishen has her.They are heading home, and heads up, she knows I know.”
“Thanks for the heads up and letting me know,” Chrissy replied, sounding relieved.“I’ll try to take some heat off of you if I can.Just… don’t jump on her about not telling you, okay?Wayla is not big on sharing, and I’d like her to be my friend even after this.”
“I’ll do what I can, but no promises.”
“Thanks!”
“Hey, on that note.Did she tell you she’s going to visit Marc’s family this Sunday?”
“What?No!”
“She needs clothes for the trip, and it would be handy to have something for her at our place too.You know, practice and all that…”
“I know all about all that,” Chrissy said, now sounding delighted.“I’ll get back to you after I see her tonight, okay?”
“Deal.”
“She’s here, gotta go!”
Chapter 30 – Wave
WhenWavegotoutof work on Friday evening, she had planned to get home and pack for the trip.Marc hadn’t, in fact, taken her shopping for something inappropriate to wear, but her whole closet probably fit that bill where Hatty was in question.
When she stepped outside, the first thing she did was to check for Elena or any of her handmaidens.It was quite embarrassing how they had gotten a jump on her last night.If Risha hadn’t shown up when he did, Wave might have resorted to using some of her actual power.
Hellion was leaning against the opposite building when she stepped outside.He looked good in his form-fitting jeans and tight shirt.The crisp evening air didn’t seem to bother him because his jacket was thrown over his shoulder.
Wave wanted to run her fingers through his messy hair.How could he always look so good?She could almost feel the heat of his touch from a distance.Smiling, she hurried over.
“What are you doing here, handsome?”
“Double duty,” he replied.“Firstly, I was ordered to drag your ass into extra shielding practice back at the house.”Wave groaned.Hellion held up a second finger.“Secondly, I’d like to ask you to have dinner with me.”
“Just you?”
“Well, considering that I’m going to have to drag you to our house, no matter what, I was thinking that you could decide that part.The whole group, just the three of us, or just me.”
“I’m not dressed for any kind of practice,” Wave hedged.
“Yeah, about that… Jarred went straight to the source.You now have a full Chrissy-approved wardrobe at our place.”
“I’m going to kill—,” Wave began, but Hellion cut her off.
