I hoped the councilors wised up. Otherwise, blood would flow.
Not my problem though. I had a companion to transition to vampire life and a House to run.
I let myself relax into Liam’s hold. “I’ve had enough of this city and its politics. I’m so ready to go home.”
After this trip, it might be a long time before I strayed from my city’s borders again.
“I was looking forward to our honeymoon though,” Liam drawled. “I was thinking somewhere with mountains and pretty vistas.”
I stiffened in his arms, my gaze shifting from his.
Talk about jumping the gun. I hadn’t even fully accepted the fact that we were married and that it might be permanent. Nowhe was talking about a honeymoon? Was he trying to freak me out?
A chuckle burst from him at the stilted expression on my face. His arms tightened around me. “Relax,mo chuisle.We can take our time with the planning. We have an eternity together, after all.”
twenty-eight
A few months later
The ring of the doorbell had me pounding down the stairs to answer it. I cursed as I got a face full of fake spider web.
“Who put this here?” I growled, swiping it away.
Unsuccessfully, I might add.
I sputtered, trying to get it out of my mouth as I flailed my arms. “What did I tell you guys about the decorations?”
Nathan popped his head around the corner. “That they look awesome and we’re doing a spectacular job?”
I glared. “I told you we had enough and to stop putting up more.”
Nathan pretended to consider. He shook his head. “Nope. Doesn’t ring a bell.”
He ducked back around the corner, busying himself with whatever it was he was doing as I stomped the rest of the way down the stairs, being careful to avoid the cauldrons someone had placed on the side of the steps.
“What are you even doing here? Don’t you have your own place?” I asked.
Since our return from Vegas, our lives had settled into something of a new routine. Deborah had survived the transition to vampire and was now learning the ropes of her new existence.
And I was figuring out what it meant to be a sire.
I wasn’t quite sure I had the hang of my new role, but I had help in the form of Liam and Connor.
Liam had embraced his role as House Travers’s enforcer.
A little too well.
His obsession with security was starting to drive me crazy. I was also pretty sure he’d taken to following me when I left to take care of the odd job.
We’d yet to discuss his stalkerish behavior. There’d been one too many coincidences of him showing up where he had no business being. Usually right before things took a dangerous turn. I had a feeling he was also the one responsible for a few of my more complicated jobs going off without a hitch. It was almost like someone was always one step ahead of me, smoothing my way to ensure I didn’t hit any snags.
That someone being Liam.
The biggest surprise was Inara’s survival.
No one knew quite what she was now. Neither pixie nor vampire but rather something in between.
I’d been afraid she’d hate me when she woke up, but so far, she’d been quiet. More thoughtful than morose.
