Another yawn tries to take over as I reply, “Believe it or not, I would rather sleep.”
Van’s eyebrows wriggle as he jokes, “Wow, you must be tired.”
“I didn’t sleep great last night,” I reply honestly.
“Want to talk about it?” Reed asks me with concern.
I shake my head, “Not right now, but I do need to tell you about it. Let's just say it was odd. My kind of odd, not normal odd.”
“Of course it was,” River grins. “You’re swaying on your feet. Go to bed.”
“Yes, sir,” I reply, and sleepily note the heat that darkens his eyes.
I suddenly find myself in Griff’s arms and halfway up the stairs.
“I can walk,” I mutter halfheartedly because I absolutely don’t want to walk, but for some reason I feel like it’s important to remind Griff that I can walk if I wanted to. The logic doesn’t even make much sense to me.
A quiet chuckle rumbles through Griff’s chest, making me smile, “I’m sure you can, beautiful, but your eyes were closed, and you nearly fell over, so just let me carry you. I like having you in my arms.”
His words are so sweet that I snuggle deeper into his chest and mutter, “You’re the best Griff, thank you for looking after me.”
His lips touch my forehead, “Always, Neith.”
Ransom
“Ithink I’m going to head back out into the woods, I want to see if the imps know anything about me being sent to Luesidious,” I tell the guys. “I know Neith said that they didn’t know anything, but they might have found something out by now, and I want to see if they know whether the guy I helped is okay. They obviously have a connection with the realm, and I’m hoping that may mean that they have the knowledge of whether he’s okay, and know who I’m talking about. Plus, I’m still feeling on edge, and I’ve got too much energy to be in the house.”
“That makes sense. I think if anyone is going to know, then it will be them. I think I’m going to go for a run, my kitsune is a bit antsy,” River says, as he glances at the rest of the doors.
He must be feeling on edge if he’s willing to pass up looking through the rest of these doors to go for a run.
“Yeah, actually, I need to recharge, so I’ll be in the pool in my room if anyone needs me,” Van explains as he heads up the stairs.
“I think I might go through more of those doors and see if this place has a gym,” Doc says, which surprises me since he’s not usually the one who likes to work out.
“I’ll join you, I’ve been meaning to see if House has one,” Reed replies. “I bet if we ask House, it will lead us there.”
All of the doors in the hallway bang. .
I grin, “I think that means yes. I’ll see you guys in a bit.”
“Later,” they say together.
Turning back around, I head out of the front door. Really, I should be working on the wards, but there isn’t much more that I can do to get them ready now. They need the ingredient from Griff’s clan lands, and before we can go there, we have to find Pete and Murray.
So I’ve stalled.
I’m also far too on edge to work on spells, potions, and wards right now. I would make mistakes, and it’s not the kind of thing where mistakes are tolerated.
I’m not really sure where I’m going, but I’m hoping that the imps will somehow know that I want to talk to them and just appear. If not, I’ll just carry on searching and maybe yell for them and hope that they show up and actually want to help.
I’m not really concerned about why I was sent to Luesidious. I am almost certain that it was to help the guy that I fought beside, and I am concerned about him. It’s been gnawing at me, and I want to know that he’s okay. The Hunt, as he called them, did not seem like the kind of supernaturals that you want to mess with, and he was facing them alone.
As I get further into the trees, the sounds of Coen and Raiden messing around on their bikes get louder, and I grin as they both come speeding through the trees ahead of me, and then quickly turn around when they spot me, coming back to where I am.
“Hey!” Coen grins. “What’s up?”
“I’m going to see if I can find the imps. I need to know if the guy I was fighting with is okay or not,” I explain quickly.
