He’d read that in a book once.
Talon’s laughter followed him down into sleep.
Chapter
Five
Talon could not believe this timeline was happening.
Mercury was sleeping. Real, honest sleep, and that was amazing.
So he was sitting in the bedroom staring at Kami and Cain who were both staring back at him.
“That was amazing!” Kami said, “I mean, he took us to Turkey and back.” Kami looked at Cain, “Do you know what this means?”
Cain nodded, then he shook his head, then he nodded again. “It means that we can go get stones wherever we want.”
Talon crossed his arms over his chest. “It also means that this is very, very dangerous. If anyone finds out about this, it’s very dangerous to all of us. This is a skill people kill for.”
“Why on earth—” Kami belched, then went back to drinking his beer like a trucker. “Why on earth would someone not utilize this? This seems weird; like it doesn’t make any sense to me.”
Talon shook his head. “No, it makes zero sense to me either. I don’t like any of it, to be honest.”
Brother, I’m coming down.
It wasn’t a question.
He blinked. Looked at Cain. “Triton’s coming.”
“So are Reno, Boone, and Durango.” Kami shrugged. “Cerran is staying upstairs to defend Eowyn.”
Talon blinked. “From?”
Kami shrugged. “I assume the children. Reno’s bringing Miranda. She needs Talon-time.”
“Do you think we could move out of my bedroom then?” Talon asked. If Mercury didn’t wake up soon and eat, he would have to feed the guy like a baby bird or something.
But right now Mercury was genuinely sleeping the sleep of real exhaustion, not a weird fever dream,went sliding to Turkey, and then I bonded with a heartstone, and it took every bit of energy in my body.
So Talon felt pretty okay leaving him there to rest.
“Smart. Would you like to go to your front room?” Cain asked. “Would you like to go down into a common area?”
“I’m not leaving him, Cain, not right now.”
“Somehow I didn’t think that was going to be a thing, but it seemed prudent to ask.”
“Out of the bedroom.” Kami rolled his eyes. “Let’s go. I’m assuming that someone is bringing food. Lots of food. Because Mercury is going to need food.”
You’re a good friend.
Sure, any time. I got your back, man.Kami winked, headed out, obviously speaking to Reno, who now had marching orders to get food. “No fish, right?”
“No fish, right.” He glanced at Cain. “That’s all they fed him. Canned fish.”
Cain stuck out his tongue. “I like fish, but I get it.”
They settled together, and then people just began to arrive. Maybe they should have gone out to the common area, but he didn’t want to leave Mercury, and he’d actually done Kami’s baby shower in here, so it would work.
