He flashed me a grin. "Guess time will tell."
The two weekspassed in a blur of swimming, great food, fun vibes, deep conversation, and incredible sex.
Alotof incredible sex.
Grayson finally caught up on sleep for the first time in his immortal life, too.
The whole thing felt like a dream.
Neither of us was ready for it to be over, so we stayed up late the night before we were supposed to go home.
We sat in our room's hot tub together, completely naked. My legs were draped over his lap, and he massaged my feet slowly while we talked about what our next few years might look like. With his family hopefully getting out of the penitentiary, and us really getting settled into life together, things were bound to change.
I yawned, cutting myself off in the process, and someone picked that moment to knock on the door. Loudly.
I glanced over.
Grayson did, too.
Both of us frowned.
I opened my mouth to tell him we should ignore whoever was there, but the sound of our door being unlocked with a keycard was quickly followed by that door actually opening.
Grayson dragged me onto his lap, wrapping his arms around my tits and holding my bare back tightly to his chest.
We both relaxed when Darius strode inside. The lights were too dim to make out the expression on his face, but I figured he was just struggling with his magic. The rest of our family had probably started driving him crazy.
"Who let you in?" Grayson grumbled. "We have twelve more hours."
"The pixie at the front desk can be persuaded with a couple hundred bucks and a death threat." Dare plopped down on the edge of the hot tub, a few feet away from us. His usual joggers had been replaced with gray sweats, his shirt was missing (though that wasn't abnormal), and his hair was disheveled.
He was also grinning.
Widely.
He rolled his pants up to his knees and slid his feet in the tub, letting them dangle into the water.
"Are thoseshadowson your skin?" Grayson asked.
I had to narrow my eyes to make them out, but holy shit, thosewereshadows dancing on his skin, clinging to him the way Grayson’s clung to me.
"Yup." Dare leaned back on his palms, more relaxed than I'd seen him in a long time.
And still grinning.
"What happened?" I demanded.
His grin widened. "Rae finally decided to make a bargain. You guys were right. She's mine."
"Where is she now?" Grayson asked, his voice straining as he fought to keep his emotions under control.
"Her place, probably. She hadn't realized what we were when she disappeared. I think she'll recognize the mark, though."
"She'll kill you when she does," I said, grimacing. "What did she bargain for?"
"You don't want to know." Darius laughed. "She cantryto kill me. I'll have fun watching from her couch, while I force my way into her life."
"Force is the wrong move when it comes to Rae," Grayson warned.
