When he walked into the room, he saw the bathroom light was now on, the fire still going, keeping the room warm. Orianna was curled up on the bed, her blond hair fanned out over her pillow. Eclipse perched on the edge of the mattress and ran his fingers through all that silk. He watched her face, listening to the soft breaths she took as she succumbed to exhaustion. He wasn’t sure how they were going to make it through the next three days, but at least he would be distracted.
Right now, it was imperative his brain shut down.
Orianna must’ve sensed his presence, because she rolled to her back, eyes peeling open and a beautiful smile pulling at her mouth.
“Good evening,sezari.” He mirrored her smile.
“Please tell me there’s food.”
“Phillip’s having it sent up. Should be here in a few.”
“I’m starving.”
As was he.
Her smile slipped, her expression sobering as she reached up and ran her fingers over his cheek. “Everything okay?”
Eclipse tried to nod, just as a reassurance, but he couldn’t lie. “It will be,” he said instead.
And he was going to latch onto that thought and run with it.
Because what else could he do?
“Whatever you do, I suggest you don’tgo near that mansion,” Kaj warned the males seated at the table in the dining room. “At least not for a couple more days.”
“I’ve heard,” Blaz replied with a smirk. “So that mating heat … it’s a real thing, huh?”
“Real and brutal,” Kaj admitted.
“What’s it like?” Huracan asked.
“One minute you’re going about your own damn business and then … fuck,” Kaj grumbled. “Out of the blue, the need overwhelms you.”
“Damn good thing they’ve got Fae,” Blaz said.
Kaj happened to be looking at Mirakel, so he noticed the male flinch. Not the first time he’d done so in the past couple of days, ever since that female had fed him. As easy as it would’ve been to give the male shit about it, Kaj had sympathy for him. After all, he knew exactly what it felt like to be bowled over by one of those females. From the very first drop of Acadia’s blood that hit his tongue, he’d been transformed, his entire existence altered.
“How’s Bijou doing over there?” Huracan asked.
“Oddly enough, she’s found herself a friend,” Kaj explained.
“The human male?”
“Actually, the human female. The older one.”
“Orianna’s mother?” Blaz asked.
Interesting how his males knew all about what was going on over at Angel Central, despite the fact not one of them had gone over. At least not that Kaj knew about.
“Yes,” Kaj confirmed. “They’ve taken to one another quite well.”
He figured it had to do with the fact Bijou had lost her mother. Probably found comfort in having a motherly figure in her life. Kaj hadn’t met the human female, had actually done his best to keep his distance.
“Those angels sure like to give us shit for interacting with humans. They don’t seem to have a problem with it,” Blaz added. “Got them traipsing all over hither and yon.”
It was true, the angels were interacting more with humans now, but Kaj knew they weren’t casual acquaintances. The two humans currently in residence were family members of theamsouelots. They were obviously the exception to the rule.
“I heard they sent one back out in the human world,” Huracan prompted. “Know if that’s true?”
