“Already done, Goofball.”
Walking behind Martha and Kai, I couldn’t help but keep turning around. The feeling that we were still being watched and maybe even followed was overwhelming. I couldn’t shake it no matter how hard I tried.
I even told myself, “Zelda, get the hell over it. You’re the next Witch in line to be Baba Yaga. You can’t be scared of a Boogie Man you can’t see.”
But it didn’t work. I was still nervous and wanted out of the chamber as soon as possible.
Four steps from the top, I swore I heard something… a voice. It was soft, little more than a whisper. Definitely female, it felt ancient and had an unmistakable Celtic accent.
“Margaret...” It breathed in my ear.
I froze. I turned around. There was nothing.
Shaking my head, I faced front and told myself, “You will tell no one. Now, get the hell outta here, and go hug your hubby and kids.”
Finally outside, I filled my lungs with fresh, Dragoon Bootay air and thanked the Goddess we were all safe. Relief swirled around us as we hugged one another and genuinely smiled for the first time since Theresa had run into the coffee shop with the news that Barney had escaped.
As if reassured, Hoopingarner House stopped shaking. Completely. Totally. Not even a tremor.
If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought it was happy to see us go. But that couldn’t have been right, right?
Still clutching the journal, I pushed all thoughts of ‘living’ houses to the back of my mind and looked up at Kai. Unable to shake the feeling that the house was still looking at us, I looked over my shoulder for a few long seconds.
Gaze falling to the journal, I made a decision, and instead of overthinking it, I told Kai, “I'm postponing the wedding.”
All eyes were immediately on me. They looked like I’d just said that I was canceling Halloween.
Then Kai yelped, “What? You can’t be…”
It almost immediately dawned on me that he was misunderstanding, and I quickly added, “Not canceling… postponing. There’s a difference.”
“You just discovered that you're an immortal, Magical cork holding back the apocalypse,” Maeve recounted and gave me a single nod. “I support that decision.”
“Same,” Theresa agreed with a thumbs-up.
Arthur asked, “Can we please still wear bow ties?”
“Absolutely.”
“Can we still have tacos?” Chewy pretty much begged.
To which I cheered, “Double tacos.”
“BEST DAY EVER!” My little guy happily woofed, dancing on his hind legs and batting his cute little brown eyes.
Back at the house, I got the dogs bathed, including Mona, and found a big, fluffy blanket just like the boys had for her. Leaving them in their room to chill, I headed to the master bedroom to see how Kai was doing.
Opening the door, I was greeted with candlelight, red roses, and a naked Mate that set my heart and body on fire. Closing the distance between us, he took my hands in his and started moving backward.
Following him into our room, I swooned when he asked, “Will you let me love you like you are the sun in my sky, the air that I breathe, and the beat of my heart?”
Not waiting for my answer, Kai sucked my finger into his mouth, closed his eyes, and sighed as he ran his tongue up and down my trembling digit.
Pulling my finger from his mouth, I realized we had been moving the whole time. As he sat on the edge of the bed, I sat on his lap, let my legs fall on either side of his muscular thighs, and slammed my lips to his. Roaring, “Yes! Yes! YES!!” Directly into his mind.
Faster than I could track or even try to, Kai had me naked and on the bed. Climbing up my body, I could only gawk at his muscular body. I mean, I knew my man was built. I’d seen it before, but every time I looked at him, I couldn’t help but acknowledge that my man had it going on and then some.
As his erection touched the top of my thigh, all thoughts of anything but having my man between my thighs fled my brain. Heck, I would’ve given up chocolate, blueberry cake donuts, and BBQ potato chips if only he would stop teasing me and start loving me.
