Page 16 of The War is Coming

“I’ll ask him,” he paused and looked at Puff. “Unless you want to reply to him.”

Puff nodded. If you think it will do any good.

“It will,” Paris put in. “Especially if you welcome them back into the family.”

I can do that.

Donovan quickly looked at Tudor. “No excuses, you still need to rest.”

“But ..,” Tudor started to say.

“Sweetheart, you have to,” Alex said, taking his hand.

Blake looked at them. “What’s going on?”

Tudor sighed. “I need to shift and rest.”

Blake looked confused. “Okay, not seeing the problem here.”

“I don’t know how long I’ll be resting for.”

“Still not seeing an issue, Tudor.”

“There’s so much to do,” Tudor replied.

Blake gave him a gentle smile. “That’s why there are two other rulers, both of whom live here, plus you have Alex, Dane and your father who can look after things for you.”

Dane laughed. “Bad luck, little brother, off to the rooftop with you.”

“You can laugh, Dane, but once Tudor finishes resting, you’re next. Don’t think I haven’t noticed you’ve not rested either.”

Dane stopped laughing and scowled.

“What about you, Donovan?” Ares asked.

“I’m a lot older than my sons, so I can go longer without rest, but I’ll take my turn when Dane has rested,” he replied.

“I can rest with you, sire,” Gentzen said to Tudor.

Tudor smiled at him. “Thanks Gentzen I can have Bubo fly around and keep me updated.”

Alex looked at his mate. “Can you hear us in your stone form?”

“When we’re guarding not properly resting we can see and hear I don’t know about deep resting,” Tudor said, looking concerned. He turned to Alex. “I can’t not be talking to you Alex.”

“Don’t worry, Tudor, you’ll be able to talk to Alex, including your gargoyles and the pack,” Ares assured him. “The only time you won’t be able to is when you’re in a deep sleep, the same as if you went into a normal deep sleep.”

Tudor sighed in relief.

“Sweetheart, is that why you’ve not rested?”

Tudor nodded. “I couldn’t not talk to you Alex.”

Alex leaned in and kissed him. “Now you know you can. Let me walk you outside, and you can rest, okay?”

Tudor nodded and looked at Blake and Puff. “But if you need me, I’ll do what I can to shift back.”

Tudor, rest properly. If rogues are coming, we all need to be in top form, and that includes you. Puff told him.