Page 69 of Bones

“Weare.”

She turned in my hold to look up at me. “Where? Why?”

“To see my siblings.”

Finally.

When she didn’t respond, I studied her darting eyes and the panic she was working—and failing—to hide. “It’ll be fine.”

Her gaze dropped to my shoulder. “Okay.”

Going against my better judgment, I let her off the hook—as much as I could, at least. “You need a few days, baby, we’ll wait. Can’t put it off forever. A lot is going on that you don’t know about. Hell, thatIdon’t know about. But I can give you a little more time.”

“No, that’s okay. Where are we going?” she asked again.

Mentally, I gently tugged at the thread in my chest. At the connection that’d been severed for centuries. One I’d thought was permanently lost.

“Don’t know,” I answered honestly.

Her brows lowered. “Then how will we get there?”

“Grab Victoria and a small bag of her stuff, then meet me by the front door,” I said instead of answering.

I could’ve asked Mabel to take the dog, but I got the feeling Aurora would prefer having her close.

Like the world’s most hostile emotional support animal.

My sullen mate happily dislodged herself from my hold like she’d been looking for any excuse to. Making my way through the cabin, I made sure everything was secure in case of delays. I paused in the kitchen to pocket one of the small notebooks and pens I’d spread around the house.

When I reached the entryway, Aurora already waited with Victoria in her arms and a packed bag hanging from her shoulder. She remained silent and didn’t so much as glance at me as she jostled her load to open the door.

I closed and locked it. She made a confused noise, but I wrapped an arm around them both. “Hold tight.”

I didn’t give her more warning than that. No chance for her to ask questions or freak out. I closed my eyes and followed that thread. Less than a second later, we weren’t in the cabin.

We were in the house where I’d seen my siblings.

I opened my lids and saw even more of one of them.

Toomuch.

“For the love of angels,” I bit out, closing my eyes again while I hurriedly covered Aurora’s.

Victoria’s, too.

No one else needed to be cursed with the image of Thanatos’ naked ass.

Ignoring the ruckus coming from the bay window, I kept my hands in place and shuffled us out onto the porch. Once we were safe, I lowered my palm from across Aurora’s face but kept my arm around her.

She blinked a few times, adjusting to the brightness. Her voice was barely above a whisper when she asked, “Is it always like that when you disappear?”

I’d never brought anyone on the journey with me, but it had to be physically straining and emotionally unsettling for a human to have their entire being materialize somewhere new. I’d already been unsure how she’d handle the additional chaos to our already uneasy situation, and that was before transporting into a sex scene.

I scanned her for any signs she was about to melt down or get sick.

Or both.

But she wasn’t green or pale. Her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were bright as she looked up at me expectantly.

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