Page 313 of Night's Fall
“And that’s allI’vegot.”
It hit meI’dbeen gone awhile, and he was still in our suite, soIlooked around and asked him, “Don’tyou have somewhere to be?”
“I do.Butyou andCattore out of here soIput it off and waited for you to return.Iwanted to make sure all was well.”
Ugh!
Sometimes he was so awesome,Icouldn’t take it.
“And someone had to feed the cats,” he finished.
See?
I threw myself in his arms, kissed him hard, broke it and said, “Ineed to get sorted and get back.”
“Do you need me to order you breakfast?”
Seriously?
I couldn’t take it!
“No,I’vegot it.”Itouched my mouth to his, pulled out of his arms and dashed down the hall, calling, “I’llcomm you later.”
“Love you,” he called in return.
“Love you too,”Ishouted.
ThenIhit the bathroom and snatched up myDenti-Clean.
* * *
An hour and a half later,Gaylewas still crashed, andCatandIwere huddled at a table by the window that was covered in our used breakfast dishes, and we were having a whispered conversation.
I was filling her in with all that had happened.
She was visibly relieved theArnaudthing appeared to be at an end, and seeing her relief, it was the first timeIrealized it was at an end.
He was in custody.Hewas in deep doo-doo with murder and mayhem to answer for.Hewas about to lose his throne.Andif they could prove he killed that poor young female, and all the rest, he wouldn’t be free, maybe for the rest of his life.
So outside of still being insanely pissed atPrinceCormacfor being such a massive dick,Iwas relieved too.
And maybe, now that theMasquewas over,AlekseiandIcould go away for a week and chill the heck out beforeIwas thrown into engagement party planning, wedding planning and the movie started shooting.
“Something happened last night with me too,”Catwhispered.
I came out of my thoughts and right back into the room, because her voice was weird.
“What?”Iasked.
“Well…”Hereyes slid to the side.
“Cat, really.Thingsseem to be going our way, finally, but only after more beings died last night.Ifthis is bad, just sock it to me.”
“I got a middle of the night visitor too.”
I stared.
“Tanyn knocked on my door last night,” she finished.
