Page 113 of Touched By Moonlight
Chapter 32
Ido not remember much after, onlyNicolas gently lifting me into his arms before unconsciousness claimedme.
The sleep was deep, dreamless. The erotic dreams I had once shared with Grayson were nomore.
When I finally awoke, the soothing scent of roses, cedar and Grayson filled mynostrils.
Grayson? I struggled to wake up, though fearing reality, for if the delicious scent of my lover meant he only lived in my dreams, I did not want toawaken.
Raising myself up on one elbow, I blinked and focused. The bed beneath me felt soft as lamb’s wool, the sheets pure cotton. Above me stretched a canopy of roses intertwined on a white trellis, with trees stretching their branches over the roses. The enormous bed was open to the air, built on a cedar platform, and a gentle breeze stirred the petals lying on theplatform.
Grayson lay to my right, one arm thrown above his head, his eyes closed. Fast asleep ordead?
To my tremendous relief, I saw his bare chest rise and fall. He wasalive!
Curling up next to him, I hugged my lover tight. He did not wake up but sighed in hissleep.
“Good. You’reawake.”
I glanced around and saw Nicolas sitting in a chair at the platform’s edge. He put down the book he’d been reading and went to my side, feeling myforehead.
Sitting up, I waved away his hand. “I’m fine. But Grayson… I thought he wasdead.”
Did my powers heal him? I had enormous magick, and it had drained out of me during the fight withKallan.
“I couldn’t have healed him while I was unconscious,” I toldNicolas.
He gave a mysterious smile, and crooked a finger. A wolf emerged from the shadows and then transformed into Stephan. Both my lovers sat on the bed’s edge next tome.
“You didn’t heal him, Sienna.” Stephan lifted my hand to his mouth and brushed a kiss against my knuckles. “We did, thanks to you sharing your powers. We used your magick of healing to bring himback.”
“Grayson told you your magick was used for good,” Nicolasadded.
The one thing I had feared sacrificing and giving to anyone else to control had cured Grayson of his horrible wounds. Joy rippled through me. I felt lighter than I had in years, and yet in a way, more powerful as well. Because at last I was able to let go of the past, and the burden of knowing I had enough magick to level acity.
When you have that kind of power, no matter how noble your intentions, you can easily become corrupt and slip over to the darker side of life. You may not lose your life, but you can lose yoursoul.
They both hugged me and I laughed, feeling free for the first time in many years. “He’s really dead? Mybrother?”
They bothnodded.
A relieved sigh fled me. “Good.”
Nicolas ran a hand down my naked shoulder, his gaze turningheated.
“You, my dear Sienna, are enough to tempt a celibate man,” hemurmured.
“A celibate man who enjoys tying up his lovers?” I joked withNick.
A twinkle ignited his dark gaze. “You should rest in order to regain your full capacity. And for what I plan to do with you in thebasement.”
Shivers of delightful anticipation raced down myspine.
“And for what I plan to do with you in the forest.” Stephan grinned and waggled hiseyebrows.
“And for what I plan to do with you in thebedroom.”
That deep, beloved voice. I turned and saw Grayson’s aquamarine gaze holding mine, filled with tenderness, andlove.
