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“Especially with Roman being hurt.” Nate finished.
“But?” I asked, loving the bond the brothers shared where they could literally finish each other’s sentences.
“But...” Roman said with a grin at me. “We would like to get moving as soon as possible. It isn’t safe here, and now that we know we can go anywhere our stone circles can travel, why stay here?”
“Yes.” Rafe added, stepping behind me and sliding his hands around my waist. “We can go anywhere. Canada, South America. Hell, if we hired out own private plane we could probably get to Europe, or even Australia.”
“Just gotta watch the weight limit for those private planes,” Rose added.
We all stared at her. Was she making a weird joke?
She went bright red under our scrutiny. “They have strict limits due to the engineering and if you all shift, won’t your gargoyle statues weigh a ton?”
“She’s got a point. But if we play it right, we could travel during the night only, when you weight the least.” I considered that option for a moment, a smile taking hold of my lips. “We could, you know. Travel. See the world. Get away from whoever is trying to kill you.”
Rafe wrapped his arms around me in a possessive move I recognized too well, and all the couples excused themselves to go back to bed. The sun would come up soon and we all wanted to spend our awake time loving our partners.
The future, only hours ago, had seemed so dark and uncertain. But now we had a plan and surely there was a way out of this mess?
Chapter 5.
Roman.
I lay in bed with my beautiful Beloved, letting my fingers tangle in her long blonde hair.
“I’m going to miss you today.” Chrissy whispered against my chest.
Then she lifted her head and rested her chin on my pec so she could stare up at me. “I mean, I miss you every day while you’re sleeping, but today will feel like forever.”
I reached down and grabbed her waist, pulling her up so I could kiss her lips once more. “I always miss you, my love. That is the worst part of the curse, being frozen in time while you’re living your life.”
She chuckled softly. “Well normally, I just sleep too. And spend a little time with my sisters-in-law. You don’t miss much.”
I laid my head back against the pillow and closed my eyes. “But I can’t touch you. Can’t speak to you. Couldn’t... help you, if you needed me to.”
That was the very worst part of being shifted into stone and unable to move, my inability to act if my Beloved needed me. The very thought of her being attacked and me standing, frozen, unable to stop them....it made my blood boil. I hated myself and my kind in those moments. Which is why we spent a kings ransom on staff and security. If I wasn’t able to protect my Beloved all day and night, then we would pay others to do so.
“What are your plans for today?” I asked Chrissy, trying to ignore the tingling in my skin. Dawn approached. I didn’t have long.
“Um... sleep.” She answered with a giggle. “And probably packing and organizing. If you all want to leave here, I’m sure Angelique will want to get ready and start looking at locations.”
The tingles in my skin were getting stronger. I couldn’t ignore them any longer.
I kissed Chrissy’s perfect, pink lips, then rolled out of bed. “Angelique has been a great addition to the group, hasn’t she?”
Chrissy slid out of bed behind me, still naked. “Yes, she has.”
I pulled open the curtains, the sunlight was creeping over the darkened landscape like a ghost on a warpath. A shiver of fear coursed over me. Not for myself, but for Chrissy.
I stepped onto my stone circle and glanced over my shoulder at my woman. “I love you, Chrissy.”
“I love you,” she said, her eyes shining with her feelings.
I turned back to the window just as the sun hit my skin and I transformed into my gargoyle form. I sprouted wings, claws and fangs, then turned to stone.
Chrissy walked around in front of me and placed her warm hand on my chest. “Sleep well, my love. Keep healing. I’ll see you soon.”
She walked back around me and from the sounds of the sheets rustling and her soft sighs, she got back into bed and went to sleep.
