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“I had the strangest dream,” she murmured.
“Did it involve a spider kidnapping you, a cave, and you fighting the thing possessing people?” he drawled.
She blinked at him. “Yes. Did that all actually happen?”
He nodded.
She sat up and patted her chest, a chest he’d bathed while she rested. It still showed a red-lined scar. “How am I alive?” she murmured.
“You healed yourself.”
“Which isn’t usually possible,” she replied. “I didn’t even think it would work. I had to use Koschei’s essence to do it.” Upon saying that, she bounded out of bed and ran for a small mirror beside the dry wash basin.
She peered at herself so intently he asked, “What are you looking for?”
“I’m checking my eyes.” She whirled. “Do they look the same as before?”
He stared and lost himself in them before he murmured, “Just as beautiful.”
It didn’t satisfy. She held out her arms and checked herself over, muttering, “My aura seems clear, no hint of darkness. No voice in my head.” She glanced at him. “Is he really gone?”
He shrugged. “Seems to be? We saw a dark cloud disintegrate.”
“We?”
“Lomar and me.” He paused before adding, “I banished him.”
He half expected her to chastise but she nodded. “The best possible solution to his situation.”
“I couldn’t kill him, although, he almost died after he stabbed you,” he growled.
“His doing so saved me. Saved us all. When Koschei thought my body would perish, he tried to return to his box. But I ruined his tether to it and then wouldn’t let him back in.” Her lips curved into a satisfied grin. “And then I used him to fix myself which caused his hold on this world to unravel.”
“Meaning he’s gone for good.”
“I hope so. Some of those tiny bits of threads left over from his spirit flitted off and might cause trouble but there’s not enough of them I think to truly worry about.”
“Then we will keep an eye open.”
“If you want, I can have the queen send someone to your court to monitor visitors for traces of it.”
“Why bother when I have the best witch already?”
She arched a brow. “You’re assuming I’m staying.”
“More like hoping. You do realize by the time we return from this journey rumors will have you pregnant with my child.”
She glanced at her belly. “That might even be true.”
“Wait, are you…”
She laughed. “It’s too soon to tell, but I would imagine if you keep your promise about showing me pleasure, it will happen.”
He dragged her into his arms. “Oh, I intend to keep that promise and more.” His mouth met hers in a tender kiss.
A kiss that might have led to more, but she pushed away, grimacing. “First, I need to bathe the spider goo from my skin.”
They both bathed in front of the blazing hearth in the kitchen, taking turns dragging a wet cloth across each other’s skin and then following with their mouths. By the time he took her, seated on the counter, her legs wrapped around his waist, they were both flushed and panting.
