\u201cPut me down, Cameron.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGet into bed, Neve.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPut me down<\/i>!\u201d<\/p>\n
Thom winced.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t sound promising.<\/i><\/p>\n
Marin\u2019s fingers tightened around his hand.\u00a0 \u201cWhat did we just witness?\u201d she whispered to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was hoping you could tell me,\u201d Thom murmured back.\u00a0 He shut his eyes for a moment and sucked in a breath, then exhaled it slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood to know we\u2019re both on the same page,\u201d Marin said, then sighed.\u00a0 \u201cYou think they\u2019ll settle down?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce he puts her down,\u201d Thom said.\u00a0 He shook his head slightly and tugged her closer, sliding his arm around her waist.\u00a0 \u201cMore enemies,\u201d he said after a moment of silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cPar for the course,\u201d Marin said, her head resting against his shoulder for a moment and her voice soft.\u00a0 Rory had looked at them funny, asked what had happened when they\u2019d passed.\u00a0 Thom just shook his head and told him they\u2019d tell him in the morning.\u00a0 It had taken he and Marin a few minutes to get the wall wrestled back into place once they\u2019d come in from the cold.\u00a0 Thom was confident that the storm wouldn\u2019t be passing for a while, not with the warning Leinth had given them.<\/p>\n
I need to ask Phelan who she is, how she\u2019s important.<\/i>\u00a0 Thom shivered.\u00a0 Getting those answers might end up being like pulling teeth.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you cold?\u201d Marin asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cAren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s freezing out there and the wind didn\u2019t help, did it?\u201d\u00a0 She caught her lower lip between her teeth, staring of blankly into the darkness for a few long moments.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t know if we can handle another enemy, Thom.\u00a0 Not right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sighed.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t think we get a choice in the matter, Mar.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably not,\u201d she agreed softly.\u00a0 \u201cBut that doesn\u2019t change anything.\u00a0 I\u2019m still not sure that we can handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thom nodded as he put his hand on Neve and Cameron\u2019s door.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll find a way,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cWe always seem to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he pushed open the door and stepped into a war zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cPut me down, Cameron.\u201d \u201cGet into bed, Neve.\u201d \u201cPut me down!\u201d Thom winced.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t sound promising. Marin\u2019s fingers tightened around his hand.\u00a0 \u201cWhat did we just witness?\u201d she whispered to him. \u201cI was hoping you could tell me,\u201d Thom … Continue reading