Clayton's Jade (Runes Stone Series) by Maria Yvonne Wood Page B

wrong.”  While Vie was moving him to the bedroom she ran to the living room to grab her camera.  Even though she shouldn’t take his picture, the evil side of her had to.  “Vie would you please just cover the one area and step back before you heal him.  I have to do this. “
    “Ohhh, I so like the way you’re thinking.”  Snap. A bright light flashed in the room. The screen on the camera showed that the picture had turned out.  “Do your thing, Vie.”  Vie looked down at the camera and smiled.  Odin might even want one of those.  Clayton was never going to hear the end of this one.  With one hand on his forehead and the other on his chest Vie closed her eyes and began chanting. 
    The sounds that came from Vie did not make any sense. They were a guttural noise.  As she watched Vie started to glow.  When the glow faded Vie was covered with the patches.  Clayton was clear and healthy.  “Crap.  I didn’t realize that you would end up like him.  How long does it last?”
    “It depends.  Probably about fifteen hours then my skin will be healed.  It will drain me to heal myself.  I will not be able to do much of  anything.  At the most, though I can get you out of a bad situation if it’s an emergency.  There is always a cost to healing.  The more severe the wounds are the worse I am.”
    “I will make sure and tell Clayton about this.  I wonder what the hell he was doing up in those trees.  It must have been important for him to go through this.  I will make sure to find out when he wakes up.  You go wherever it is you need to go and get healing.  If we need you we will call for you.”  Kaylee just hoped that they wouldn’t need her. 
    “Fine I will go and heal, however you need to get back to bed and get some sleep.  You have a very long day tomorrow.” Then Vie was gone.  No matter what that was going to take some getting used to. 
    The bed was calling to her and she was not going to ignore it anymore.  She needed the blissful peace of sleep after her day.  If only her dreams would co-operate for once.  Laying her head on the pillow she curled up into a ball and promptly fell asleep.
     
     
     
    CHAPTER 5
     
     
    Bacon.  Why do I smell that?  Not really wanting to move for the bed was soft and the heavy blankets on top of her acted like a cocoon, she turned her head and looked at the clock.  She flew out of bed in shock when she realized it was ten am in the morning. Paying for moving fast after last night, the wounds had healed but the skin and muscles were still tight.  She never slept that late, at least not since she was a teenager.  Yesterday must have taken a bigger toll on her than she thought.  Throwing on some clothes she rushed into the kitchen to find Clayton cooking breakfast. He had on a nice pair of jeans and a white tee-shirt.  He arched his back to avoid getting hit with the grease spitting from the bacon.  The shirt outlined every ripple on his back as he moved.  She had to admit it was kind of nice to have someone else in the house.  Not that she would admit that to him.
                  “Good morning.  So how was your night?”  How she kept from laughing was beyond her.  However she was curious as to how he was going to answer it.
                  “Morning.  I must have slept really well because I had the worst nightmare ever.”
                  “That bad huh.  Did it by chance include a bottle of tequila and a roll of duct tape?”  Ok, so now she couldn’t help the uncontrollable laughing that was bubbling out of her. The egg that he had had in his hand fell to the floor as he stared at her stunned.  He didn’t know what was worse, the fact that he had actually done that or the fact that she had seen what he had done.
                  “How in the hell did you know….OH SHIT!  You mean it wasn’t a dream that I really did…..”  Looking at his arms and knowing that the