she’d ever seen.
There was Mel talking to another woman. This
one was earthier, darker. Not just what she wore, though that was beautiful too,
but dark as in she ruled the night skies and would ride a broom to survey her
domain. Andi was waved over by Mel.
“This is Morrigan. She is helping solve
the murder of a young woman. She knows Mac as well.” Mel nodded over Andi’s
shoulder. “He doesn’t know yet. Morrigan is here to explain.”
“I don’t know why you keep walking away
from me. How do you expect me to keep you safe if you won’t stay where I put
you?”
Andi didn’t know if she wanted to knock
the shit out of him or throw him to the ground and have her way with him. She
turned her back to him instead.
Mel was grinning as if she knew what
she’d been thinking. With a short nod, Andi knew somehow that she knew exactly
what she’d been thinking. Andi smiled at Morrigan. “Do you know if there is a
way to get these people to listen to you? I’ve been trying to go home for…well,
all day, and I keep letting them sidetrack me. I’ve had enough of this bedlam.”
Morrigan laughed.
“I’m serious.”
“I’m sure you are, but unfortunately,
you’re in for the long haul.” She looked at Mac as she continued. “Why do you
believe she’s not your mate?”
“She has no chil—”
“You say that again and I will brain
you. I don’t have children. What the hell does that have to do with anything? And
if mate is what I think it is, then hell no. I wouldn’t be saddled with you for
thirty years for any amount of money.”
Morrigan laughed again, as did Mel.
“What the hell is wrong with you
people?” She was confused when they laughed harder. Mac only glared at her and,
before she could walk away again, Mel finally regained enough control to speak
to Mac.
“You do know I never said she had
children now, right? The children she has later, the ones you’re to save, are
your own.” She laughed again and patted him on the back. “You’ve found your
mate, Mac dear. If she has children now, they will be yours. If she dies, as it
is planned, then you are alone.”
Andi looked at the three of them. If she
dies. They knew when she was going to die. If she dies. That thought, along
with children of Mac’s, mate, magic, and vampire kept circling around in her
head. While the women laughed and Mac glared she turned and went back into the
castle. The other women were there and the man who’d brought her here.
“They said I’m his mate. That if he
didn’t save me I was going to die. Is this true?” The man, Shamus, nodded, his
face grim. “Magic. She said something about magic and vampires. You know these
to exist as well, don’t you?”
Again, he nodded and stood up. “You’re
overwhelmed. I can see that. Would you like to go home?”
She nodded and was suddenly sitting in
the MacManus kitchen. Aaron was sitting there as if he expected her. Sara too. Duncan
set a cup of tea in front of her and she looked at it without seeing it. She
didn’t look up when she heard the door to the rest of the house open and close.
“What can you do?” She looked up at
Aaron when he spoke. “What can you do? I know you’re not a vampire. And I’m
reasonably sure that you’re not wolf. But you threw off my compulsion as if it
were nothing. Something leads me to believe that you have a strong mind. So I
ask again, what can you do?”
She didn’t answer him. Andi looked over
at the counter and put out her hand. The toaster was suddenly in it. As she put
it on the table, she brought the mixer, as well as the dish rack filled with
plates to her. Then put them back. “I can move bigger things too. Not really
big things, but things bigger than a breadbox. It drains me something awful,
but after some sleep, I’m okay.” She reached out for a glass and filled it with
water and ice without looking at it. When it was set down on the counter, she
asked him for aspirin.
“The small cabinet over
There was Mel talking to another woman. This
one was earthier, darker. Not just what she wore, though that was beautiful too,
but dark as in she ruled the night skies and would ride a broom to survey her
domain. Andi was waved over by Mel.
“This is Morrigan. She is helping solve
the murder of a young woman. She knows Mac as well.” Mel nodded over Andi’s
shoulder. “He doesn’t know yet. Morrigan is here to explain.”
“I don’t know why you keep walking away
from me. How do you expect me to keep you safe if you won’t stay where I put
you?”
Andi didn’t know if she wanted to knock
the shit out of him or throw him to the ground and have her way with him. She
turned her back to him instead.
Mel was grinning as if she knew what
she’d been thinking. With a short nod, Andi knew somehow that she knew exactly
what she’d been thinking. Andi smiled at Morrigan. “Do you know if there is a
way to get these people to listen to you? I’ve been trying to go home for…well,
all day, and I keep letting them sidetrack me. I’ve had enough of this bedlam.”
Morrigan laughed.
“I’m serious.”
“I’m sure you are, but unfortunately,
you’re in for the long haul.” She looked at Mac as she continued. “Why do you
believe she’s not your mate?”
“She has no chil—”
“You say that again and I will brain
you. I don’t have children. What the hell does that have to do with anything? And
if mate is what I think it is, then hell no. I wouldn’t be saddled with you for
thirty years for any amount of money.”
Morrigan laughed again, as did Mel.
“What the hell is wrong with you
people?” She was confused when they laughed harder. Mac only glared at her and,
before she could walk away again, Mel finally regained enough control to speak
to Mac.
“You do know I never said she had
children now, right? The children she has later, the ones you’re to save, are
your own.” She laughed again and patted him on the back. “You’ve found your
mate, Mac dear. If she has children now, they will be yours. If she dies, as it
is planned, then you are alone.”
Andi looked at the three of them. If she
dies. They knew when she was going to die. If she dies. That thought, along
with children of Mac’s, mate, magic, and vampire kept circling around in her
head. While the women laughed and Mac glared she turned and went back into the
castle. The other women were there and the man who’d brought her here.
“They said I’m his mate. That if he
didn’t save me I was going to die. Is this true?” The man, Shamus, nodded, his
face grim. “Magic. She said something about magic and vampires. You know these
to exist as well, don’t you?”
Again, he nodded and stood up. “You’re
overwhelmed. I can see that. Would you like to go home?”
She nodded and was suddenly sitting in
the MacManus kitchen. Aaron was sitting there as if he expected her. Sara too. Duncan
set a cup of tea in front of her and she looked at it without seeing it. She
didn’t look up when she heard the door to the rest of the house open and close.
“What can you do?” She looked up at
Aaron when he spoke. “What can you do? I know you’re not a vampire. And I’m
reasonably sure that you’re not wolf. But you threw off my compulsion as if it
were nothing. Something leads me to believe that you have a strong mind. So I
ask again, what can you do?”
She didn’t answer him. Andi looked over
at the counter and put out her hand. The toaster was suddenly in it. As she put
it on the table, she brought the mixer, as well as the dish rack filled with
plates to her. Then put them back. “I can move bigger things too. Not really
big things, but things bigger than a breadbox. It drains me something awful,
but after some sleep, I’m okay.” She reached out for a glass and filled it with
water and ice without looking at it. When it was set down on the counter, she
asked him for aspirin.
“The small cabinet over
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