Assassin's Return by Marie Medina

Author:Marie Medina [Medina, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Samuel woke up with a start when something small began wiggling between him and Quentin. He blinked as he looked at Jesse, who threw his hands up in the air and smiled. Jesse giggled as Samuel hoisted him into the air, and Quentin pushed himself up, rubbing one eye. The suns hadn’t risen yet, only a slight glow kissing the horizon. Jareth leaned in the doorway of the bedroom.

“I tried to deter him, but he insisted Dada and Quen needed to be up,” Jareth said.

Quentin shook himself. “Sorry about that. He doesn’t usually get up quite this early.”

“It’s fine. My arrival probably disrupted his schedule. I was awake, and I heard a thud followed by very quick little footsteps. Since I was in the next room I thought I’d better investigate.” He smiled as Jesse slid off the bed and tried to drag Quentin to his feet. “He looks a lot like you. His mother was your twin, right?”

“Yes, but we didn’t look anything alike. I looked like our dad, and she looked like Mom.”

“Ah. I had an older brother. We looked nothing alike.”

“I didn’t know that, Your Majesty.”

Jareth smiled sadly. “He died of the Dissolution hundreds of years before you were born.”

“Oh. I’m so sorry.”

“Even vampires aren’t immortal,” Jareth said. “But thank you. I’m sure you understand the loss better than most.” He pushed his hair behind his ears and said, “But enough gloom. It looks like it’s going to be a lovely day.”

Samuel yawned. “How can you tell? I don’t think the rooster is even up yet.”

“I say it’s going to be a lovely day because I’m going to spend most of it playing with my new friend. There’s going to be no one to bother me or ask me questions or demand a thing of me. It’s going to be wonderful,” Jareth said.

“How long do you plan on staying?” Samuel asked.

“I haven’t decided yet,” Jareth said as he met Samuel’s gaze, a hint of a smile on his face.

Quentin stretched and took Jesse’s hand. “I’m going to put coffee on, then go see to the cows.”

“All right. Need me to do anything?” Samuel said.

“No. I’ll steer Jesse back this way when I go outside.”

Samuel nodded and watched Quentin leave the room with Jesse in tow. Jareth turned and watched them a moment before focusing his attention on Samuel and stepping into the room. “Did you tell Julianna first because you thought she’d be more receptive? Or because you thought I wouldn’t let you come?”

“She was the only one in your chambers when I got there. She could tell something was weighing on me. I had to tell someone.”

“So it was just impatience?”

“Partly.”

“Still, you hurt my feelings.”

“Hurt your feelings?”

Jareth frowned. “Yes, Samuel. I do have them, after all.”

“I know that. But I expected you to be angry. Or to laugh it off and wait for me to come back.” Samuel shrugged as he rose. “Sorry.”

Jareth’s gaze moved over him, more assessing him than anything. The king was,

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