Everlasting (Descendants of Ra: Book 2) by Tmonique Stephens

Author:Tmonique Stephens [Stephens, Tmonique]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Tmonique Stephens
Published: 2013-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

A few hours after calling Judge Mitchell, Nicolis Grayfield and Senator Orley, Roman and Stella waited in the driveway of RockGate watching an ambulance roll up the driveway. Power did have its perks. Cutting through red tape was high on the list.

Stella fidgeted beside him. The waning sunlight bathed her in a warm glow. They should’ve been sailing the Mediterranean aboard a private yacht on the second day of their honeymoon. He didn’t need to wonder whether she would’ve preferred sunbathing on the deck of a boat instead of waiting here listening to the beep of the ambulance backing up.

He took her hand to stop her from twisting her fingers and kissed her. Her delicious lips parted and drew his tongue inside. His breath caught and his body tightened with love and longing. He had to force himself to stop. “You’re worried. Why?”

The EMT’s hopped out of the cab and approached the back door of the ambulance.

“I-I don’t know.” Her chin dipped to her chest.

He hooked a finger under her chin and lifted until her anxious gaze met his. “This is where your sister belongs. Here, with people to care for her, love her. With you.”

The techs had the doors open and were climbing into the ambulance.

“W-what if she doesn’t wake, doesn’t get better?” Tears streaked down her cheeks before he could wipe them away.

Once again, death stalked them. He could protect her from so much, but not this. Finding her sister after all these years was a mixed blessing. If the child died…

“We can’t know what the future holds. All we can do is make Ember as comfortable as possible.”

“You're right, I know.” She nodded and dashed away another tear.

The stretcher wheeled by with Ember, EMT’s and a nurse beside her. So peaceful, anyone would’ve thought she was sleeping, not in a coma.

Roman and Stella followed, watched as they moved her to the hospital bed in the room Stella once inhabited a few doors away from the master suite. A feeding pump, cardiac monitor and other monitors were hooked up. The entire procedure was completed within a half an hour. Just in time for his other guests to arrive.

Hector directed him to the solarium where Tyrone and his mother, Hathoria Gregory, waited. The jumbled story Avery and EJ gave him made limited sense. Better to get the true story from the source.

Roman entered the room only to find it empty with the door to the garden open. He joined Tyrone by the stone birdbath. Roman studied the man, searching for the hidden powers Avery and EJ had detailed. Tyrone appeared the same: tall, muscular, brown skinned, glistening bald head. But where was his mother?

Roman spotted movement by the naked rosebushes. He crossed the garden to greet his guest. Twenty years ago, he’d met Hathoria Gregory. She was a late in life mother, giving birth to her son at age forty-five. Though the natural movements of time had taken their toll, he thought she was beautiful. Widowed shortly after

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