Horn to Be Wild: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Alana Khan

Author:Alana Khan [Khan, Alana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Temptation of the Horizontal LLC
Published: 2023-05-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Jude

Finding someone to watch Luca was easy. Arya and I are always friendly when we run into each other in town. She took a shine to my son. Every time she sees us, she says hello and asks how we’re doing. She offered to watch him if I ever needed a little me-time.

I’m reluctant to leave him with her since they’ve never been alone together, but she was thrilled to watch him. “To get some practice,” she’d said as she slid her hand over her pregnant belly.

Luca is excited about it. I think his trips to the Enchanted Kingdom have given him more self-confidence. Why wouldn’t they? Flying on clouds? Getting cuddled by a king? That would boost anyone’s feelings of self-worth.

After delivering him to Arya’s cabin in the woods, I return to my cottage and head straight to my sock drawer. I take a moment to admire how beautiful the gemstone is, then cast my thoughts to the Kingdom.

Do I have to go to sleep? Those are the instructions in the book, and that’s how we’ve traveled there the past three nights. I’ve never been a napper, though, so I wonder if just holding the magical gemstone in my hand might do the trick.

After sitting in my easy chair in the living room, I cup the sapphire in both hands, set them in my lap, and focus on the Enchanted Kingdom. Long minutes of this net me nothing more than a crick in my neck.

After rolling my shoulders, I settle down again and focus on Sargon. Everything immediately changes. I feel lighter. There’s a smile on my lips, and even my aching shoulders quit hurting.

I can’t recall a time his face was terrifying. Even as a child, there was something about the kind look in the Blue King’s eyes on the book’s cover that spoke of his gentle nature. It overcame those terrifying teeth because his smile was so genuine.

When I imagine touching his horns and sliding my fingers through his plush fur, the room seems to vibrate around me.

It’s when I dive deeply into my imagination and recall those magical moments in the Tunnel of Love and our ethereal time on the cloud that I experience for the first time what it’s like to shift between worlds.

I arrive at the same junction of pathways as the last three visits. Ten minutes later, though, I fear Sargon isn’t coming.

In the past, he’s always arrived shortly after we did, as if he were expecting us. Today? Nada.

This place is magical and enormous. It’s not as if I could look for him, especially if he didn’t want to be found. And what if he never comes to greet me? How do I even get home? Will just wishing get me there or am I stuck a billion miles away from my son?

Panic slices through me at that thought. What was I thinking, leaving my son—who needs me to care for him—with a woman he barely knows?

When I hear something traveling toward me at a high rate of speed, my fear ratchets up a notch.

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