Shifting Shadows by Barb Shuler

Author:Barb Shuler [Shuler, Barb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-13T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Three

Tiberius

I walked with Horacio and Jasmine back to the cabin in a daze. I can’t even tell you what happened after that. Between my injuries knitting back together, the Fae juju running through me to burn out whatever it was that was on that stupid blade, and my own hyper awareness of Jasmine’s being pregnant, my world was spinning out of control. Add to that, that I was overdosing on adrenaline. I felt like a junkie coming down off a high. It was mind blowing.

I remember sitting down on the bed beside Jasmine, and that was it. Until now. My eyes fly open when I hear Jasmine scream, followed by a crash of glass. My body vibrating, I charge to the front of the cabin. I snarl when I see her on the floor. She sits up and starts cursing just as the front door bursts open. She screams again as I move over to her. A cold gust of wind blows in with Horacio. He has an arm full of wood, which he dumps by the fireplace before he too moves to sit beside her as well.

“What happened, baby?” I ask, pulling her onto my lap, making sure neither of us get cut by the shards of glass from what looked like a glass bowl.

“I tripped…” she sighs and buries her face in my neck. A rumble builds in me and I chuckle. Horacio kisses her head and meets my eyes. I begin to play back what had happened in the alleyway and growl as I take his hand.

“Are the mutts dead?”

“Yes, calm down, love.” Horacio says, give my hand a squeeze to reassure me.

“What do you remember?” Jasmine asks me. I huff out a breath.

“I’m not sure. I remember the surge of anger I felt when I got to you. You were on the ground with some man over you. I went for him, but was attacked by those mangy mutts…” A growl rumbles through me. Horacio pulled my chin down so I am looking at him.

“They were taken care of. Relax! You and Jasmine need to just rest after all that excitement. You have been asleep for three - almost four days, my handsome man, and Jasmine slept for a day and a half… I do believe you both are going to make me go gray haired prematurely.”

“Three- four days!? What the fuck?”

“Ty, calm down. Your body had to fight the poison that was in your system. Kelanie and Amandrell made sure it was gone. You and Jassy girl here are fine.”

“The baby, too,” Jasmine says, a smile playing at her lips.

“Baby... I thought that was a hallucination.” I blink and try to see if there is more in my memory about the baby. I can’t find anything. I look down to see Jasmine frown and try to push from me. I wrap my arm around her tighter.

“You jerk!” she hisses out. I frown and look to Horacio for help here. What have I done?

“Jasmine, baby. He didn’t mean it like that.

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