Stone Song: The Isle of Destiny Series by Tricia O'Malley

Author:Tricia O'Malley [O'Malley, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

The headlights of the Range Rover washed over what looked like a small farmhouse with two cottages tucked behind it. A light shone in the front window of the farmhouse and Clare saw the shadow of a figure move.

“Be right back,” Blake said, hopping out of the car and leaving it running. He jogged to the front door, which had already opened, but the figure stayed shadowed and Clare couldn’t make out much more. In moments, Blake had returned to the car, keys dangling from his hand.

“Both of the cottages are ours, so we’ll be sleeping here tonight,” Blake said, pulling the Range Rover around the house and driving it toward the stone cottages. A small light shone from the front of each, illuminating the cheerful blue doors, but the rest remained in darkness.

“Girls’ and boys’ cabins?” Clare said lightly, though her heart had picked up speed when Blake had mentioned only two cottages.

“Nice try, Doc. You’ll be bunking with me.”

“Why can’t I sleep with Bianca?” Clare demanded.

“I, for one, would certainly have no problem with that – so long as I could watch,” Seamus piped up from the back seat. Bianca squealed and smacked him across the shoulder.

“You’ll be staying where I can keep an eye on you. I’ll ask that you not make this more difficult than it has to be,” Blake said evenly, but Clare could read the steel beneath his words.

“Fine. You may sleep on the floor,” Clare said evenly, getting out of the car to put an end to the conversation. Blake’s chuckle followed her, and a shiver worked its way down her spine.

“Are you sure you’re okay with staying with him?” Bianca grabbed her hand and whispered in her ear. “I mean, I would be, ’cause, duh, he’s delicious. But I don’t want to put in you in an uncomfortable situation.”

Clare glanced over to where Blake stood hefting several bags easily from the trunk.

“I can handle him.”

“Mmhm, I bet you can.”

“What about you? Do you have a problem bunking with Seamus?”

“He isn’t going to know what hit him,” Bianca declared. Clare laughed, long and hard. Both men looked over at them, but Clare just pulled Bianca in for a hug.

“So much for letting him woo you,” Clare quipped.

“See? I told you they wanted to sleep together,” Seamus said, making Clare laugh even harder.

“Try and get some rest,” Clare cautioned her friend and breezed past Seamus with a cheeky grin on her face. His eyebrows rose at her look, but then his gaze sought Bianca and he hurried after her toward their own cottage.

“Your accommodations await, madam,” Blake said dryly, swinging the cottage door open. Clare breezed past him with her nose in the air.

The cottage was essentially one big room, with a small kitchenette on one side, a table with two chairs, and a queen-sized bed tucked under the eaves on the other end. A threadbare circle rug covered worn wood floors, and a small couch lined one wall. A door next to the bed led to what Clare hoped was a bathroom.

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