The Other Side_A Fantasy Adventure by Mary E. Twomey

Author:Mary E. Twomey [Twomey, Mary E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

21

Off-Roading

“I said I was sorry,” Jamie explained again as he hobbled into the van. His two sweaters and winter jacket did not keep him from shivering. It was cold for me, so I couldn’t imagine how the newbie Undrans were handling the bone chill. “I didn’t think about the bond. My leg was killing me, which means it was killing you, and you just let us be in pain.”

“Next time you have to give me a heads up. What if I’d been driving?”

“Again, I’m sorry. You know, toughing it out only hurts us both. Next time you’re in pain, talk to me at least, since your pain literally affects me.”

“Gotcha.” I looked around as Jens boosted me into the middle bench. “Where’s Foss? I thought for sure he would’ve beaten us down here.”

Jens smirked as Foss emerged from the house with his hand on the small of Liv’s back. “I think you may have lost your shadow, Loos.” He wrapped a thick comforter around his shivering sister and handed Jamie a flowery blanket.

“Fine by me. Just be on time, is all I ask.” I noticed Foss’s pupils were dilated. When he passed by me, his cold hand squeezed mine. “No way. I’m not traveling with Foss if he’s been possessed by one of them. Next thing I know, he’s yanking on the wheel and pushing us off a cliff.”

Jens nodded up to Elsa, who was in the driver’s seat. “Fair point. Trust is pretty thin as it is. Foss, heft it into the second van.”

The caravan was two vans long. One was full of us, plus Leif and Elsa, and the other was packed with Huldras.

Foss grumbled, but obeyed, following Liv to the second van.

Jens sat in the backseat and stretched, enjoying the luxury of the extra space. “That leg of yours looks like it needs to be elevated, Mox. Come back here and prop it up on the seat.” He patted the spot next to him with a sly grin.

I hobbled back and kissed him. “You must be feeling pretty good about yourself, getting rid of Foss and securing us this make-out bench.”

“You know? I am. You were right, I needed a full night of sleep. It’s been a while.” His arm went around me as he wrapped us in the third comforter, and we felt like us. The good us, not the bickering version.

I kissed him, snuggling into his side as we enjoyed the intimacy of sharing a blanket on a freezing winter day. “Say it again. Tell me who was right.”

“You were, college girl.” His lips stroked mine, and I nearly forgot we were not in a private room together. “This car ride could never be long enough, now that we’re arranged like this.”

“Too bad there’s no partition,” I whispered, cozying myself in his arms.

Jens wiggled his fingers with purpose, as if gearing up to pull a rabbit out of his hat. “What would you do if you were invisible?” he rasped low in my ear.

The genius

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