Tate's Task by Lilith Darville

Author:Lilith Darville [Darville, Lilith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

13

— Francis —

Tate rushes out of the room, and the four of us sit in stunned silence for a second before Nameless rises.

“I’ll go.” With that, he slips out of the room . . . without his guitar. Interesting.

Robert leaps to his feet, but I tug him down. He looks as if he’s about to argue, so I pin him with the stare. He relents and sits but doesn’t settle on his chair.

“She’s my wife. I’ll go.” His mouth has that stubborn set that means there’s little chance of getting through to him. I may have one shot, so I make it worthwhile.

“Are we really back there? I thought we’d grown past petty possession in favor of what Tate needs.” I put a fine edge on my tone.

The barb hits home, and he slowly sits. Best not to let him slip into one of his morose moods.

“Besides, we need to plan our evening, and you know her the best.”

Robert takes the ego stroke for what it is, but his tension releases, and he gives me his boyish grin. “That I do.”

“What was that all about?” Caleb could not look more perplexed if he tried, bless his wee horny heart. “What’d I say?”

“Caleb, this goes beyond putting your foot in your mouth. Tate’s accepting me as a partner in addition to Bob does not mean she has suddenly accepted you, too.”

Caleb actually sags. “But we’re a clan. She’s our Gianna. And she let Nameless spank her. So, I thought—”

I sigh and raise a restraining index finger in Robert’s direction as he sifts through a variety of snide retorts under his breath. He gets the subtle gesture and nods.

“It’s going to take her time, Caleb,” I say. “Tate feels a bond with all of us, but I suspect her memories will need to return for her to accept us all as mates, emotionally and physically.”

“She doesn’t remember?” Caleb actually sags further.

Robert sits forward. “If our memory is back, why hasn’t hers returned? She went into the Fade with you. That brought yours back.”

“You remember?” Caleb looks at Robert in awe.

“You don’t?” Bob asks Caleb.

“No.” If it had been one of us, we would have been pissed or envious in varying degrees, but not Caleb. As long as he could be near us and our beloved Gianna, he was one happy camper.

“Then, why do I remember?” Bob’s brow furrows. “I didn’t go into the Fade.”

Now is not the time to mention Zeus’s nectar. Time for a little subterfuge, just a tiny bit that won’t break our honesty oath. “No, but you did send a tendril of your brand into the Fade to pull Tate and I out. That must have been enough. As for Tate, the rules do not all seem to apply to her here. Something that I find curious and in need of examination.”

Robert looks a bit skeptical but wisely keeps his thoughts to himself.

Caleb nods. “Your ether went into the Fade. That makes sense. So what happens now?”

“Let’s give Nameless some time to help Tate calm down,” I say.

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