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It wasn’t fifteen minutes before my dad strolled across the roof, no wings in sight, hands in the pockets of his suit, perfectly casually formal. He sat down three feet to my left and looked off into the sunset, only it was noon and the sun was behind us.
I licked my lips. There wouldn’t be a time that was less awkward, or more awkward. “My mom would like you to come for dinner tonight, pizza in the courtyard, so that she can ask you some questions.”
He nodded, not glancing at me. “Of course. What time?”
“Is that a yes? Because if I’m not mistaken, you have something going on here already.”
“If my daughter’s mother would like to talk about her concerns with me, I’ll make it a point to be available. What time?”
“Ah, gargoyles are so dutiful,” I said, with a slight sneer.
“We are, yes. We’ll plan on six. Where did you go last night? Your guards saw you return, but not leave. How did you get out without detection?”
I turned to stare at him. “I was dream walking, and then I turned to stone and Percy kissed me back to life.” I turned back to face the distance, sinking down on my arms and feeling the weight of too many question marks.
“That explains it. You must have gone invisible.”
I nodded. “Sure. That explains it.”
“Can you describe the state of stone that you were in?”
I shrugged. “It was nice, peaceful, quiet. It was so gloriously quiet, and then Percy had to break through it. I guess that was good, because my legs took forever to come back.”
“That does sound troublesome. Right now I am quietly freaking out. Silent stone is not okay for you at this point in your transformation. You must have been very upset by the bugs.”
I turned to glare at him. “He let them bite him! What’s wrong with his brain? He’s supposed to be a genius, but then he goes and fights off the people who are trying to help him? That’s psycho!”
“He has been resisting his natural impulses for a long time, so it’s probably left him unbalanced. Let’s get back to the silent stone transformation. How long were you stone?”
I shrugged. “It was vague.”
He peered into my eyes. “I should have you examined, but Percy is competent enough. If he broke the stone, he probably did it well. He should have called me at once when he knew there was a problem. What condition was he in when you saw him last?”
I sat there feeling nauseous and sick and miserable. “I don’t know. His wounds looked terrible. Do you think he’s dying?”
He looked down at the loud car revving down the drive like he owned it. “Not visibly. I shall be quite honored that he deigned to attend this pointedly casual gathering.”
“Sharply pointed, or appointed. He’s all right then.” I nodded and watched the flashy, gorgeous car that held the monster that I’d come all this way to get away from. “I should have gone to the water tower after all.”
“You’ve kissed twice?” He said it intentionally without emotion, like it wasn’t life or marriage.
“Do three kisses between gargoyles signify marriage?”
“Not unless there’s another bond to unite them. He considers you already mated to him, so three kisses would provide some entanglements that you may wish to avoid.”
“I was stone. How am I supposed to avoid kissing when I’m stone?”
“I would entirely avoid being silent stone for the next five years, at least. Avoid kissing, turning to stone, and falling off roofs, and you should be good.”
I frowned at him. “You’re joking. It’s so weird when you joke.”
He gave me a sidelong look. “I really should have you examined, x-rays, blood work, and deep tissue spelling, but you probably wouldn’t agree to it.”
“I’m fine.”
“Then why are you sitting on my roof?”
Percy’s door slammed as he got out of his car and strode towards the house, so confident and ridiculously handsome, you’d think that he’d never had a bug embedded in his face. “I’m lost.”
