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“I’ll find him later,” Killian said.
“No, sir,” I said. “He’s in bad shape after he took that blow for me. He saved me. I won’t rest until I find him!”
“He’s a ghost,” Cami chimed in. “What’s the worst that could happen to him?”
I furrowed my brow in worry. “His existence could be erased. His soul could be erased.”
A look of horror passed over Cami’s face. “Who has the power to do that?”
I, my father, and probably the one who forged the torque and the chainlock in Heaven and Hell could harm Pucker beyond salvaging, but I didn’t tell her that.
“Find him then and get him settled in your room until I come back,” Killian said. “Don’t do anything stupid.”
“I won’t.” I gazed up at him and said with feeling, “Thank you, sir.”
He didn’t need to stand up for me and defend me. It’d be so much easier to just give me up. I’d made his life a lot more difficult ever since I got into his house.
I remembered every kindness in my heart, and Killian was more than kind to me. He was my protector.
Does that mean that you’ve totally forgiven him for showing your perky tits in front of everyone in the ice rink? Sy asked hopefully.
“Help her find that ghost guardian,” Killian told Rock. “And have someone bring food to her room.”
The chaos prince sent me another lingering look before he departed, as if he couldn’t bear to leave me, as if he wanted to pull me into his arms to make sure I’d stay safe.
I swallowed, my eyes full of feelings.
Shit, it felt good to have someone worry about you, even though that someone was overbearing.
I followed the faint, familiar bond that flickered on and off and found Pucker cowered in the corner of the basement boiler room, as if he needed all the fires to warm him up.
My heart ached as I saw that even in his ghost shape, he was deformed. He’d gone solid to throw himself in front of me to save me, which nearly erased his essence. And now he was trying to piece the two parts of himself together to no avail.
“Wait for me outside, please,” I told Rock, who had followed me into the basement.
“I can’t leave you alone here,” Rock said. “His Highness’s orders.”
“You’re welcome to do a security sweep, then you must step out. Guardian Pucker is here. I need to help him, or he’ll fade.”
Rock frowned.
“You can’t see him,” I said. “But you saw him go solid to take the blow from Medea that was meant for me. When he’s in his phantom form, only Prince Killian and I can see him. Trust me, please. I need to help him.” I fought back a sob. “He’s suffering.”
Rock hesitated for a second and stepped out.
Pucker turned to me, trembling.
I rushed to him, crouching by him and hugging the two severed parts of him to me. My goddess energy pulsed into him, infusing into his soul until his two parts meshed and he became complete again.
“Mistress,” Pucker sighed, coming back to himself.
“Just Barbie,” I said. “You always called me Barbie.”
“You came for me.”
“Of course,” I said. “Even if you didn’t save me, I’d still come for you. I’d come for you even if you stayed an identity thief and a bad actor.”
He smiled. “I didn’t take you for the sentimental type.”
