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I stopped and stared at his handsome face. Though he looked tired and broken, he was capable of recovering with ease. His dominance wouldn't allow him to look weak, though. I had a feeling I'd be forcing him to use those crutches.
“Careful, Kellan. You’re not immortal anymore. Those powers are gone, and you’re but a weak human.”
He watched me dig his keys from my pocket with narrowed eyes. Then he wrapped his arm around my waist and held me close. “I’ll show you a weak human when we get home.”
I chuckled. “You need to keep your mind out of the gutter and get yourself together, Anti-hero.”
He wobbled toward his truck, tossed his crutches into the back, and grabbed the door handle. “I think I can move up in rank now. I’ve been shot in the leg for you, and I’m still an anti-hero?”
I chuckled. “Any man that takes a bullet for me is my hero. Don’t get butthurt. I’ll show you how much of a hero you are when you get better.”
I felt his eyes on me as I walked around the front of his truck. It’d been a long stay in the hospital. My back was aching from the uncomfortable lounge chair, and I was dying for a decent shower.
Though I was sure Kellan was hurting more than I was by far.
His entire life had been turned upside down.
Killing Deidamia had ended the curse. He wasn’t going to live forever. I didn’t have to worry about dying and leaving him alone for eternity.
I started his engine and pulled out of the hospital parking lot.
“Have you heard from your father today?” Kellan asked.
I let out a heavy breath of air and clutched the steering wheel. “No calls or texts. Luther did text me. He said Dad is fine. He’s staying with him to make sure he eats and takes care of himself.”
Kellan reached over and palmed my thigh. “He’ll come around. You’re his little girl. I know I would have come around if it were mine.”
The thought of Kellan holding a baby gave me a heated rush of baby fever. I knew it wasn’t the right time. I started my job at the school soon, and I was too young to worry about children.
“What are you thinking about over there?” he asked.
“About my job starting soon. It’s over an hour's drive from here.”
Kellan nervously tapped his foot against the floorboard. “Do you have a place in the city lined up?”
“Yeah, I do.”
Silence enveloped me and deafened the sound of his worn tires on the road. “Any chance there is enough room for me?” he asked.
The side of my mouth tugged into a smirk. “Is that something you would want to do? I mean ... it’s a lot different than your cabin. I know that’s been your home for a long time, Grandpa.”
Kellan looked over. “Things change. I’m happy that they have, or I would have ended up living eternity in that cabin with no one. I don’t mind a scenery change. We can always have somewhere to go to get away.”
I wanted to believe his transition into city life would be easy. Kellan was a giant hermit when I met him. He’d progressed, but it felt weird to imagine him in my city apartment.
“Are you sure you’ll fit in? What will you do? The bounty hunter thing? Will you leave to go to different realms?”
Kellan shook his head. “I think defeating Deidamia put that to rest. I needed that escape from reality. I couldn’t fall into a normal routine without remembering what I lost. Doing that gave me a way to keep my mind busy."
I turned down the road that would lead me to Kellan’s house. “Why don’t we play it by ear? You can come look at it when you get better.”
“I’m better,” he said, giving me a side-eye.
“You’re not. You need to rest. The doctor said so.”
“Are you gonna be this bossy from now on out? Because I may go back into the realm and look for a nice, quiet fairy girl—”
I jerked the wheel swiftly to the right, making him jerk.
