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“We will. For now, though, I need a good meal and maybe a couple of hours of rest to finish healing. Then we can tackle what we can accomplish before dawn.”
“Are you thinking of going back to the Meldorin Compound?”
He shook his head slowly. “If I go back, Kryder will attack again.”
“Would you like to join me at Agnes’s compound?”
He agreed readily.
He continued, “First, I think we need to go invisible. It’s possible we can’t be tracked in the future if we can’t be seen.”
“I hadn’t thought of that. But I want you to know I won’t return to my canal home until Kryder is out of the picture permanently.”
They took a few minutes to thank the staff at the refuge, then headed to the ER doors. Once outside, he spoke the word softly, “Begin.” The invisibility spell covered them both instantly since what they could see now had the usual soft glow.
“Let’s fly together.”
She smiled up at him. “I’d love that.”
He slid his arm around her waist and lifted them into the air. He could feel that she was using her levitation as well to match his movements.
As he flew, it struck him hard that he now had a woman by his side. He’d asked her to marry him and she’d told him she loved him. His chest expanded, and he took in more air. His heart felt full for the first time in years.
He squeezed her waist and she wiggled just enough to slide her own arm around his waist. She hugged him in return.
The flight to the compound didn’t take long. If we could get inside without have to check in with the guards, that would be the best thing possible.
I’ve thought of that. Agnes is meeting us. Watch, she’ll open the door in a moment then let me know when we can touch down and slip through.
Perfect.
The tall metal door opened, and Agnes appeared. She stepped toward the guards and began chatting with them.
Natalie said, “We can go in now.”
Grant began his descent and the moment he felt the cement beneath his feet, he let go of Natalie. He took her hand instead, moved swiftly and quietly between the guards, past Agnes then slipped through the doorway.
I’ll lead the way, Natalie said. The cottage is past the terrace and the townhouses, second on the right.
Agnes’s compound was a small gem surrounded by tall walls. He’d heard about her security system, that it included an invisible grid across the entire top of the property. No one could drop inside the walls, whether in an invisible state or not, without tripping the alarm.
Natalie levitated and sped through the larg
e patio. Several women and a couple of men were talking quietly. The compound was a place of recovery with several private safe houses for anyone in serious trouble.
A large central green belt was flanked by rows of townhouses on either side. He could see a cottage straight back, but at the end of the townhouses on the right, Natalie moved toward another cottage. It was set back from the other dwellings. There was also more new construction of what looked like additional cottages. The property was quite large.
Once at their destination, he followed Natalie around the back. She entered his mind with, I left the slider unlocked. I thought it might be best, since we’re invisible, to enter through the rear.
Good thinking.
She opened the door and the moment they were inside, she drew the vertical blinds then went around and closed whatever coverings the other windows had.
He followed her into the living room, a space that was barely nine feet wide.
“There. We’re safe. Or as safe as we can possibly be.”
“But we should stay invisible.”
