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“Oh.” It took a moment to process in Macey’s head. “But how did we defeat it?” She frowned, trying to recall the events, but it was all a mess of rushing water and panic in her mind.
“You held it steady in a whirlpool and I managed to flame it. With the help of the selkies. Amber and Izban, of course.” Flint nodded his head to Rónán, a sign of respect if ever she saw one.
Macey nodded. Anything which had her men playing nicely was good in her book.
“So, what do we do now?” she asked.
“Rónán is going to take us back to the selkie settlement,” Cam said. “We can rest safely there and work out what our best move is.”
“Is that a good idea?” Macey looked at Rónán, the worry she was feeling coming through in her eyes and begging him to answer her unspoken questions.
“You just helped them defeat the biggest threat they’ve ever faced. I doubt it matters to most of them that you’re a kelpie.” He gave her an easy smile in reassurance. It almost worked. There was only a small part of her doubting whether or not this was a good idea. Probably not, but what choice did she have? It wasn’t like they were close to a hotel or anything. The isles around St. Kilda weren’t exactly known for their habitability.
“Hmm.”
“You’ll be fine.” Rónán took a step forward and slipped an arm around Macey’s waist, crushing her to him. He kissed her softly on the cheek and gave her another reassuring grin. “It’ll be fine, Macey,” he repeated.
“I hope you’re right,” she responded.
“Shall we?” Jared interrupted. “I’m hungry.”
“We didn’t have dinner that long ago,” Macey chided.
“We didn’t get any waffles though, did we?”
“You went all the way to Belgium and didn’t get any waffles?” Flint demanded, his eyes widening with shock.
“We were rudely interrupted by an earthquake,” Macey mumbled. The world really had it out for her. Every time she got close to eating some delicious waffley goodness, fate cruelly snatched that chance away.
“An acceptable excuse,” Cam acknowledged.
“Shouldn’t we wait for Amber and Izban?” Macey asked, trying to distract herself from the waffle loss and failing miserable.
Rónán shook his head. “No need, Cara has shown them the way.”
Despite the slightly distasteful way he said the other woman’s name, a spike of jealousy flared into life within her. She didn’t like the idea of another woman talking to her man. Not when it was clear they shared some kind of history.
“Cara?”
“The selkie I talked with earlier,” he supplied.
Macey scowled. She really didn’t like the sound of the other woman. He’d said she was a bully, but that wasn’t necessarily the whole truth. There was always something more when the male kelpies said things about that to the female ones.
“Right.”
“Shall we?” Rónán asked, apparently oblivious to the way Macey was feeling. She nodded despite herself. It was better to get this over with than to draw it out any longer than necessary. Plus, all she was going to do was torture herself with thoughts of Cara anyway. Until she saw her in human form at least.
Selkie
Fourteen
A large bonfire crackled in the space between several mud huts, the heat reaching Macey’s face and warming her entire body. She didn’t really feel the cold, but it’s presence was somewhat soothing and filled her with a comforting feeling she couldn’t quite put her finger on.
Flint stared into the flames but didn’t step any further. He was probably worrying about abusing the selkies’ hospitality or something along those lines. It was hard to tell with the fire wraith.
“Make yourselves at home,” Rónán announced, waving a hand around the settlement.
“Macey!” Amber called, waving frantically from a place across the fire. She was draped in what appeared to be some kind of animal hide, definitely not her usual kind of outfit. She must have flown here without stopping to pack first.
