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“Just… happy.”
She grinned at that, blinking her big beautiful eyes open a little wider, letting the covers drop a little lower. She opened her mouth to say something, but the lights caught her attention, and she squinted, sitting up straighter to get a proper look around the room. “Did you do all this while I slept?”
“Rook did.”
She smirked at that and I knew she was imagining big scary dangerous Rook hanging a thousand Christmas lights because I was too and it was fucking hilarious.
AJ chuckled, and I joined her. “Did you sleep okay? How are you feeling.”
“Better. I feel good. Doesn’t hurt as much to breathe anymore, either.”
Corvus and I shared a look, and she wrinkled her nose. “What?”
She didn’t know it yet but that was the right answer.
Rook returned with her coffee and she gave him a warm smile. “You didn’t have to do all this.”
He passed her the mug and bent to kiss the top of her head. “Sure, I did. Like it?”
“It’s… a little harsh, but I love it.”
“Present time?” Rook asked, eagerly rubbing his hands together.
“I thought we said no presents?”
“They’re small ones,” I reassured her, but it didn’t erase the knot between her brows. She didn’t need to give us anything, anyway. Having her here, alive, was the best gift we would ever be given.
“Me first.” Rook bent to one knee next to her, fishing the items from his pocket.
AJ squealed as soon as she saw the ring and black diamond necklace, taking them from his hands with tears in her eyes. “I thought they were gone for good.”
She went to push her hair back but found only empty air behind her shoulders, laughing dryly. Becca had fixed the chop she’d made to her hair in the bunker, turned it into a sharp angled bob that only further accentuated her high cheekbones and severe features. She passed Corvus the necklace behind her. “Help me?”
“Dies and the others found them when they went back to get rid of all Carson’s shit,” Rook said, his dark eyes following the path of the finger now carrying his ring.
The slight downturning of her lips was the only indication that the reminder got to her before she fixed a smile in place of the frown. It was crazy to think that if we hadn’t chosen to attack right away like AJ suggested, we’d all be dead right now.
Carson had everything in place to annihilate us all without even lifting a gun, and it was all set to deploy less than twenty-four hours from when we attacked. We were right. He’d been busy.
We were just faster.
“Me next,” I said, lifting the tiny box from my pocket, turning it in my fingers before I set it on the plush covers in front of her.
She glanced between it and me curiously. I found the antique leather ring box online and thought it suited her, but it was the ring inside I hoped she’d like.
AJ popped the little pin and cracked the box open. I held my breath.
Her eyes lit up. “Grey, it’s gorgeous. I love it.”
She couldn’t tear it from the box fast enough, hesitating before she slid it onto a finger. The white gold ring had been crafted into a crow in flight, a diamond in place of its eye. “This isn’t…?”
An unsure laugh passed my lips. “No, not exactly but—”
Corvus plopped his ring box down in front of her, flipping back the lid to reveal the princess cut diamond with two emerald stones on either side that he picked out. “We all wanted to be represented.”
She gasped before pressing her lips together, the slight quiver in her chin giving her away. “This is too much,” she told Corvus, indicating his ring. That diamond is like a whole carat.”
“I called Max back yesterday. Agreed to the spring shows and took the record deal.” He poked her ribs. “So let me spoil you.”
