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“We can paint the symbols in front of the barn.” He looked up at the sky. “That side will face the moon the longest.” He picked up his phone from the desk and made a call. “James, it’s me. We have a new arrival. A complicated one. I need your help . . . Yeah, tomorrow. And we’ll need Liam too.”
ChapterEighteen
FINN
“I can’t imagine what would’ve happened if you hadn’t found me,” Spencer said quietly. “At least now I have a chance.”
She was lying next to me with her head on my shoulder, and I pressed my lips to her soft hair.
“Finn, I need you to promise me something.”
“What is it?” I didn’t like the sound of that.
“Promise me that if I don’t make it—”
“Okay, you have to stop right there,” I cut her off.
She sat up. “Please, let me say it.”
I pushed my hands under my head and stared at the ceiling.
“If something happens to me, promise me you won’t leave Mom all alone. At least not in the beginning.”
“First of all, I thought you knew me better than that by now. And second—you can’t think like that.”
What we came up with to save Spencer’s life was our hope that we might've found a loophole in the curse. But our plan wasn’t a hundred percent guaranteed that Spencer would make it through. Not even fifty.
Would the symbols be able to suck out enough of her magic so that my powers wouldn’t overwhelm her? And how do we know if it’s enough? And what if there are things about that damn curse we still haven’t figured out? The thought that if something went wrong, I would lose her, froze my blood.
I couldn’t go there, and I couldn’t let her do that either.
I could hear her puttering heart. I sat up too, pulled her on top of me, then brushed back her hair and cupped my hands around her face.
“I love you,” I whispered. “And I know you’re strong enough to win this battle.”
“I love you too. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me in my screwed-up life. I don’t want to die. Not now. Not when—for the first time in my entire life—I’m happy.”
“Spencer, I know you’re scared. We all are. But I know you will make it. It will be hard and painful, but you’ll come out at the other end, and that's what matters. Do you hear me?”
Her tearful eyes fixed on mine, and she nodded.
“You need to rest.” I lay her down again and pulled her to my side. “Get some sleep.”
* * *
We just finished lunch and were having coffee on the porch when a car drove into the front yard.
“Let me talk to him first,” I said to Spencer and Clare, getting up.
“Man, what the hell is going on?” Looking confused, James threw a glance at the porch. “Is that your new girl? And . . . Is that her mother?”
“Yes.” I held out my hand.
James shook it, and with a grin across his face, he leaned his tall body against the car and folded his arms across his chest.
“Don’t get me wrong, Finn . . . She’s something. Damn,” his grin grew wider. “And the mother too. Nice catch, you dirty—”
“If you say another word, your tongue won't be the only body part you’ll lose.”
