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“What? No.” I was over being called stupid. I really was.
“Promise me you won’t do something thatFatherthinks is stupid.”
Ha! Clever boy. “I’m sure Father thinks me being involved in anything having to do with Sersha is stupid.”
“That’s true. Okay, then promise me you’ll listen to your mate. When you make your decision, tell him, and listen carefully to his response.”
“Trust him already, do you?”
“When it comes to you? Yes. You’re his. Nothing in all the realms will be more important to him than you. Plus, if you get caught—or get him caught because you’re dumb—you won’t bring war upon the Shadows. Casimir is your mate. Any actions on his part could be blamed on your bond.”
Impressed with Kol’s insight, I let thedumbinsult go. I ruffled his hair and he jerked away. “You’re pretty smart for a youngling.”
“Yeah, yeah. And you’re pretty smart for a dummy. I’m still not hearing your promise, Raven.”
“I promise I’ll talk things through with Casimir and to listen to his opinion. Good enough?”
“Not really, but I’m sure that’s all you’ll give me.”
“Kol!” Father called a second time.
“You’d better go,” I urged.
“You’re not coming to see us off?”
“I don’t think Father wants a sendoff.”
His gangly arms came around me and squeezed before he bound off to where Father waited with some of the Council. I’d already wished him safe travels and really had no desire to watch him sail away, something I’d been forced to do since the day I was born.
I closed my eyes and lifted my face to the sun, making a silent vow to never take the feel of its warm caress for granted again.
“Feels nice, doesn’t it?”
I peeked over at Lyric, who was mimicking my pose. I admired her ability to approach silently.
“Took me a bit of time to get used to it. I was raised in Earth Realm and its sun is far less intense. Everything looked pink to me the first few days after my arrival.”
“And now?”
“Light pink,” she winked.
“Funny.”
Lyric grinned. “I try to be. But enough about me. Let’s talk about you and whose bed you’ll be sleeping in tonight.”
I made an odd coughing noise that sounded close to a nervous laugh. “Excuse me?”
“I’m kidding. Sort of. I don’t need the dirty details of what you and Cas may or may not be doing come nightfall. But I thought you’d maybe like a tour of Embour and to see your room.”
“That would be great, but are you sure you should be walking around? Is it safe?”
“I’m pregnant, Raven, not disabled.”
“I wasn’t implying you were. I was thinking more along the lines of you harboring an escaped prisoner from the Faelands and the fact that the Queen’s trackers have likely been dispatched to find me.”
“Oh. Well, that’s nice of you to think of me before yourself. But you shouldn’t. She’s not after me. If she’s already sent fae out to search, you had a huge head start considering she wasn’t at the Keep when Brokk grabbed you. Plus you guys made it here in record time on an invisible ship so it’s unlikely she has any clue of your location.”
She had a point.
