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Fenn reflexively tucked his gloved hands into his coat pockets. “The Four,” he corrected. “And yes, that’s us.” Pounding steps coming from the hallway drew his attention before more could be said, then Sienna’s urgent and startlingly excited voice carried through the house to his ears.
“Fenn! I did it!” She burst into the room, nearly toppling over herself when she spotted Piper also in the living room. She was grinning wide, sweating, her heart beating too hard.
Piper frowned. “Did what?”
Sienna swung her gaze between them. “I healed Maya!” Tears pooled in front of her eyes. “She’s awake and all healed up and … everything ….”
Fenn caught her before she could hit the ground, her final words slurring as the adrenaline she’d likely worked up finally hit. Her new powers meant she wouldn’t be out long, but given that her body hadn’t yet fully adjusted to them, using them at all so soon would have been too taxing. She needed her own rest and some food to help her recoup the energy she’d lost.
“Is she going to be okay?” Piper asked as Fenn lifted Sienna into his arms properly.
“Yes,” Fenn said. He met the eldest sister’s still tired gaze. “She just overexerted herself a little. Do you think you can explain things to Maya while I get her to bed?” It was well past midnight, and after the day they’d had, he wanted to recommend Piper get some sleep, too. Maya was probably—quite suddenly—the most energized of the three of them. But that sort of statement felt like overstepping, so Fenn bit the words back.
Piper stared at Sienna’s unconscious form, seeming to study her for a long moment. Then she drew a breath and nodded. “Of course.” She lifted her gaze back to him and a tired smile tipped her lips. “Thank you, Fenn.”
He doubted he could say anything to that, so he inclined his head before teleporting himself and Sienna up to the third floor. Sienna’s room was exactly as they’d left it before his colleagues’ arrival, of course, and he made sure to be gentle as he laid her on the bed.
She let out a quiet sigh and rolled a little toward him. Several strands of dyed hair fell over her face with the movement. Fenn dissolved the gloves from his hands and carefully brushed it back. He couldn’t look away from her.
It was Christmas Eve.
When he’d agreed to accompany Sienna home for the holiday, he’d been expressly clear that their arrangement ended after Christmas. It had only been a short while since he’d uttered those words, but already the idea of following through on that agreement brought a pain to his chest like he’d never known. He would much prefer abolishing the entire label of temporary that they’d attached to each other, but at the same time, a part of him was afraid. It wouldn’t be unreasonable for Sienna to blame him for everything that had happened to her sisters that day. To her. Her life was forever changed, essentially because of him. Because he’d never eliminated the woman who’d become like a barnacle to him so many decades earlier.
Sienna’s eyes cracked open while his head spun. “Fenn…” She stretched out her fingers and caught his nearest wrist. “‘M tired. Come hold me.”
He smiled before he realized it, lifted her fingers to his lips for a kiss, then finally rounded the bed. It took barely a thought for his clothes to fall from his body and he climbed in beside the woman who’d since started squirming. She somehow wiggled herself under the covers, her replacement sweater dropped to the floor as she toed off her shoes. She’d entirely rolled over in the process, so that she was facing him when he settled against the pillows.
Fenn smoothed a hand down her hair, still marveling at the warmth of her skin as she curled up to him and laid her arm half across his chest.
She blinked up at him, an impish smile on her lips. “Help me out of these jeans?”
He arched a brow at her.
“Feels weird to sleep half-dressed,” she said.
He grunted, bent down, and kissed her forehead. “All right.” He rolled her onto her back and scooted down, ghosting his lips over the swell of her breasts where they threatened to spill from her bra. His hands found the denim in question and he shifted his focus accordingly, releasing the button and lowering the zipper before sliding everything down her legs. He pressed more kisses to her feet as her socks joined the pile on the floor and grinned at her soft giggle.
Then he leaned over her, one hand skimming up her side and dipping beneath her. “Might as well get rid of this,” he said as he flicked open the clasp for her bra.
She laughed again and obligingly pulled it free. “Cheater.”
Fenn grinned wider and bowed his head while she was distracted, drawing in a lungful of her heady scent before he buried his face in her sweet pussy. She did need rest, but he wasn’t going to shirk this opportunity to express how grateful he was for her survival. So he maneuvered her thighs to his shoulders and worked a couple of fingers deep inside her while he licked and sucked until she came apart under him, his name a breathless gasp on her lips.
Confessions
Somehow,itwasonlyChristmas Eve when Sienna made it downstairs in the morning. And despite a less than full night’s sleep, she was wide-awake and weirdly energized. Fenn said that was likely a result of her new gift. Sienna figured time would tell on that front, because two bone-melting orgasms and a few hours’ hard sleep followed by waking up all warm and snuggly in the arms of the man she might already have fallen in love with was a pretty good re-energizer, too.
And, yeah, she’d definitely realized she had a problem. Because she’d sure as hell never felt anything like this with the guys she’d dated or otherwise hooked up with in the past. Serious, long-term feelings had always been things to shy away from. Until now.
Her mind replayed the moment she’d opened her eyes that morning, naked and chest-to-chest with her personal hero. The man she’d dreamed of for forever. The man who’d saved her life, maybe twice, the night before—and arguably her sister’s, too. That warm, fluttery feeling hadn’t made her want to do anything more than burrow deeper into him and hide away from the world.
Maya slung an arm around Sienna’s shoulder, jarring her from her reflection. She held a steaming cup of hot cider in her other hand and the spiced apple and cinnamon scents wafted up, making Sienna’s mouth water. “Okay, I’ll admit, Fenn’s not so bad. That whole ‘Death’ thing is a little off-putting, but you were right to trust him.”
Sienna couldn’t help but grin and bumped her elbow into her sister’s side. “Sorry, what was that last part? I must have snow in my ears or something.”
Maya rolled her eyes and lifted her cider to her lips. “You were right, Sienna. Yes, I said it.” She sipped at her drink. “Where is he, anyway?”
Her amusement faded and Sienna’s gaze roamed the half-fenced backyard as if it held the answers. It was cold outside, she could tell by the slowly sprinkling snow and puffs of breath that heralded each exhale, but she could barely feel it chilling her skin. “He’s double-checking to make sure there aren’t any … loose ends.” That was probably the most tactful way to say it.
