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The magic calmed, leaving her eyes their normal brilliant blue. “What happened?”
“I used the amulet’s magic to contain your powers.”
She looked hopeful. “So I won’t have to control them.”
“It’s not forever. Just so we can learn to use them, one step at a time,” I said. “You are strong enough to control them, to use them with intention. You just need to learn how.”
Phoebe approached us, looking tired and hurt, but with a smile on her face. “I always thought that it was wrong locking your null magic away like that. It is a gift, as much as any other magic, and you should have tried harder to learn about it.”
“But—” Delphine said.
“Magic is a gift,” Roman said. “No matter the form, as long as the intention is good.”
The others nodded their agreements.
“Let’s get out of here,” Hudson said, and we all marched back down the dark hallway and across the lawn and into the light. Levi dragged a half-conscious Lambert along with us.
At the street, Roman looked back. “Why didn’t the castle disappear with the rest of Lambert’s magical conjurings?”
“It knows me,” I said, then I waved my arms and the castle disappeared.
Delphine
Lambert was dragged off to jail, and the guys carried me home. After I rinsed off, I crawled into Tripp’s bed and slept for three days. I barely remember waking up and having someone feed me and falling back to sleep again.
“Delphine,” Hudson said. “I’ve brought your lunch.”
“Is it soup again?” I asked from my deep burrow under the covers.
“Yes,” he said helpfully.
I threw the covers off and sat up. “I’m not sick. I don’t want soup. In fact, I don’t think I ever want to see soup again for the rest of my life.”
He grinned. “You got it, gorgeous.”
I tossed a pillow at him. “I’m getting out of bed now.” I hadn’t felt good for few days, like I had the flu. Tripp had said something about my body adapting to my new powers. But I must have adapted, because now I felt great.
“Okay, and what would you like for lunch?”
“General Tso’s Chicken,” I said.
Hudson bowed. “Your wish is my command.”
He hurried out to order, and I headed for the bathroom. I was wearing one of Tripp’s oversized t-shirts again and nothing else. I smirked. I’m sure they wouldn’t take advantage while I was under the weather, but it still amused me. After pulling off the t-shirt, I climbed into a hot shower and scrubbed myself down. My brand of shampoo and soap had been laid out for me, and I used them, enjoying the familiar scents. I brushed out my hair, polished my medallion, and wrapped myself in a big fluffy towel. I felt tremendously better.
When I strolled back into the bedroom, four sets of eyes were watching me. “Hello, guys.”
Hudson sat on the bed. Tripp and Levi leaned against the wall, and Roman was settled on the armchair that sat in the corner. My men. Only a couple of weeks ago, I’d been lamenting my permanently single state, and now I had four boyfriends who’d all confessed their love to me.
But I hadn’t said it back, not yet.
Tripp opened his mouth to ask something about how I was, and I wasn’t here for it. I dropped my towel instead and enjoyed the heat of desire that flared through the room. I was naked except for the medallion between my breasts. I didn’t dare remove that.
“I just realized,” I said, strolling across the room and running my hand along Roman’s leg, “that I haven’t told you, shown you, how much I care for you all.”
Roman’s fangs popped out in a sign of his appreciation.
I grinned. Then I crossed over to the bed, and I climbed up on it next to Hudson. I played with his hair. “But you do have me at a disadvantage.”
