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“Something like that,” Ghost replied, finishing off the message. “He’s been ignoring her for a while. I guess he finally came to his senses and realized what he had. Good thing too because I was about twenty-four hours from tracking him down and forcing an apology out of his sorry ass.”
She sighed, handing the phone back to Corvus. I read Becca’s reply over his shoulder before the screen went dark.
Rebecca: I was so worried. Glad youre okay. Dont worry about me, Im just with you know who. Think Im going to stay here tonight so dont wait up, okay. Xx”
My jaw clenched, the lack of punctuation reminding me of the way someone else’s messages often arrived on my phone.
Just a coincidence. It had to be.
I started for the door.
“Where are you going?” Ava Jade asked, stopping me.
“To have a chat with Diesel.”
To my surprise neither of my brother’s protested, but my Ghost did.
“Can we stay together?” she asked, and when I saw the uncertainty in her eyes, I couldn’t say no.
“If that’s what you want.”
She seemed to think about that for a moment, then lifted her head and got shakily to her feet. “Take me home?”
There wasno way in hell I was taking the pain killers, too afraid they’d knock me out to the point of full unconsciousness. So, sleep was just not a thing likely to happen.
Sighing, I hauled my achy ass out of bed, gingerly touching the bandage on my shoulder. The sharp edges of the stitches Rook sewed into my skin poked me through the gauze, and I winced but continued to prod the area, testing my motor ability with the new injury. My knee was feeling all right after some ice and a borrowed knee brace from Grey. But the shoulder was going to take some more time.
I could lift it until it was level with my face but no higher. At least the arrow hadn’t pierced anything too important. Or at least I hoped it hadn’t, only time would tell since going to the hospital was out of the question.
I flicked on the light switch and limped quietly to the bathroom, trying not to make too much noise as I splashed cool water over my face and down my neck to staunch the feverish heat from getting any stronger. Honestly? I half expected to find Corvus in here.
Or Grey. Fuck, even Rook.
Each of them insisted I sleep with them or at least down on the couch where they could watch over me. I’d said fuck no on account of being absolutely exhausted and wanting to actuallysleep,which I wouldn’t be doing with an audience or a bed buddy. Turned out it didn’t matter anyway. Sleep was a no go regardless of whether I was alone in my dark room or not.
I inched the door on the other end of the bathroom open and peered out into the dim hall, lit only by the pre-dawn filtering in through the window down at the other end.
Corvus’ and Grey’s doors were shut, but Rook’s stood open, a draft whistling through to where I stood.
I bit my cheek, hurrying back into the loft to retrieve what I’d stolen from him a little while back. I wondered if he’d even noticed it was gone, but seeing as I found it tucked mostly behind an old photo on his dresser, I could see why he wouldn’t.
Hell, it made me wonder if my brilliant idea for a gift was even a good one if he kept it hidden away. Maybe he didn’t even like it.
Oh well. No going back now, and I had to return it to him eventually.
When I got back to his door, I pushed it open, poking my head inside. “Rook?” I whispered, squinting to see into the gloom as the smell that was uniquelyRookfilled my lungs, making me smile.
“Out here,” came his whispered reply, and I followed his voice to the open window next to his bed, the dark curtain billowing inward in the breeze.
The dark shape of him sat outside on the roof, a blanket loosely pulled around his shoulders.
“Couldn’t sleep?” he asked as I crawled through the window to join him, the chill of the early morning air brushing over the bare skin on my arms and legs.
“No. You?”
He shook his head and lifted one side of the blanket, holding it open for me.
A muscle in my jaw ticked, but the hesitation only lasted a second before I curled up beside him, letting him drape the large furry blanket over my shoulders. His body heat enveloped me as I tugged the blanket around myself, huddling in closer to his side.
