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He turned to find Leora only a few feet from him.
“Who is this woman you worry over?”
Mara answered. “This is Bliss, a healer of extraordinary power. She saved Trey from death.”
Leora gasped again and hurried over to Bliss, grabbing her hands. “I don’t know how to thank you for saving Trey. His love is what kept me going all through my horrible ordeal. Without it, I would have withered and died. Bless you.”
Trey watched Bliss’s eyes begin to flutter and her face turn paler, and he knew that, in a moment, she would be in the throes of a vision. His arms reached out and caught her just as her body was about to crumble to the ground.
“Oh my Lord, is she all right?” Mara asked.
Trey didn’t answer his mum. He knelt, cradling her body in his arms and watched her. If she didn’t come out of it soon, he’d shake her out of it. And he couldn’t help but wonder if Leora’s taking hold of Bliss’s hands had thrown Bliss into a vision.
“Trey, perhaps—”
“Not now, Mum. I’m doing what’s best for Bliss.”
Her eyes began to open, and relief swept over Trey, along with curiosity. What had she seen?
He didn’t care for the dazed look in her eyes as she struggled to sit up.
“Easy,” he urged as he helped her to sit and lean against him.
She laid her head on his chest. “I need to rest.”
“I’ll take you—”
“No,” she said, as he helped her to stand. “You have important things to discuss with your family.”
Mara stepped forward. “I will help—”
“No,” Bliss said gently and reached past them both, taking the hand extended to her. “Dolca will help me. We are old friends.”
The older woman slipped her arm around Bliss. “I will see her settled safely for the evening.” She looked to Mara. “Could you have food sent to her room?”
Mara nodded. “Of course.”
Trey stared after his wife as she was led from the room, with Dolca’s arm firmly around her. He wanted to be the one going with her. It was where he belonged, by his wife’s side. He suddenly grew annoyed with himself. He should have made their marriage known immediately. He had no intention of being kept from his wife’s side, and definitely not her bed.
She might be too worn-out to make love, but he’d sleep by her side tonight—that he promised himself though a little niggling of doubt tormented him. And damn if he could chase it away.
Leora wrapped her arm around his. “We have much to discuss.”
He rested his hand over hers. “That we do, but first I must speak with my brothers.”
“Can it not wait?” she asked, her bottom lip protruding in a pout.
“No, it can’t,” he said, and directed her to the table where his family sat.
His brothers rang out a greeting as did their wives, their voices no longer silent. Each let him know how glad they were that he was home.
“You’ve missed much in your absence,” Reeve said. “Bryce has found himself a woman, and a good one at that.”
“Yes,” his wife Tara agreed with a nod and a smile. “She was able to knock Reeve right off his feet.”
“Is this true?” Trey asked with a laughing grin.
“He made a foolish move that left him vulnerable.”
