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Charlie finished, “And then someone, probably hunters, ran you off the road.”
I nodded. “And then someone ran us off the road.”
“And Alcor, is he all right?” Clawdia asked.
Charlie replied, “The council has him, and we can see him when we leave with them.”
“We are leaving with the council?” I asked. My eyes popped back open and, I lifted my head to look over Claudia’s body to look at Charlie.
“Going into hiding with them.” He nodded and offered me a sympathetic smile.
He could probably tell from my face how much I was loath to move right now.
Clawdia frowned, her hand pausing for a moment as she stroked Charlie’s chest. “Why are they hiding? People need their help. Fafnir could be flying around terrorizing innocent people, and now with the hunters …”
Charlie replied softly, “Everyone needs to regroup and think up solutions before they start to do anything. We need to make sure the protector is safe and talk to him.”
“You think he will be able to help?” Clawdia asked.
Charlie shrugged. “Sigurd and Fafnir are mortal enemies. If anyone has a clue on how to defeat the dragon, it’s him.”
“A mortal enemy, a decedent, an ex-wife.” She sighed, leaning her head back on my shoulder. “I don’t like how connected we are to all of this.”
“It makes sense,” I said.
Charlie raised an inquisitive brow and asked, “What makes sense?”
“We are supposed to be connected to this problem. The gods and Fates want us to save the titans. But they are going to test us first, make us strong enough to fight our pasts and remake ourselves as saviors.”
There was a pause before he scoffed. “You’ve been watching too much television.”
“I haven’t been watching any television.” I gave him a droll look and played with a strand of Clawdia’s drying hair.
“So, this dramatic statement was serious?”
Clawdia ignored Charlie’s comments, huffed out a breath, set her jaw, and declared, “If Fafnir is our test, then I’m going to win. I won’t let him take my life from me again. I won’t run.”
I gave Charlie a look as Clawdia helpfully demonstrated my point, which he responded to by rolling his eyes.
He remarked, “That said, we are running right now.”
“Only for a little while,” Clawdia allowed.
“We are going now?” I asked. The thought of more travel, stress, and fear filled me with dread.
Charlie said, “We’re waiting for our ride.”
I sighed and let myself fall back into the pillow, my mind close to bursting with all the new information.
Clawdia rolled over to stroke my brow. “I’ll pack for you, Zaide.”
“Thank you, Little Cat. I don’t think I can move yet.” But I did feel a lot better than before.
I eyed Clawdia suspiciously as she got off the bed, dressed herself, then began throwing our clothes into a suitcase. She must be getting good at healing for me not to have noticed her doing it while in my arms.
She seemed in reasonably good spirits, but I knew she must be tired.
I was tired. I was tired thinking of how much there was yet to do.
