Page 42 of Celestial Shadows
Noni reaches up and grabs onto my sleeve, tugging me downstairs. The floorboards creak as we head into the kitchen. A commotion comes from outside. The door bursts open to reveal Flumph covered in soot.
“This the respect I gets after savin’ the fuckin’ world?!”
“Mr. Flumph!”
Bombri and Baron trail behind Flumph with irritable expressions. When he sees me, Baron smiles and then leans over to kiss me. A mischievous glimmer shows in his eyes. Pyre, Cambion, Dragan and Silvanus enter the intimate home through the back door. Each of them stops to greet me in their own way. It’s Theren who lingers, however.
I love the feel of his hands on me.
Others might think I’m foolish for living in a cabin in the mountains. But I know where I belong. I don’t need a castle or a temple to lead my people. I have everything I need right in front of me.
With a strange twist of fate, the girl who had been born an abomination has grown into the leader the world always needed.
The End
