Chapter Eleven
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Kai didn’t need tobe told twice.She was hot on his trail when he walked out of the glass room and breezed through the antechamber and out the door.She had to double-time it a little, not because his pace was brisk like the last time, but because his strides were twice as long as hers.Even with her long legs, she had to practically skip to keep up with him.
Out in fading purple light and the coolness of the day, she didn’t consider where Aodh would have taken them, so she was only vaguely stunned when he walked into the entrance that led to his suites and took the stairs.
Kai figured he had just decided to let Morlie rest in his room.She felt a little bad about putting him out of his space until her sister was well enough to travel, but she couldn’t worry as long as Morlie returned to a hundred percent.
However, instead of making a right, he went left.As they approached, the door was pulled open.
“Everything is ready, Mckenna.”Tana stood there.
Stopping at the entrance briefly, Kai glanced over her shoulder at the other door.She’d noticed the other hall when she first arrived but hadn’t considered it much since.Now following behind him, she wondered about the place he’d brought them to.
“Hello, Kai.”Tana smiled at her and shut the heavy stone door before quickly stepping around her to Aodh, who had already arrived at the bed on the other side of the open-concept space.
The place was much smaller than Aodh’s massive suite.The ceiling was still way above their heads, but the windows that filled the room with sunlight were a standard size, and from what she could see, there wasn’t a landing beyond any of them.
“Whose place is this?”Kai had an urgency in her to get to her sister, whom Aodh placed in the center of the small bed—only compared to the one in the suite next door.
“Ours,” Aodh claimed his full height once again.
“This is the Mckenna building.Everything in it is part of his dwelling.”Tana bustled around the bed, pulling the covers up around Morlie, fluffing her pillows, and ensuring she was comfortable.
Kai chose to ignore Aodh’s comment.They would still need to have a more candid conversation shortly.“Thank you for letting us stay here until Morlie recovers.”She sat on the edge of the bed next to her sister.
“There is food for Morlie when she wakes.I’ve already made the bath water.It is scalding now, but it should be the perfect temperature for her delicate skin when you need it.There is a robe in the bathroom and clothing in the closet when she is ready to leave the room.”Tana paused beside her.“Make sure your sister consumes a lot of liquid.The healing smog can be a little dehydrating to humans.”
“Thank you for everything, Tana.”Kai smiled at the older woman.
Tana waved it away.“It is my position to serve the Mckenna and, by extension, his family, too.”
Family.Nope.Nope.Nope.She and Morlie were family, but she would keep that comment to herself.
“Still, I appreciate it.”
Tana nodded as she walked toward Aodh, who leaned against the wall across from the foot of the bed.“Anything else, Mckenna?”
“That will be all,” he told his attendant but was looking at Kai.
“Okay.”Tana glanced over her shoulder.“I will return later to check on you both.”
Kai watched the gray-haired woman cross the room in a snap and leave.Now that her sister was settled and sleeping again, there wasn’t much for Kai to do until she awoke, but still, she remained by her side.
Partly, because it had been a long time since she’d been able to be close to Morlie, she didn’t want to go far, but also, she was hoping that Aodh would get the hint he wasn’t needed here and leave.
