Coen smiles, “In that case, I would love some help.”
“Awesome, just tell me where you need me,” I reply as I move around the counter.
His eyes heat, as he smirks, “Well, there’s a question.”
“I meant in the kitchen,” I retort with a grin, and when his eyebrows rise again, I add, “with the cooking.”
He bursts out laughing and pulls me close, kissing me and making me smile. When he pulls back, he puts me to work, and we’re soon moving around each other and preparing dinner like we’ve been doing it for years. I love it.
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It’s too cold to be traipsing through the damn woods, it’s also still raining and hasn’t actually stopped since yesterday.
All of the guys are busy finishing off their packing and making sure that they have absolutely everything that they could possibly need, because we have no idea how long we’re going to end up staying in Ireland for.
Not only do we have no idea how difficult it’s going to be to find Murray and Pete, or even if they really are in the same place or not, but Griff said that we’re going there for more reasons than that. So goodness knows how long we will be staying.
I am really looking forward to going back to House, it’s where I feel the most at home. It has occurred to me that there aren’t enough bedrooms for everyone, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out. People can double up, or we will use the various other rooms in the house and repurpose them as bedrooms, I’m sure House won’t mind. It just loves having company.
The rain is falling in sheets, and I would rather be anywhere other than walking through the woods, but I want to make sure that Mael and the others know that we’re leaving and where we’re going.
There is a small woods that has a pool, much smaller than the one that they have here, in the grounds of House. So if they want to, they can come and stay there too.
I would much rather that they were close. I don’t like the idea of leaving them all here while we are so far away, even though I know that we could call on them whenever we need to.
At the end of the day, it’s completely up to them and what they want to do, we don’t own them.
“Mael,” I greet warmly as he trots out of the lake and onto the shore.
He moves his big body so that he’s shielding me from the worst of the rain, and my smile widens even more.
He’s fucking awesome, I love him.
“I’m sorry I haven’t been to see you since the whole flaming mess thing that I had going on,” I wince. I had almost forgotten about my naked, flaming dive into the icy depths of the lake.
Almost.
He snickers, and I know for a fact that he’s laughing at me.
“Nice,” I mutter sarcastically, and he nudges me in apology. “Anyway, I came to tell you that we’re heading to Ireland indefinitely in a few hours. There have been some developments that mean that we have to head over there. I’m not going to bore you with the details. We’re going to the same place that I called you to for the first time. There is a lake on the land there, so if you want to, you can all come as well.” I frown slightly, “I have to warn you though it is considerably smaller than this one.”
Mael seems to study me closely and then nods.
I have no idea what that means.
As I open my mouth to ask, though I swear he winks at me, and then he just disappears. Looking around to see where the fuck he’s gone, my mouth drops open in shock.
The lake has gone.
The huge lake that kelpies live in has completely disappeared, and left in its place are just trees. It’s like the lake never existed.
Has he just moved his entire lake to House? Is that even possible?
I’m not going to know until I get there later, but if Mael is capable of doing that, then it explains why the guys were confused about the lake being here in the first place. I stand there for another couple of minutes, just staring at the woods where the lake once was.
This is so weird.
As I turn around, my necklace heats and I freeze.
