“Finally, something that should work in our favor,” Reed says. Looking at me, he asks, “Are we all done? My bed is calling to me.”
I chuckle, “Yeah, I’m done. We can go home now.”
“Good,” Evander smiles. “Let’s get the fuck out of here.”
“Ransom, is there anyone nearby right now that can see us?” Doc asks.
I know what he’s thinking, and I say, “No, but there are still cameras, and it wouldn’t be a good idea to mess with them and risk the compound thinking that there was something wrong and going on high alert again. Especially since we just warned Calia and Eamon to be on the lookout for anything suspicious.”
Doc pulls a face, “Shit, I know that. I’m clearly tired if I forgot that’s the reason why we don’t just teleport inside the wards.”
River grins, “Don’t worry, man, we’re all tired.”
We all get back in the van, and Evander puts in the code for the gate as we head out and back to the same spot that we transported into. As soon as we’re there, Doc looks at me, and I nod that there’s no one around.
Within moments, we’re back at the house, and we all practically stumble out of the van and into the house.
I was really hoping that I would be able to head back to my workroom and carry on working on the wards, but I am definitely too tired to do that right now, and I will end up making mistakes if I try to.
It’s not worth the risk.
I wait for Neith to say goodnight to everyone before I pull her into my arms and kiss her softly.
“Night, beautiful,” I mutter as I pull away.
She grins, “Night.”
Neith
Everyone splits up at the top of the stairs and goes off to their separate rooms, but I grab River’s hand before he can make it to his room.
He raises his eyebrows at me curiously.
I smirk and shrug, “Well, you can sleep in your room if you want.”
He does a fake growl and scoops me up into his arms.
“Absolutely not,” he says, as he kisses me and carries on walking down the hallway to my room.
I have no idea how he hasn’t crashed into anything yet, but I’m enjoying his kisses far too much to actually check that we’re not going to trip over anything.
I hear the door slam closed behind us, and he pulls back slightly.
“How tired are you?” River asks me, his eyes studying my expression closely.
I grin, “I’m not tired at all anymore.”
He growls, his chest rumbling. “Good.”
Leaning forward to kiss him again, I pause, “Actually, I do really need a shower. We’ve been fighting and running through the woods for most of the day, and I’m covered in all sorts of things that I need to wash off.”
River grimaces slightly, “Yeah, that’s a good point.”
Wriggling, River puts me down, and I start to head to my bathroom. Looking over my shoulder, I smile when I see him heading back toward the bedroom door.
“Aren’t you coming?” I ask.
He whips back around so fast that he almost falls over, and I burst out laughing.
