"Thank you, Tomasz. Thank you so much," he said and pulled the young man into a big hug that made the trickster god dry cough. "Sorry," Drew said when he pulled away before Loki also pulled Drew into his arms, almost knocking our table over.
"Good luck kid. And I hope next time I see you, you're a free man," he said.
Drew steadied himself and nodded.
Loki and Tomasz left the cafe and Fenrir approached us again. "I don't suppose you want a coffee?"
"We've got to go," Drew said and marched out.
"That's what I thought," Fenrir murmured and I shook his hand on my way out. "Good luck. And we're here for you if you need us."
We wouldn't need them again. Not after this guy called Frankie. All we needed was Drew to be able to resist Horus's compulsion and everything else should be a piece of cake.
I just hoped nothing happened to Anubis and Gene in the meantime.
Drew
"Hey," Sett said when we entered Spiti for what felt like the millionth time that day and I closed the door behind me, succumbing to his touch once again.
I rested against the door and looked into his beautiful golden eyes and tried to find a way to describe how I felt. "I…I'm okay. I think. Talking to Tomasz and Loki helped. A little. Well, a lot, considering they gave me a possible way out."
"Are you sure?" he asked, running the backs of his fingers down my face with such delicacy I couldn't help but follow his touch if only to feel him some more.
"Yes. I'm not a hundred percent yet, but I will be. Once I know Frankie can help me," I said.
Sett's other hand came up and he cupped my face, leaning into me until there was no breathing room between us and he took my breath away.
"Us. Helpus. You're not on your own, Drew. You will never be on your own ever again. You hear me?"
His voice made my insides tremble and my heart pounded at double the speed.
I nodded and he closed the gap between us so I could taste his lips again. So I could taste his love for me again. It was addictive. I never wanted it to end. I felt like a siren willing to suck the life out of him just so I could have his taste on my lips for a second longer.
But every second that passed was a second I was bound to Horus and my brother was in danger, and so was Sett's son.
I opened my eyes and put my hand to his chest, pushing him ever so gently.
"We should go," I whispered.
Sett closed his eyes with a nod and took a step backward that felt as if someone had yanked my heart right out of my chest, knocking the wind out of me. And yet somehow I steadied myself. Somehow I took another breath. Somehow I turned around, opened the door and came out into a busy London street I didn't quite recognize.
It was very clean, with trees lining each side of the road, making it look cozy, almost fake. As if it was a film set and not a real place.
"Welcome to Kensington, I guess," I mumbled when I glanced up to read the street sign. Kensington Church Road.
"It's nice around here," Sett took in his surroundings and it took everything in me not to get distracted by his awe.
"Yeah, money talks around here. I don't often have a reason to be in this side of town," I said and reread the card Tomasz had given me.
*Charmsmiths
Enchanting jewellery for every occasion
circ. 1946
27 Kensington Church Street
We were definitely in the right place. I looked up and down the street and once I had an idea which way we needed to walk, I took off with Sett by my side. We only stopped when he came across a corner shop that was as white and polished as anything I'd ever seen, their window displays shone so bright they could compete with the sun itself.
