Chapter 0097
1 crouch down, taking Coner’s wrist and applying pressure to the place the librarian had shown us and seconds
later Coner recovers.
“Keep holding there for a minute,” I tell him and his fingers replace mine on his wrist as I move to repeat the action on Molly. She yanks her hand from me with a scowl and I shrug, “Suit yourself, I was only trying to help you feel better,”
Coner turns to her and shows her what to do and she soon sits up, looking much better. Her eyes scan our surroundings and then land on me.
“What the hell just happened?” she asks.
“We teleported, it sucks,” Theo says, drawing her attention to him. She studies him suspiciously before she bursts into laughter.
“It’s hard to believe, I know. I had the same reaction,” I smile down at her.
“You know what we are don’t you?” Coner asks.
“Yes, do you know what you are?” I frown.
“Not really. We know we are different. In the last year we’ve both been able to do things we shouldn’t,” he admits. I turn to glance over at Mr Collins who is on the phone.
“Mr Collins is the best one to explain all this to you,” I motion in his direction. “Let him just deal with those two assholes first,”
Molly shuffles closer to Coner and he wraps his arms around her as they both stay sitting on the floor, they both seem a little scared and shocked. At least they have each other to get through this. I was completely alone at first. Theo takes my hand and leads me to a bench.
“Thanks, I needed to sit. I’m so tired,” I smile and lean into him.
“I’m not surprised, it’s been a hell of a day. That dance you did was incredible by the way, you were stunning out there, I see why he calls you Swan,” he nods towards Coner who looks at me. He half smiles at Theo’s words and
nods.
“Thank you. It felt so good to dance again,” I sigh in contentment.
“When all this is over I think we should open our own dance club like the one we went to tonight, we have nothing like that here, the people are missing out. Then you can dance as much as you like,” Theo suggests.
“I agree. I’d be there every day just to see you dance and dance with you,” Luke says, coming to join us on the bench. He takes one of my hands in his and brings it to his mouth to kiss it.
“What’s happening over there?” I ask, motioning to the two guys who are still being held by Mason and Axel.
“A team is on their way to take them, they will lock them up for the night until Deacon can interrogate them properly,” Luke explains.
“Good,” I say with a shiver as I lean further into Theo, trying to soak up some of his warmth. Luke stands and goes to talk to Mr Collins and then returns a moment later.
“Come on, let’s get you warmed up inside, the team are at least 30 minutes out,” Luke smiles down at me and holds out a hand for me. I take it and he pulls me to my feet. I’m so grateful to be going inside, my top is not a
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great choice for sitting outside in the middle of the night in late October. Plus I’m curious to see inside Mr Collins‘ home. “Come on you two,” he says to Molly and Coner as we pass them. Mr Collins waits for us at the glass door. He pushes it open and flicks on the lights to reveal a stunning white and gold kitchen. It’s huge and Coner lets out an impressed whistle. He leads us to an equally impressive sitting room that has three large couches all facing a fireplace in a semicircle. Taking a blanket from the back of one of the couches he wraps it around my shoulders and it feels as though he’s hugging me as his scent wraps around me.
“Thank you,” I breathe.
“Rest a little, you did great tonight,” he smiles at me with pride and I almost want to cry at his praise. Damn hormones. “Make yourselves at home, I’ll be back once I’ve secured our guests,” he says to the room before leaving.
Theo pulls me down to sit on one of the plush couches with him and Luke sits on my other side. He leans down and lifts my feet into his lap, pulling off my shoes and rubbing my feet.
“That feels amazing,” I moan as lay back and rest my head on Theo’s lap. Theo strokes my hair and I quickly relax, drifting to sleep under their tentative touches.
Sometime later I wake up absolutely parched. My throat hurts from how dry it feels. I sit up and take in my surroundings. We are still at Mr Collins‘ place. Theo and Luke are both slouched over on the couch sleeping. Axel is sprawled on the other couch, his soft breathing barely audible. Mason is on the floor in front of the cracking fire, the glow makes him look like a sleeping angel. He’s even more stunning when he’s relaxed, the trademark frown gone and replaced with a soft look that makes him seem innocent. I almost snort at my own thoughts. Mason and Innocent do not go together. Coner and Molly are cuddled up on the other couch, even in sleep they seem tense. I hope for both their sakes that they’re bonds because I feel that things will get messy around here if they’re not. If they are bonds then it will be much easier for me to forgive Coner. He’d tried to tell me at the time that he couldn’t resist her. If I’d have known then what I know now I think it would have hurt less. If one of my bonds had come into my life whilst I was dating Coner I’m not sure I’d have been able to resist them for long. Maybe in the future Coner and I could even become friends again, we could dance together the way we used to dance before we got too involved with each other. We could teach dance classes here and make a new dance group. I push the thought away, tamping down my excitement. I’m getting ahead of myself. There are so many other things I need to be focusing on first. The first one is a drink. Creeping from the room I head back towards the kitchen we had come through earlier. Mr Collins did say to make ourselves at home, so I’m sure he won’t mind me getting a drink and hopefully, I’ll find a bathroom on my travels.
