Page 111 of The Broken Aztec Princesses

“Much,” I replied shortly before I let my eyes flutter closed.

My alarm sounded a few hours later, and I reached for my phone to shut it off. Instead of finding it, my hand touched solid muscle under cloth. Chris turned and grabbed the phone, putting it in my hand so I could silence the offensive noise. I let my hand drop back onto the hard chest, and Chris’ hand settled on top of my arm, running it up and down as we woke up.

“Are you sure you want to come out? We could just stay here tonight?” Chris’ husky voice made his offer, oh, so very tempting.

“Elim will be waiting for us,” I grumbled, cuddling closer to him.

Chris grunted, his hand still rubbing my arm.

“What do you call a three-hump camel?” Chris asked, and I smiled.

“What?”

“Pregnant,” he chuckled.

“You’re a dork,” I giggled.

“You’re the one who laughs at them,” he replied.

He’s got you there,Nenetl laughed at me.

Chris patted my hand with another chuckle when I didn’t have a reply, and sat up.

“Let’s get going then.” Chris grabbed me a few clothes and then left to get ready.

“How’s the leg?” Elim asked when we finally made it to the training arena.

“Getting there. I told Nenetl to go slow so she didn’t tire out. How’s the skin?”

“Much better. Thanks for this morning. I didn’t think it would get that bad,” he laughed, blushing.

“That’s what friends are for.”

“Where did you want to start today?” Chris asked.

I watched them teaching each other for the next two hours. They seemed to be having fun with each other, and I hoped they would still hang out when Elim got to Guardian Moon. Elim could use all the friends he could get. So could Chris for that matter, but he at least had warrior friends back home.

After training, I went to work. I only had a couple of days left before I would be done inputting the last of the documents. The rest would just be busy work. I looked over at Chris, who was currently reading one of his mystery novels.

Would he still be willing to be with me when we went back home? We were in our own bubble here, and I didn’t know what would happen when he was around our entire pack. They knew what happened to me there. I knew they talked, and Chris was a protector, through and through. It might prove to be too much for him in the end.

I worked steadily until almost lunchtime, then there was a knock on the door.

“It’s me. Just coming to say hello!” Cade’s voice came through before I could even ask.

Chris stood and opened the door for him. Cade was smiling from ear to ear.

“How’d it go?” I asked.

“Great! I put in a bid. We’ll see if it gets accepted or if I have to keep looking.”

“That’s great! Where?”

“In Arizona, actually.”

“Oooh, that’d be awesome to have you near.”

“Yep. It feels right, but I don’t want to jinx it,” Cade chuckled, crossing his fingers.

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