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After telling them all what was going on she also told them that she was hiding a woman by the name of Skye. Also, that someone needed to go and get her son, or he might well be in trouble as well. It was Kings that said he’d get the boy, at least make sure that he was all right.

She knew that Skye’s son would be all right with Kings watching over him, and she was never so happy with anyone as she was to see Tucker and Brenin come into the place next. With a short pop to the back of the head, the man was down, and his gun went flying.

For the silence when the man fell to the floor, there was so much noise that she wanted to clamp her hand over Skye’s mouth to shut her up. Instead, all she did was put her hands over hers and tell her to calm down.

“I have to go to Matt.” She told her that he was fine. The look she gave her had Kaida thinking that she didn’t believe her. “He’s all I have in the world. We’ve been running for the last five years, and I need to keep him safe.”

“I understand that. But he’s with my cousin-in-law, and he’s bringing him here to you. But you have to think for me. What is the code name that you use to know that it’s safe to go with him.” She told her that it wasApril Showers bring May flowers. “That’s a good one. I love it. All right, Kings is bringing him here. Then we’ll head to our house and see what we can do about keeping the two of you safe from now on. I’m under the opinion that we just bury him in the back yard someplace there are red ants, but that’s just me.”

Skye laughed. It was nervous sounding but not nearly as stressed as before. The police arrived and no one mentioned that he was there for Skye. Amanda Wilson would be safe as well as the owner of the place was going to fire her for leaving in the middle of the shift. Kaida was able to get her out of the place without anyone seeing her.

“I need some juice.” There was a juice bar not far from where they were, so she and Skye headed there. “I was told that when I use a lot of magic that I was going to need to have more fruit and juices in me.” Kaida babbled on while Skye looked around.

She didn’t know if she was worried that someone might recognize her or she was looking for her son. But when Kings showed up with him in his car, the reunion was tearful. She was glad now that she didn’t ignore the need to get out of the house and walk the streets. Kaida was sure that she had saved the woman, for he would have killed her to get to her son.

After heading back to their home, she got her another glass of juice. She expected Tucker to ask her what she’d been doing but all he did was to ask her if she was all right. She was, she told him, but for being really dry.

He went into the kitchen and brought her back a large pitcher of what looked like orange juice. She nearly drained it in favor of talking. When she was feeling better, she turned and looked at Skye and her son.

“How did you know?” confused for a second, she asked her what she meant. “About him coming to get me. For all I know, you told him where I was, and when he brought in the—don’t answer that. I’m sorry. You wouldn’t have risked your life if that had been the issue. But I would like to know how you did that.”

“What do you know about the Savage family?” She said that it was reported that they were shifters, dragons of all things. “They’re both. Shifters and dragons. I’m mated to Tucker, now married, and with that, I was able to get some of his magic and a bit of my own. When asked by the council, they said that I must have had a dragon sometime in my family and that’s why I can do as much if not a few extra things that Tucker can’t do. You needing help from me called to me while I was home, and I came to figure it out.”

She went on to tell her how she was ready to give up and get some lunch when she bumped into her. Telling her what she got from that small touch. It was Tucker that finished up for her.

“My little dragon called for help, and we came to help her. I’ve seen Mr. Houston in—” she told them that she’d never been married to Jason, but he’d asked her out, and things went downhill from there. “I’m sorry then. Is Matt his son?”

“No. He’s not really mine, either. I was on the run, and so was he. But someone put a flyer out for a million dollars if they were to bring Matt back to them. He said that he didn’t know where they were going to get that much money as they always told him that they were broke.” She looked at the young man, and when he nodded, she continued. “They do have money. A great deal of it. But they only brought Matt around when they had people over for dinner and such. He’s very brilliant and can read something once, and he knows it word for word. Other things as well, but he didn’t want to betheir…he called it a dog and pony show anymore, so he ran away about the same time that I did, and we just clicked.”

When dinner was served, the two of them looked as if they were going to sob. Apparently, it was the first hot meal they’d had since getting together and on the run. Even the meal that she got at work, she’d bring it back to the house and share it with him.

After dinner, Tucker made a few calls. They were going to be safe in their home. As soon as she showed them their rooms, she was sure that they could have slept standing up. Since she had no idea how to give magic to someone, Kaida asked Tucker to give them the magic of clothing. Skye said it had been several days since she’d been able to get to the laundromat, and she needed some clean clothing on her back. Everywhere else, she told her too.

She was nearly ready for bed, too, when Matt came to find them. He said that he wanted to talk to them since they’d been so kind as to help him out of the situation that they’d been in.

“My parents are Matthew and Delilah Connor. I’m sure that you’ve heard of them. They have heard of you.” Tucker said that he’d had a few dealings with them, too. “I thought so. They don’t have a very high opinion of you and your cousins. You’re not old money like they are. I’m not sure where they got that, as I’m sure you’re older than this town, but they think that you shouldn’t be allowed in respectable places because of how you got your money. How did you get your money?”

“As you guessed, we’ve been around forever. Made investments in things that were new then but still around today. Like lumber companies. Computers and phones. You might as well know that we’ve been the start-up for a lot of things that are going on in his world today. One of them being airplanes.” Matt said that he knows about investments as well, and that was what had saved his parents from ruin. “However, I stopped doing that as well when I got smart enough to know that they didn’t care if the company was selling shares or not. They were going to invest in it.”

“I’ve heard about that as well. They’re being looked at for a couple of murders, too. I wouldn’t put it past time to kill, but I don’t know them all that well.” Matt said that he did and knew that they had done that and more. “I would imagine.”

Matt told them of a few other things that he could do as well. “My father figured out that I could see a bit into the future when it came to investments. As far as I know, he never said anything to my mother, but he would beat me regularly when I didn’t give him what he wanted. What he never figured out was that not only can I see the futures on a lot of the things they wish to invest in, I can see the ones that fail after a few years too. Those are the only ones that I would give him. As you can well imagine, they didn’t appreciate that too much.”

“So this man, Jason, he’s been looking for you and he just so happened to be looking for Skye as well.” Kaida snorted and asked for the real truth as to why she was with him. “I saved her a couple of times. She knows I have some abilities. Whenever Jason gets too close, I can tell her. I messed up this time because I wasn’t paying attention to the signs that were given to me. He figured out that she was with me and then that I was the boy who was worth a million dollars. He told me once that he was killing two birds with one pistol. Jason isn’t very bright and has a one-track mind. Also, he bets on the ponies, and that is why he’s desperate for the money he’ll get for turning me in.”

Kaida was beginning to see other things too that the boy could do. He’d brought a Danish to himself at dinner. Also, his napkin that had fallen in the gravy on his plate was once again clean when he gave it a hard shake. Little things that she had to wonder if the kid even knew he was doing. Looking at him now, she wondered, too, if he realized that he could hide from his family without much in the way of thought.

“I know that.” She asked him what he meant. “That I can hide myself away. I could have easily taken all their money, too, but I have to protect Skye. She’s the only person that I know who has never expected anything from me other than her friendship. Not to mention, she’s been kinder to me than anyone I’ve ever encountered other than you guys.”

“Thank you, young man. You’ve no idea how much we appreciate that.” He nodded and then looked around the room. “What are you looking for. You’ve been looking around this place since youarrived.”

“There are secrets in the walls here that you could get to. Some of its money and jewels, but there is not just a journal tucked away but an old bible as well.” Tucker asked him if he knew where it was. “I do. It’s just above the fireplace and near the pocket doors. I know you have no use for the money that you find, but I have a feeling that the people you brought this house from could use it.”

“I’ll do that.” Matt showed him where each piece of history was hidden. In addition to the things that he’d told them about, there was a bundle of silverware, several more diaries, as well as the first deed to this place that had been built by the family on the original fifty acers. “Are there any pictures of this place?”

“Plenty that have been hidden away as well. There is an old barn out back that you might want to go through as well. You’d be surprised at how much one family can horde away when they don’t want anyone to take it from them. The original name for this place was called Manchester Manor. When you make the improvements on this place, the extra three bedrooms and baths, you’ll find a hidden room that is also full of things that were stashed away during the wars.”

They’d only just spoken of adding other rooms to the place this morning. It thrilled her that she’d be able to find a bit of history about the place and perhaps put some of the pictures on display around the rooms. She was especially happy to find the old money. She’d frame it up and hang it on the walls as well.

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