Page 316 of Night's Fall
I grinned at her. “Avery-soon-to-be king who’s about to move into a kickass castle.”
She rolled her eyes.
I let it go, left her in her room and went back to mine.
Aleksei wasn’t there, of course, soIcommed him.
He picked up right away, and the display showed he was outside somewhere, the wind ruffling his hair.
Talk about hot.
“Hey,”Igreeted.
“Bissi, canIcomm you back?”
“Sure.”
“Are you in our suite?”
“Yes.”
“Are you staying there?”
Well,Iwanted to check on the queen andAleece, not to mentionMonique, and touch base with theTruelocksandVinestrongs.
ButIsaid, “Doyou want me to?”
“Yes,I’llbe there in half an hour.”
“Okay, see you then.”
“Love you,” he replied.
I’d never get used to that.AndI’dnever stop melting at getting it.
“Love you too,”Ireturned, hoping he felt the same way (about the never getting-used-to-it part,Iknew my male could catch fire, butIdidn’t think he could melt).
We disconnected.
I made some comms.
TheTruelocksandVinestrongswere in the midst of packing in order to move back to their homes.
Aleece wasn’t picking up.
I sent a text comm toMoniquesoIwouldn’t disturb her at work, and she hadn’t had a chance to text back.
AndIchatted withNata, asking her to get withDita, the queen’s aide, to ask ifIcould have some time with her.Wefurther made plans to go through the clothing and accessories that afternoon to see if there was anythingIwanted to wear to my upcoming events.
She also confirmed she’d gotten in touch withDad, and he’d expressed gratitude that she’d commed to let him knowIwas okay.
I was scrolling through social tapes (Arnaudwas seriously getting torn apart, andIwas there for it—and my creature had been nicknamed “BBB,” which stood for “BeautifulBadassBitch,” whichIwas uncertain about—not to mention,Tim’sdragon was getting a lot of positive tape play, andIhoped he saw it) whenAlekseiwalked in.
I knew the minuteIsaw his face, something was up, and whatever that something was, it wasn’t good, soIpopped out of the sofa.
“Is everything okay?”
He said nothing.
