Page 37 of Enchanted Shadows
He was loyal, I’d give him that. “Miles.”
“Yeah?”he snapped at me, a sign of how worked up he was. “Sorry. Yeah?”
“Go back for half of Team One. I don’t think they’ll try anything, but I told them they have an hour to clear out of here.”
“What about the rest of you?”
I shot him a grin. “Oh, they walked right out of the barracks, so they will be walking right back in.”
He walked over to me and gave me a slap on the shoulder. “See you back at Kavan Keep?”
“Thanks for the backup tonight,” I told him and tipped my head toward the huge house behind me. “Let me know if anything more comes of this.”
“Will do.”
I didn’t say a word, just started walking, the women following behind.
“We are sor?—"
I held up a hand to cut them off. I really didn’t want to hear their apologies right now.“Do not.”
So we continued walking. I took deep, calming breaths. I was damn proud of the women for how they held their own back there. They hadn’t been fighting against Team One, but they handled four spoiled Enchanted brats easily. And I couldn’t fault Zara for punching Bram. If she hadn’t, I would’ve.
Emric’s house was along the way, and I knew he was likely at his parents’ party, still, I walked up the driveway and banged on the door.
To my surprise, he opened the door. Shirtless. “Owen?”
“Em.”
His eyes went to the women behind me and back to me. “Shouldn’t you be at the barracks?”
“Shouldn’t you be at the party at your parents’ house?”
He tipped his head up. “Just doing some late-night reading.”
I choked on a laugh. “I need a place to wait for twenty minutes to ensure we aren’t being followed. I was going to just break in.”
He opened the door wider. “My house is your house, Raikes.”
Some of the girls were whispering, filling Fern in on who Emric was.
I gestured to his living room, a large couch and a few chairs. “Sit,” I told them.
Emric and I headed to the kitchen where I reached into his freeze box, using my magic to wrap around and gather some ice before sending it out to Zara.
She wasn’t Enchanted. I should have warned her, but I heard her gasp as the cold ice hit her hand.
I quickly filled Emric in on the situation. Halfway through, he got me a glass of ice water which I gladly downed.
“I’m going back up there with you,” he told me.
“Team One is en route and helping calm everything down, but I am not going to turn that down right now, Em.”
“And after all that happened with Dixon Hill? I’m not due to go back to Dra Skor for a few months. You need me to stay close?”
“Maybe.”
His head jerked back. “The fact that you didn’t just tell me no right away means you’re more worried than you are letting on.”
