Page 59 of Our Haunted Omegas
“You sure you don’t want him to ride in the back with me?” Teal asked after everything was packed up.
We only planned to stay one night at Moonscale Manor but we knew to be prepared for everything. So, Ambry and I overpacked. We also wanted to check in on the apartment while we were in town. So who knew what would happen? It wasn’t like we had the best track record with luck.
“Thanks but he’s fine up here with me. That’s the great thing about Guardie. He doesn’t take up a lot of room since he’s not fully solid.”
“Let me know if you change your mind,” Teal said.
“Are you going to be lonely back there?” I asked him.
“No, I’m going to stretch out and take a nap. Had to run a late-night errand and my dragon isn’t having this whole no sleep thing going on.”
“It’s tiring to live a double life, huh?” Indigo said as he climbed into the backseat next to Ambry.
A few minutes later, everyone was in their spots and Cobalt pulled the truck out of the driveway. Guardie curled up between my feet and rested his head on his butt. He was adorable as far as murder dogs went.
“He’s the only murder dog as far as we know,” Cobalt pointed out, picking up on my thoughts over our mating link.
He put his hand on my knee, and I leaned back into the seat, settling in for the drive. Guardie was the only murder dog I’d heard of but at some point my luck had to turn around, didn’t it?
***
London was as busy and bustling as ever. I expected that we’d go straight to Moonscale Manor, but Cobalt pulled the truck into the parking lot of our apartment building.
“Huh?” I blinked awake. “Did I miss the party?”
“Dropping our stuff off. Figured we’d stay here instead of at the manor while we’re in town. That way we can still have some privacy,” Cobalt said, killing the engine.
“Okay,” I said, reaching to unbuckle my seatbelt.
“It’s okay. Rest. Teal and I’ve got it,” Cobalt said.
I glanced in the rearview mirror. Ambry and Indigo were out cold and as curled up as you could be when one of you was wearing a seatbelt. Indigo had his big dark wings out, but had them tucked so tightly to his body that the angle looked uncomfortable. Guardie opened one big brown eye and gave a few tail wags to acknowledge that he knew I was awake. A second later, he pressed himself upright and rested his furry, shadow chin on my knee. I stroked his head and wondered just how many people the Moonscales considered to be a small gathering. I hoped it was actually small both for the sake of my panic attacks and Indigo’s. Even in his sleep he had a big hand resting on Ambry’s stomach as if he was always protecting the egg who grew inside of him.
“Here’s to surviving the party without anyone getting into a fight or freaking out, huh?” I cooed to Guardie.
“Hey!” Someone called from nearby and Guardie let out a soft, questioning growl.
I glanced around, wondering if I should wake up Indigo or not. With Cobalt and Teal upstairs, it was him and Guardie against the world. Sure, I’d put up a fight but if the newcomer was evil and a dragon I wouldn’t stand a chance.
“Uncle?” Indigo grunted, opening one eye.
“No. I’m your mate,” Ambry grumbled back at him. “Not your uncle.”
“Uncle Nicky?” Indigo asked, sitting up gently but still waking Ambry up. “What are you doing here? Did something go wrong at the manor?”
The man who walked up looked a bit like the triplets and smelled like them too but more than that he smelled liked magic and wolf. My heart skipped a beat. I’d been so caught up in meeting their family that it hadn’t fully registered that some of them were wolves like Ambry and me. Not everyone at the feast would be a giant dragon.
“That’s the murder dog?” Uncle Nicky asked, peering in through the window. “I… I wouldn’t call it a wraith or even a spirit. Though, it ---”
“It’s my demon on a leash,” I said, squaring my shoulders despite how much I needed a coffee to really have two brain cells to rub together. That’s how good my nap was on the drive back to London.
“I see that. Congratulations. That’s high magic.”
“Never even trained for it,” I shrugged. “Don’t try to banish my dog.”
“That’s what everyone is so wound up about,” Uncle Nicky laughed. “I told Manny -he’s my mate - that’s what it was.Believe it or not, I don’t go around meddling in everyone’s magic---”
“Yes, you do,” Teal said, hugging the smaller wolf man from behind. “You meddle all the time. It’s what you’re known for. Uncle Starry taught you how.”
