Page 65 of Tisak

But… I didn’t want to think about that right now. Not when everyone was so happy.

Clearly a lot had changed for Braz, Florin, and Theon in their time away, but Wey and I had gone through a lot ourselves.

Wanting to stay in this happy moment a little while longer, I rushed back over to Theon—he’d only been three feet away—picked him up, and nuzzled his neck again. He laughed, and I leaned back to offer him a grin. Turning around, I found Wey. The two of us needed some time with our little mage. Badly.

He met my eyes, clearly reading my intentions, and nodded before stepping up to us. Wey kissed my lips, then kissed Theon’s as well, and I said, “How about a little alone time in our tent?”

“That sounds perfect,” Theon said, seeming at ease with me carrying him around.

Kasper’s voice loudly said, “Weylyn, the officers are meeting in my tent to go over—”

“With all due respect, Kasper,” Wey said. “Not today. Not tonight. I have family matters to attend to.”

Kasper stared at Wey for a beat, then his gaze moved over our group before refocusing on my gargoyle again. “You’re right. My apologies, Wey. We can let everyone settle in for the day and meet tomorrow.”

“Thanks.” Wey gave him a nod before turning back, and I was so freaking relieved that he’d put his foot down. Wey had been at Kasper’s beck and call at all hours of the night and day for months. It was nice to see him choose us over his duties for once.

As we began walking, Florin said, “Braz and I will help get my cousin and the others settled in. We’ll find you in a few hours.”

I wasn’t about to complain about getting Theon to ourselves, even if a part of me was afraid that if they walked away now, they’d disappear for another seven months. Not that I would admit my fears out loud.

“We had to change tents,” Wey said.

Yeah, because you were gone so long, we couldn’t justify having that huge tent anymore, especially when we had no idea when—or even if—you’d ever return.

Plus, it had made it all the more obvious that we were missing half our family, which only hurt Wey and me more in the end. Switching to a smaller tent had been a blessing and a curse.

But I didn’t say any of that out loud, either.

Wey gestured. “We’re over on the east side now.”

“I’m sure we can ask around and find you,” Florin responded with a smile.

Wey gave him a nod, and the fae turned back toward his brethren. Braz hesitated a moment, so I met his eyes, and the half-orc smiled at me, saying, “It’s really good to see you. I… missed both of you more than you know.” Then he turned on his heel and rushed after Florin before either of us could respond.

Wey met my gaze, nodded, and headed for our tent with me trailing a few steps behind, Theon still in my arms, playing with my hair and smiling at me. I tried to smile back, but my mixed emotions were making it difficult. Even my purr had stopped on the walk here.

My gargoyle held the tent flap open for me, and I ducked inside, heading straight for our bed. As soon as I set Theon down on it, a bout of nerves hit me. Not because of what we were planning on doing but because all of the emotions I was holding back were threatening to crash down around me. Theon had left me. I’d been injured, and he’d left me, discarded me. How could he have—

“Hey,” Wey said, grabbing my chin and forcing me to look at him. He pressed a hard kiss to my lips, meeting my gaze. “Be right here with me—withus—right now, yeah?”

I inhaled slowly. “Yeah.”

His lips quirked up in a sexy smile. “I love you, baby.”

I heard Theon gasp, but I ignored his surprise and offered Wey a small smile. “I love you, too.”

He searched my eyes, his focus never wavering while he checked on me. “You good?”

Taking another breath, I pushed everything else aside to be dealt with after we properly greeted our little mage and nodded. “I’m good.”

With a grin, he smacked my ass, then turned to the bed, crawling over Theon, capturing his mouth, and making him laugh as he pressed the mage into the mattress. The sight of the two of them together warmed me, and everything else—all my worries, all the hurt, all the unsaid words—it all melted away.

Theon was here.

He was here. Finally here.

And I planned on enjoying every minute alone with him that we had.

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