First And Last - By Stacey Kennedy Page 0,42

no way I was sleeping on the couch. I needed space, thank you very much.

Kyden arched a brow at me and Sabi and Ryker laughed. Then, I remembered, like a smack in the face, what exactly would take place. Oh, wasn’t I the stupid one now.

“Oh, right.” I squirmed, a bit embarrassed. “Magic.”

“All right,” Sabi said and stood. “Let me pack a few things and we can be off.”

She took no time to get her things together and we all ventured over to gather Haven before going back to our place.

Twenty minutes later, I stood in my living room, looked at Sabi’s bedroom that was now just off our living room.

“There,” Haven said proudly, examining her masterpiece. “Looks nice, don’t you think?”

Her ability with the Earth Element gave her the strength to manipulate anything attached to the earth. She could make stuff appear, or change, if she needed to. I gave my head a good, hard shake. “That’s so bizarre, I don’t even have words.” Seeing a room appear before your eyes takes a bit to get used to no matter how much magic I’d been around lately.

Haven smiled big. “Who needs a designer when you have Haven the Extraordinaire?”

I laughed. “Touché.” I reached down and touched the little bump on her belly. “So, how does it all work? I mean, you’re not even showing and you only have a few short months left. God, humans would envy you.”

She glowed. Health exuded from her. Rosy cheeks, radiant skin, even her eyes seemed a deeper blue. “She’ll grow quickly. Give it a week or so and I’ll be out to here.” She made a big circle with her arms and even puffed up her cheeks to insinuate just how big she expected to get.

“Let’s go, Haven,” Finn interjected. “You need your rest.”

She grumbled something, then met my eyes. “He’s become more and more like Kyden every night.” She gave me a knowing look. “It’s very annoying.”

I burst out laughing. Now, she knew what I went through. Looked good on her.

After Finn and Haven left, I knocked on Sabi’s door. She answered it with Ryker sitting quietly on the bed. Talk about uncomfortable. “Er…do you have everything you need?”

She leaned against the door and smiled. “Yes, thank you. If anything comes up I’ll come and get you.”

“Okay, that works.” I was about to turn around, but said quickly, “The fridge is full—help yourself to anything.”

She was already shutting the door before I even finished the words. She obviously had more important things to do than talk with me.

“They need to leave,” Willow griped at my feet.

I glanced down at her and gave her head a scratch. “It’ll just be for a little while, Willow.”

She squinted her fluffy face and looked very unhappy about this situation. “Fine, but if that idiot—the Guardian—says one word to me, I’ll piss on his pillow.”

Her threat was serious. I should know, she’d done it to me. I had other things to worry about right now so I ignored her little statement and looked back at Kyden.

I sighed deeply, wanted desperately to have more time to put off this conversation. I’d dreaded this moment all night, but knew Kyden and I needed to have it.

He was enthralled with the Diabolus Somes. His nose buried in the book. Sucking in a breath for bravery, I sat next to him on the couch and touched his hand.

His gaze snapped up to mine and he leaned back, laced his hands behind his head. “Interesting read.”

I eyed the book like a sworn enemy. “I’m sure it is.” Then, I took another deep breath, prepared for the fight ahead. “Listen, we have to talk.”

His brow arched up. “We do?”

I nodded slowly and searched for words to put this to him. “Okay, so…you know how Sabi is going to come get me when she sees something?” He nodded, intrigued. “Well…I think it’s…it seems like a good…”

Kyden laughed. “What is it, Nexi?”

“You should stay back.” Kyden’s brow arched, a bold look crossed his face, so I continued quickly, “Just until we know what we’re dealing with. We don’t know if my shield works against demons and you could get hurt.” I tensed and waited for the storm to hit.

Kyden studied me a moment, then reached out to pick the book back up. “Makes sense.”

I sat there dumbfounded. What the hell? No yelling? No demanding that he come? No punching holes in walls? Wait…what? “You’re okay with that?”

He didn’t look up from the book. “I am.”

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