Midnight Truth (Shifter Island #4) - Leia Stone Page 0,62
the Danish pastries as well as a couple of burgers Annette made for lunch and three cupcakes.
With Honor at my side, we practiced portals within Grandpa’s house. Finally, I decided to open a portal to Shifter Island and forgo the library. I wanted to be fully ready in the event the high mages tried to lock me out.
Honor looked up at me, his hazel eyes wide. ‘You sure you wanna do this?’
I grinned. ‘Scared I’ll slice us in half?’ I asked, running my fingers through his hair. Gramps had said it was important to touch him as we went through. At least, until I got used to creating portals and holding them open.
‘Sort of,’ he responded. ‘Well, yeah.’
I just chuckled and allowed my mind to relax. I was in my bedroom in Spirit Castle, but I envisioned the dark wood and black bedding of Rage’s four-poster bed. The silky sheets we’d made love on and the way he smelled. My soul slipped free of my body easily. I flew across my room and toward my wall, envisioning my mate’s room, and the moment my soul passed through the wall, I stood in Rage’s bedroom, listening to the shower run in the bathroom.
Yes!
Step one complete.
Controlling my breathing, I looked down at my hands in my human form back at High Mage Island. Here goes nothing. Opening my hands slowly, I thought of the space between my spirit-self and my physical-self. It was wide and yet not so. I felt the air around me charge with energy and then … a basketball-sized hole appeared before me. Spirit-me peeked through at physical-me, and both of me grinned.
Gotcha.
Pulling my arms farther apart increased the size of the hole until it was at least seven feet in diameter. I looked down at Honor, who looked up at me.
‘You sure this is safe?’ he asked
‘Totally,’ I assured him. Well, maybe 87.4% sure. I mean it had to be safe, right? I’d been practicing here all day, no problem. But this would be the first time we went into another realm through a portal I’d created.
I dug my fingers into his fur with one hand and kept the portal open with my other. Nervousness clenched in my belly as we stepped forward, and as soon as my physical body joined my soul, the portal snapped shut behind me with a hiss, my stomach flipped, and I glanced down at Honor.
‘Still in one piece?’ I asked.
Honor let his tongue loll out of his mouth as he grinned up at me.
“Not everyone can say their mate opens a portal into their bedroom at night,” Rage called from the doorway, his voice low and husky. “I like it, Crescent.”
I spun with a Cheshire-Cat-sized grin.
“Well, it’s faster than the library portal, and it gives us control—instead of the high mages. So you’d better get used to it,” I told him as my gaze dipped to the towel around his waist.
He nodded, and his gaze heated. “I’m sure I will.”
He strode over and wrapped his arms around me.
‘That is my cue to leave,’ Honor said, slipping out the door.
My gaze returned to Rage.
He was watching me with an unreadable expression. After a deep breath, he spoke: “I’m so sorry that the first time we fought like that … you got attacked and needed me. I feel … awful.”
I reached up and ran my fingers through his silky black hair. “The attack wasn’t your fault. Plus, you got to me in time … so all’s well that ends well, right?”
He nodded and led us to the bed. For several minutes, I sat beside him, and then we just talked. About our fight, my attack, the portals, seeing Kaja, blood mages, everything. Both of us had a lot going on, and we recognized the importance of working together as we were stronger that way. Then, I learned why there was so much talk about make-up sex.
After we’d thoroughly made up, multiple times, we curled up close and drifted into a peaceful slumber.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
A loud pounding at the door startled us awake, and Rage leapt out of bed with a growl.
“What?” he snarled.
Note to self: Rage doesn’t do well with disturbed sleep. I sat up, the grogginess bleeding from my limbs and my mind.
“There’s been an attack,” Noble said, his voice filled with anguish. “Rage … Nai … you need to hear this.”
We both dressed quickly and then followed Noble down the hall to a room near the throne room.