A Crown Of Shadows And Secrets - Sloane Murphy Page 0,108
hungry mouth.
“Have a good dinner?”
“The fucking best.”
I wake up to a shroud of darkness. It takes a minute for my eyes to adjust to the darkness, but once they do, I lift my head so I can see the light trying to break through the drawn curtains. I notice the four of them tucked in the bed around me, even if two of them are laying at the end of the bed.
I squint and realize it’s Kain and Creek at the end of the bed, which means that the cocoon of heat I’m wrapped in must be Roman and Levi. Not a bad cocoon if I do say so myself. I don’t remember the three of them getting back last night, I must have passed out and slept like the dead.
I squirm as the need to pee hits me, so I try to untangle myself from the mess of limbs I find myself in without waking anyone. I slip from the bed into the bathroom with a deep sigh of relief.
I love them, every single one of them, but five minutes to myself is exactly what I need. Just to put myself back together after yesterday.
Because holy shit was it a day. I really want to speak to Morgan, find out what happened to her, because the guilt is still eating at me. Everything that happened yesterday was my fault, and it caused even more delays with finding Fallon. But today, today I’m not stopping until we find out something.
I finish sorting myself out in the bathroom, and tiptoe back into the room, finding Creek sat awake on the end of the bed, waiting for me. He puts his finger up to his lip and stands, walking towards me before taking my hand and pulling me flush with his body.
“Good Morning,” he whispers softly before leaning down and capturing my face with his hands and taking mouth with his.
“Hi,” I whisper back when he pulls away from me, smiling. His hands move from my face to my waist and just holds me close. I rest my head on his shoulder and sigh contentedly. Yes I like time alone, but it’s also been forever since I was just still with any of them. Things have been moving at a thousand miles a minute since the others came into my life. While my guilt might eat at me, indulging in this for just a moment isn’t going to make a difference.
“How are you doing?” His breath tickles my ear with his question as he squeezes me tighter. My eyes flicker towards the bed, making sure everyone is still asleep before I pull myself back from him. I put my finger on my lips, taking his hand and pull him out of the room. So what if he’s just in boxers, I’m only in shorts and a tank. I try the door opposite ours and find it unlocked, an empty room, devoid of any hints of life, except the made-up bed on the far side. It’s much smaller than ours, but I smile, because I know Morgan said this was the guest wing or whatever, but I worried I might just be storming into someone’s bedroom.
“I like the way you think, beautiful,” Creek laughs behind me as he shuts the door gently. “Now really, how are you?”
“I’m okay, I swear. I’m a little stiff, but I’m okay. Honestly, I’m more worried about Fallon than myself.” I shrug.
“That, right there, is exactly why you’ve got the four of us acting out of sorts, and smothering you. You need to worry about yourself too, Remy. I swear my heart stopped dead when I landed in that throne room yesterday. I have no idea how this place is still standing because Levi looked like he was going to fucking erupt.” His voice is sharp, and I can tell he’s still angry about it all, but we don’t have time for anger.
“I know, I know. I will try, but honestly, I was so scared about Morgan yesterday, that Malik caught me off guard. He would never have hurt me if he didn’t think I’d hurt Morgan. And I mean, really, I did. I still don’t understand how…I need to speak to Morgan.”
“Yeah, well, hopefully tempers are kept in better check at breakfast than they were last night.”
“What the fuck does that mean?” I take a step back and glare at him. He shifts uncomfortably and sighs.
“Roman is going to give me such hell for telling you.”