The Darkest Knight (Guardians of Camelot #3) - Victoria Sue Page 0,88
as he bent down to kiss his gorgeous man, the best idea yet.
As if by some unspoken agreement the only people missing for breakfast the next morning were Gawain and Galahad. “How’s he doing?” Kay asked immediately as Lance and Mel walked in. Charles turned around from cooking eggs, and everyone waited for the answer.
“Which one?” Mel said with an impish smile.
Ali chuckled. “I guess both of them.”
“I don’t think any of us have got over the shock yet,” Lance admitted. “Galahad wondered if you would go see him after breakfast?”
“Me?” Kay said in surprise, and Lance smiled.
“You saved his life,” he choked out and yanked Kay into his arms. “Thank you.”
Kay nodded and stepped back. He wasn’t going to insult Lance by trying to brush off his thanks. “I’m just so glad he’s home.”
“Maybe you want to take that?” Charles asked and passed a tray to Lance with a lot of different dishes on. “I made small things to tempt him, and Gawain can eat what he doesn’t.”
“I think Gawain’s more shocked than Galahad,” Mel said and pulled out a chair and looked at Charles expectantly. “I’m so hungry I could eat a vegetarian.”
Roxy waved her fork at Mel. “Wasn’t that Aladdin?”
“Close,” he admitted. “Thief and The Cobbler.”
“How did you know? Last night. How did you know it was me?”
Mel glanced at Kay. “I didn’t, not until Charles stabbed him and it didn’t work. Then I remembered what you said about the driver and the woman in the park, and I knew if she had the ability, the chances of her son having the same were very high.”
“So why hasn’t it ever worked before though?” Tom asked around a mouthful of bacon.
“I think it’s a mix of circumstances and timing. When Galahad gets stronger, he may be able to shed some light on it, or it may never happen again.” Mel shrugged. “It worked when it was needed, but you don’t need to carry that burden around with you forever.”
“What were you going to tell me about the woman in the camp?” Charles asked as he put a plate in front of Kay. So he told them about “Mother Aggie” and Petey, and Roxy filled him in on the gray horse story.
Kay reached a hand out over the table, and Charles clutched his fingers. “That’s perfect. I can’t tell you how utterly perfect that is.” And it was. He knew, he absolutely knew, that Petey would have been happy, and he hoped in some small way if Davidas ever knew, he would be content also.
“Guys,” Roxy said, her voice full of warning, and they all looked over at her. She was holding her phone and looking gray.
“What is it?” Ali rushed over.
“Has anyone seen the news this morning?” They all shook their heads. None of them ever watched TV much, but Tom ran to the office and got the laptop and brought it back into the kitchen.
“What channel?”
“All of them,” Roxy whispered.
Tom turned it on, and they all crowded around, and everyone stared in dawning horror at the grainy but visible picture of Roxy getting out of Kay’s truck the night they had fought the Ursus at the boathouse. Tom turned up the volume.
“Roxy Lewis, who has been missing since a confusing incident in the Battery Tunnel last week, is now wanted for questioning in the possible extremist attack Saturday night at the wedding of Carrie Marsden, the youngest daughter of Judge Eric Marsden, who famously sentenced to death last month—” Tom turned the volume down.
“I need to call my sister.” Roxy raised a tear-filled gaze to Ali.
“And the police,” Lucan sighed. “We’ll have to get them here, and I’ll see what I can do to persuade them this isn’t what it seems. We can’t risk her getting anywhere near a police station.”
“Risk who?” Lance asked as he walked in with the empty tray. Tom quickly filled him in as Roxy and Ali went upstairs.
“To be honest,” Mel said at last, “I’m surprised we’ve gotten away with it so long. The picture must have been taken just before the signal went down.”
Lance nodded fatalistically. “Galahad would like to see you both if you could? He’s fretting.”
Kay stood. “Of course.” He looked at Charles, and Charles turned off the burners and followed Kay to the room they had seen Gawain carry Galahad into last night. Kay knocked and Gawain opened it nearly immediately. Kay regarded him silently for a moment, but he smiled and waved them in.