Page 37 of My Eternal Light
This time a swirl of a tiny tornado spun away from them down the street.
“Do I need to get a spray bottle for you?” Kendrick demanded.
Kincaid winked at her and faced Kendrick with an expression of pure innocence. “What do you mean?”
Kendrick looked from him to Meryn who was still giggling, to the twins who were high-fiving each other, finally to her. “I am woefully outnumbered. Let’s just get to the palace and Thane and I can power-proof the queen’s chambers. You’re at the mercy of your unit brothers later at the warrior villa though. I bet you’ll appreciate me then,” he sniffed dramatically.
Anne patted his shoulder sympathetically, but when she turned to face him, she rolled her eyes, before she continued to console her mate.
“Meryn you said that this Cord got the kids to sleep, are they staying at the palace too?” Zadie asked.
“Yup! Though they’ll probably get moved into House Eirson at some point. The other squires are getting it fixed up for them,” Meryn explained.
“House Eirson? What’s a squire? Like a knight’s squire?” she asked.
“Kinda, but not really. Squires are like house managers, butlers and moms all rolled into one.” Meryn pointed to the quiet, Asian man following behind her. “That is Ryuu, he’s my squire.”
Zadie simply gave a little wave. The gorgeous man bowed.
“Okay, so the kids will end up in the Eirson house and that’s where you’ll set up the classrooms?”
Meryn stared. “Huh?”
Kincaid cleared his throat. “The kids will need to learn Meryn. Normally we would homeschool, but there a lot of them. When I was out getting supplies, I swung by a school and grabbed desks and books.”
Meryn turned and looked at her. “That’s where he met you?”
She nodded.
“You’re a teacher?”
“I am, with a degree in Behavioral Sciences and Early Childhood Education.”
“Your dream,” Meryn whispered. “She was surrounded by kids.”
Aiden grunted. “You got off easy, I saw Meryn get stabbed every night for weeks.”
Kincaid frowned. “When I think of how long I was having the dreams, maybe I was supposed to have found those kids? How long did they suffer because I didn’t act on what I saw?”
“Remind me to throw a scone at you when we get to the palace,” Meryn said scowling at him. “How the hell were you supposed to find them? A demon literally had to put the longitude and latitude on a wall to lead us in the right direction.”
Kincaid’s shoulder slumped. “I know it’s just…”
“Two scones.”
His mouth twitched and he brightened. “You’re amazing you know.”
“Hold up? Did she just say demon?” Zadie asked.
Meryn’s eyes widened. “Aiden walk faster.”
Kincaid turned to Zadie as Aiden hurried away.
“Why is she afraid of you?”
Zadie could only laugh. “I told her I would pepper-gel the next person to create or share life-shattering news.”
Kincaid took her hand again. “I am not going to lie or sugar coat things, it’s bad. But, no matter how bad it gets we have people like Meryn and Kendrick on our side, so it doesn’t seem impossible to overcome.”