isn’t kinky, and there is no me and Culhane. I just . . . tend to . . . float if I’m not tied down.”
“Float?” Nora’s eyes were still bugging. And even so, she managed to look gorgeous. Talk about unfair. “You mean like flying? You can freaking fly ?”
She shrugged. “Maybe.”
Nora pushed a stack of clothes off a chair and dropped into it. Crossing her arms over her chest, she glared at her younger sister and muttered, “And this is all happening because you took Joe’s stuff back to him.”
“Basically. If I hadn’t gone there I never would have run into that creepy thing and wouldn’t have had to kill it and get submarined by a gold tornado. . . .” Something occurred to her, and Maggie smiled. “Which makes this sort of your fault. You’re the one who said I should go see Joe. Clean break and all that shit.”
“Well, if I’d known what would happen I would have gone for you.”
The thought of tiny little Nora facing down that man-eating demon was enough to terrify Maggie. “No, you wouldn’t,” she said softly. “It was scary, Nor. Seriously scary, and this whole thing has me freaked out like you wouldn’t believe. I’ve got this gorgeous Fae warrior popping in and out of my life—”
“Culhane.”
“Yes.”
“How gorgeous?
Maggie sighed. “The stuff dreams are made of.”
“Wow . . .”
“And I’ve got a bunch of demons after me, and a pixie from hell who’s snarkier than we are. . . .”
“Is that him sleeping in the oak out back? I thought I heard snoring when I came in.”
“Bezel. Yep, that’s him. He refused to sleep in a human’s ‘box.’ ” Maggie smiled wryly, remembering watching the pixie scramble up the tree with as much ease as a chimpanzee. He’d tucked himself onto a wide branch, then given her the evil eye and told her to leave him in peace.
Pushing up from the chair again, Nora walked to her sister’s side. She shoved Maggie’s legs over and sat down on the bed. “Man, I leave home for a few days, all hell breaks loose, and nobody even bothers to tell me about it until after the fact.”
“I was going to tell you. . . .”
“No, you weren’t.” Nora gave her a look.
“No, I wasn’t. I couldn’t think of a way to tell you on the phone, and you sounded happy, damn it. I didn’t want you to worry, and . . .” Scooting into a sitting position, Maggie pushed her hair back, scrubbed her hands over her face and admitted, “I knew you’d be bent out of shape about this.”
Nora huffed out a breath. “Can you blame me?”
“Hey, it may look like a good time to you, but trust me, so far it hasn’t been all happy, shiny party time, you know.”
“Right, right.” Nora blew out a breath. “I’m still jealous.”
“Can’t think why.”
“I know. That just makes it worse.” Then she shrugged. “I checked in on Eileen before I came to wake you.”
“She’s fine.”
“Yeah, but I had to see for myself. She’s really young to be dealing with Faeries and pixies.”
“If it helps any, I think Bezel’s afraid of her.”
Nora laughed, and some of the tension in her body drained away. Maggie looked at her and knew that her sister was both excited and terrified. It felt good to know that someone else was experiencing the same kinds of emotions she herself was.
“After I got Eileen’s text I went a little nuts,” Nora admitted. “I checked out of the motel, packed everything up and caught the first flight out. All I could think about was getting back here. Making sure you and Eileen were okay. I barely had time to say good-bye to Quinn before running to the airport.”
“That’s right,” Maggie said. “Where is this new guy? Thought he was coming home with you.”
“I left in such a hurry he couldn’t come along. He said he had a few things to wrap up first.”
“Hmm.”
“I know what you’re thinking,” Nora said with a frown. “Not like I wasn’t thinking the same thing the whole plane ride home. Is
“Float?” Nora’s eyes were still bugging. And even so, she managed to look gorgeous. Talk about unfair. “You mean like flying? You can freaking fly ?”
She shrugged. “Maybe.”
Nora pushed a stack of clothes off a chair and dropped into it. Crossing her arms over her chest, she glared at her younger sister and muttered, “And this is all happening because you took Joe’s stuff back to him.”
“Basically. If I hadn’t gone there I never would have run into that creepy thing and wouldn’t have had to kill it and get submarined by a gold tornado. . . .” Something occurred to her, and Maggie smiled. “Which makes this sort of your fault. You’re the one who said I should go see Joe. Clean break and all that shit.”
“Well, if I’d known what would happen I would have gone for you.”
The thought of tiny little Nora facing down that man-eating demon was enough to terrify Maggie. “No, you wouldn’t,” she said softly. “It was scary, Nor. Seriously scary, and this whole thing has me freaked out like you wouldn’t believe. I’ve got this gorgeous Fae warrior popping in and out of my life—”
“Culhane.”
“Yes.”
“How gorgeous?
Maggie sighed. “The stuff dreams are made of.”
“Wow . . .”
“And I’ve got a bunch of demons after me, and a pixie from hell who’s snarkier than we are. . . .”
“Is that him sleeping in the oak out back? I thought I heard snoring when I came in.”
“Bezel. Yep, that’s him. He refused to sleep in a human’s ‘box.’ ” Maggie smiled wryly, remembering watching the pixie scramble up the tree with as much ease as a chimpanzee. He’d tucked himself onto a wide branch, then given her the evil eye and told her to leave him in peace.
Pushing up from the chair again, Nora walked to her sister’s side. She shoved Maggie’s legs over and sat down on the bed. “Man, I leave home for a few days, all hell breaks loose, and nobody even bothers to tell me about it until after the fact.”
“I was going to tell you. . . .”
“No, you weren’t.” Nora gave her a look.
“No, I wasn’t. I couldn’t think of a way to tell you on the phone, and you sounded happy, damn it. I didn’t want you to worry, and . . .” Scooting into a sitting position, Maggie pushed her hair back, scrubbed her hands over her face and admitted, “I knew you’d be bent out of shape about this.”
Nora huffed out a breath. “Can you blame me?”
“Hey, it may look like a good time to you, but trust me, so far it hasn’t been all happy, shiny party time, you know.”
“Right, right.” Nora blew out a breath. “I’m still jealous.”
“Can’t think why.”
“I know. That just makes it worse.” Then she shrugged. “I checked in on Eileen before I came to wake you.”
“She’s fine.”
“Yeah, but I had to see for myself. She’s really young to be dealing with Faeries and pixies.”
“If it helps any, I think Bezel’s afraid of her.”
Nora laughed, and some of the tension in her body drained away. Maggie looked at her and knew that her sister was both excited and terrified. It felt good to know that someone else was experiencing the same kinds of emotions she herself was.
“After I got Eileen’s text I went a little nuts,” Nora admitted. “I checked out of the motel, packed everything up and caught the first flight out. All I could think about was getting back here. Making sure you and Eileen were okay. I barely had time to say good-bye to Quinn before running to the airport.”
“That’s right,” Maggie said. “Where is this new guy? Thought he was coming home with you.”
“I left in such a hurry he couldn’t come along. He said he had a few things to wrap up first.”
“Hmm.”
“I know what you’re thinking,” Nora said with a frown. “Not like I wasn’t thinking the same thing the whole plane ride home. Is
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