Seven Wardens: Books 1-4

Chapter 15-2

Macey was getting a little bit fed up of staring into the Staran, though at least it meant she could curl herself around Cam or Flint and feel their body pressed against hers. Now she had other experiences of that, she could enjoy the Staran even more.

“Are we really just going to trust that they take us where we need to go?” she half-whined, despite knowing that it was the best plan they had. Really, it was the only plan they had.

“Do you have a better idea?” Jared asked, seeming surprisingly laid back given his refusal to hang around earlier.

“Well, no...”

“Then this is what we have to do,” he pointed out, taking a step closer to Cam. She was grateful, she could use Flint’s warmth still, even if she wasn’t cold cold.

“But you’re sure it’ll take us where we need to go?”

“Of course not,” Flint said, laughing. “When has it ever quite done what it was supposed to?”

He had a point. Not that it helped matters at all. Rather, it only helped increase the worry making itself known in the pit of Macey’s stomach. Stupid Staran. Stupid Warden duties. Why couldn’t she just have a nice quiet evening in with her men? They could eat good food, but only if Cam was cooking, and laze about in the pool. They’d all seen her kelpie form now anyway, so she could even shift and swim with them.

Of course, if she stayed in human form, there were other things she could do with the three of them in a pool. Things that would most definitely be fun. Images of wet skin sliding against wet skin assailed her, along with gasps and sighs of ecstasy. She wondered what being with all three of them would be like. Exhilarating most likely. Not to mention exciting and enticing. Though just how much convincing they’d need before they followed through with her desires, she didn’t know.

“Earth to Macey,” Flint said, waving his hand in front of her face.

“I thought that was Jared?” she threw back with a grin. He laughed aloud, quickly followed by Jared. Cam gave the three of them a stern look, as if to say they were supposed to be being sensible right at this moment in time. The glint in his eye gave him away though, he was as amused as the rest of them by Macey’s quip. She wasn’t sure why though, it hadn’t been that good. She’d even go as far as saying it was cringe-worthy. But they all needed the light relief the joke would bring.

“It’s not Earth I’ll be bringing you back to,” Jared said after he’d finished laughing, tipping her a wink.

“Alright, time to get serious now,” Cam said sternly, his voice sending tingles through Macey. She hoped he had some other uses for that voice too. She could certainly think of a few ideas.

“Alright, okay,” she acknowledged, her laughter fading to a stop. “But don’t pretend you didn’t need the comic relief.”

She left Flint’s side and made her way to Cam, going up onto her tiptoes and wrapping her arms around his neck. He leaned down and kissed her gently, confirming the same emotions they’d been talking about earlier. While none of them had voiced them out loud, she was pretty sure they all knew them to be true. She bore the marks on her back to confirm that.

She pulled back, smiling softly at him, a look that he returned without hesitation.

“Okay, now I’m ready to go.” She unwrapped herself from him and made her way back to Flint, who held a hand out to her, using it to tug her forward and into his arms.

Closing her eyes and praying this trip wouldn’t be as bad as some of the others, she waited as the familiar tugging feeling of the Staran took over once again.