Page 66 of The Beyond
“I can’t believe that worked,” Jess said with a shake of her head. “We pulled his essence out of Scott, but it was old magic that made Moros leave. I would have never thought of it. The power that the possession of love holds.”
“I have the Fates to thank for that trick,” Selene clarified. Then she frowned. “He’ll be trying to get a corporeal form before the next fight. And, before we fight Moros again, we’ll need Pandora. She will be the one to guide us to Elpis.”
“Okay, we can deal with that… tomorrow,” Xtina said with a sigh. “I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m exhausted.”
“What happened to Mia?” Lucas asked, glancing around the room.
“Who is Mia?” Xtina asked with a frown.
“She’s the djinn that I was telling you about. She helped us. The Fates seemed agitated that she was there and sent her back to where she came from. Their words, not mine,” Selene told them. “I assumed she’d be at her home when I got there, but she wasn’t.”
“They could have sent her to the Void,” Lucas suggested with a frown.
“If they did, why isn’t she here now?” Scott asked. “She could leave there at any time.”
“I don’t know, but…” Lucas stood up suddenly. “I guess I’ll go find out.” He walked over and leaned down to brush a kiss on Selene’s cheek and shake Scott’s hand. “I’m glad the two of you are safe and happy.” He turned to Tara and the rest. “It was nice meeting you. I’ll be in touch.” He turned back to Selene. “Don’t start the next party without us, okay?”
Selene stood up and hugged Lucas again. “Be safe. Bring our genie back to us.”
Lucas smiled and then, with a wave of his hand, he disappeared.
“I’m so thankful I’m not the only one who can do that now,” Brea joked. “We’d better get home.” She turned to Ethan as she rubbed her growing belly. “We need some rest.” Ethan nodded and took Brea’s hand, and they disappeared just like Lucas had.
“Where are you two staying?” Tara asked them.
Selene looked at Scott in question.
“We left all our stuff back at Mia’s place. If you want, I can get us there and we can be back here in a day or two?” Selene asked Scott.
“Sounds good. Now that you have the hang of traveling like that”—he motioned to the empty spots where Lucas, Brea, and Ethan had just been—“I’m game.”
Selene turned to Tara. “We’ll be back in a few days. When we return, we’ll use the conventional way of traveling,” she added with a chuckle.
“We’ll be here.” Tara hugged them.
“Thanks,” Scott said, looking around the room. “For stopping my father from possessing me and destroying the world.”
“Anytime,” Jess said as a couple people laughed.
“Ready?” Scott turned to her, and she took his hand.
“Ready.” She willed them to Mia’s place.
They appeared in front of the dark fireplace in Mia’s empty house and embraced.
“What now?” she asked Scott after a long moment of silence.
“Now we see what is left in the fridge, then take a long hot shower, during which I plan on touching you everywhere,” he said with his lips against her neck. “Then we head into the bedroom, where I will please you for hours until we finally fall asleep for a few days. After that, we head back to Atlanta and gather the rest of our stuff before heading to our new home.”
“I like the sound of that. Our new home.” She sighed and rested her forehead against his chest.
“I was thinking about that,” Scott said, his hands brushing down her hair. “Now that I have a new position with a pretty awesome raise, since I’ll technically be the bosses’ brother-in-law, I think it’s time we purchased a home. What do you think?”
She looked up at him and smiled. “Yeah, I can get behind that idea.”
“Let’s spend the next few days looking for a place to buy together.” He smiled at her. “And looking for the perfect ring.”
“I can get behind that idea too.”
