Trip To Nowhere

Sera

Later, I was curled up on a big chair in the parlor with comfier clothes and a cup of coffee, watching the snowfall that had begun when we returned to the manor. Penny had gone to put Michael down for a nap, Tommaso went to rest as he had promised Killian, and Killian went to his office. I didn’t mind him doing so, as long as it wasn’t for the rest of the day.

There was a knock on the door. I turned to see Killian there, spinning a car key on its loop with one finger. “Want to go somewhere?”

I was on my feet instantly, running over to him, coffee forgotten on a side table. “Yes! Where to?”

“You’ll see.”

Equally excited and suspicious, I followed him to the garage. I faltered when he got into the front seat. No other guys were around. The last time we took a car by ourselves things didn’t end so well.

I shook my head free of flashbacks of the car wreck. I paused at the passenger side. “Killian?”

He rolled down the black-tinted window. “We’re safe. I promise.”

Sometimes it was hard