Chapter 109

He rolled his eyes, but not as if he was angry. "The sun will be coming up in a bit. Tell me about what happened when you got home. I know it didn't end in Spain."

"Yeah, you're right." I told him about how my Council had bombarded me and about Esmeralda's murder.

"As long as Athena's alive," Paul said, "then she'll always be a danger to you. Trouble has a way of always finding you. You're right. I did come back in the nick of time."

I smiled. Not that he could do anything to solve the Athena problem, but it felt good to have him to bounce my ideas off of.

I stood and kissed his forehead. "I'm going to bed before the sun rises and catches me unexpectedly."

Paul stood and pulled me to him. "I missed you, too, Kim."

"It's good to have you home."

He smiled at me. "Like old times. Blue balls and all."

I gasped and then laughed. Knowing that my lust could flare with little urging, I hurried out of the room and down the stairs. We had talked all night.

It really was like old times.