“Hey.” I look up from my phone. “Everything okay?”
“I came in to ask you that.” He eyes the glass of wine in my hand. I rarely drank before because it made it hard to keep my mental shields up. “What happened during dinner?” Harrison looks through the living room, making sure Saanvi isn’t nearby to overhear us.
“Nothing,” I dismiss, waving my hand in the air. “Just my guilt manifesting in real life.”
“Guilt?”
“Yeah. Just a few hours before you got here, I went with my friend to check out a haunted house and left without telling him there are remains under one of the outbuildings.”
Harrison blinks once. Twice. “You’re not joking, are you?”
“Nope. I wasn’t able to confirm whose remains are buried, but I can feel it inmybones that I’m going to find humanbones. See what I did there? But I need to dig into the research on the place first before I dig into the ground so I can try and figure out who is buried before I report it.”
“How would you do that?”
“You didn’t forget I can talk to ghosts, did you?”
Harrison continues to stare at me for several seconds. “We live very different lives.”
“You could always come ghost hunting with me.”
“I think I’ll pass.”
Thunder rumbles in the distance, and the wind blows even harder. This is the first strong storm my new barn is going to withstand, and unlike the old rickety barn, I’m not worried this time. Everyone else joins Harrison and me in the dining room for dessert. The storm is still raging when we finish, and a tornado watch is issued right before Harrison and Saanvi leave.
“You guys should stay,” Ethan tells them. “We have room and it would be safer than driving into a storm.”
“My overnight bag is in your car,” Saanvi says a little shyly. “You’re sure you wouldn’t mind if we crashed?”
“Not at all,” Ethan assures her.
“Both guest rooms are clean,” I say, not sure what kind of sleeping arrangement she’s comfortable with. “One has my ferret in it, but he’s pretty quiet once he’s asleep for the night. We can make Harry stay there with him.”
Harrison looks at Saanvi, taking her hand in his. She smiles, eyes glimmering when she looks at him. This girl might not be a demon, but if she hurts my brother, I’ll come for her. Though if I’m being realistic, there’s a bigger chance my dipshit brother will be the one to mess things up.
Nik and Ethan start clearing the table, and Saanvi insists she help this time. I walk with Harrison onto the porch so we can run outside and get the overnight bag from his car. The rain is coming down hard, blowing sideways.
“Watch this,” I start and hold up my hand. Telekinesis doesn’t come easily for me so it takes a bit of concentration to make a magical bubble to stand under, keeping myself dry as I go to the car. Headlights on the road catch my attention as I dash off the porch. It’s dark and hard to see through the rain, but I swear the same red truck is slowly driving by the house again.
ChapterThirteen
Ethan drapes his arm around me and pulls the blankets up to our shoulders. We’re in bed and I’m snuggled up close to him with my head on his chest.
“What do you think?” I ask, splaying my fingers over his muscular pec.
“About what?”
“Saanvi.”
“She’s nice. What do you think?”
“I agree, she’s nice.” I hook my leg over Ethan’s and let my eyes fall shut, listening to his heart beating. “She’s smart, has a good job, and is easy to get along with. And she’s really pretty.”
“You sound like you want to date her.”
“Hah. I’m just happy Harry found someone I approve of,” I only half joke. “Now to make sure he doesn’t fuck things up.”
“How about you stay out of it?”