“Oh. Why?”
“Cade, please go and see if you can find anything out about this mystery power. Aefre and I need to be alone now,” CK says.
“Of course,” Cade says and squeezes my elbow in a concerned way. “You will be okay?”
“Yes. As long as I am awake, I will be fine. I hope.”
“Come,” CK says to me. “I want you to see.”
“See what?” I ask as I let him take my hand and lead me down to the, still sectioned off, right wing. “Still don’t want to go down here?” I chuckle.
“It’s more to keep prying eyes away.” He stops outside the nursery room and pushes open the door. I expect a cloud of dust like last time and brace myself but nothing. He opens the door wide and flicks on the light. Electric?
I blink in surprise. “Oh, Constantine. It’s beautiful,” I say as I glide into the room. “When?”
“Last year. I asked for it to be done before the whole, well, you know. I had hoped that you would come around to my way of thinking,” he says with a soft smile.
“Pink, though? You seem awfully sure it’s going to be a girl,” I giggle.
“Easy enough to change to blue,” he says and shrugs. “But I am convinced we are going to have a girl.”
I trail my finger over the white co
t with pink and white blankets and pick up the pink teddy that rests there. “Who did you get to do this? It is supposed to be our little secret.”
“Marguerite. She won’t say anything.”
I nod.
“Do you like it?” he asks shyly, coming up behind me.
“I love it.” I smile and turn in his arms.
“When can we do the bonding thing again?”
“Not yet.” I smile at his eagerness. “A few weeks.”
“I wonder if they are pregnant yet,” he says.
I laugh. “It’s only been a day.”
“No, it’s been a hundred years,” he corrects me.
“What?” I ask, confused. “Is that how it works?”
“I assume so. Can’t say that I have ever heard of anyone time travelling before though. You truly are something so special.”
I glow under his compliment. “So, what next? You said you had plans for us.”
“Oh, yes. It’s a bit late now, though.”
“Late? What for?”
“A walk in the gardens. It’s dark, we’ll go tomorrow.”
“No, I want to go now. It has been too long since we walked here together.”
He nods. “You should change.”