Chrystal Bones (Finding Home Book 1) (39 page)

Blue flew around Jayden and Leo. She was so happy to see them. She would worry about her parents and everything else when she woke up. She swirled around them, wrapping them in her love.

Leo leaped into the air, batting at her playfully. She flew through the clearing with Leo running beside her. She touched them all, Sparks, Jos, Vihan, Dro and Idris, able to in this form give all of them a hug in a way she would not feel comfortable with when she was back in her body.

Somehow they all felt her and it wasn’t long before the clearing was filled with laughter. She stopped in front of her parents and studied them. They were a good looking couple. She figured it was going to take her a long time to get used to the fact that everyone she had met since leaving Earth was a lot older than they looked. For heaven’s sake they looked no older than she did and they were her parents.

She then went to Jayden. She studied his face. There were new lines of worry on it. She cupped his strong jaw in her hands. He closed his eyes as if he felt her touch. He gave a ragged sigh of relief. When he opened his eyes he said in a rough hoarse voice, “Blue get back in your body and get down here now.”

She giggled. She actually giggled. He was the only person in the universe who could make her giggle. He sounded so stern giving orders to her like he really expected her to obey him. She had warned him more than once that she didn’t follow anyone’s orders. This one time she decided to humor him and do as he demanded. She gave him a soft kiss then went to do what he wanted.

She flew up to the chrystal holding her body.
What if she couldn’t get out? What if her body was trapped in the chrystal forever? What if…Knock it off,
she told herself.
You have to do this
. If she was trapped then she would just have to deal with it. Besides she was not going to let some chrystal coffin get the better of her. She was The Chrystal Woman and according to the others she was the strongest one ever born. She could do this. She had to do this.

She took one last look around at her friends and family. Her eyes lingering on Jayden and Leo. She had to do this for them. She took a deep breath and entered the chrystal chrysalis. It was harder than ever to force her essence back into her body. It was almost as if she didn’t fit it anymore. Which was ridiculous since it was her body and she doubted it had shrunk any.

She opened her eyes and blinked a few times. Well she was here. Now what? The chrystal started to spin. Faster and faster it went. She heard thunder and the crash of lightning. Her body started to glow brightly. It lit up the chrystal surrounding her.

There were no more questions, she knew what to do and how to do it. She was the butterfly about to emerge from her chrysalis. She had been changed but she was still herself. It was time to do what she had been born to do.

Jayden watched the chrystal spin with dizzying speed. When the thunder and lightning started he did not even blink. His heart was in his throat and he could not swallow past the lump. Finally something was happening. He knew he had felt her lips on his. She was here and she was coming back to him. That was all he cared about right now. He was definitely going to have to give some serious thought to giving her that spanking he kept threatening her with.

The chrystal spun so fast it broke the strings of lightning holding it in place. It hovered spinning in mid air by itself before slowly lowering to rest on the ground in front of them. Lightning once again came from the sky to strike at it. There was a loud boom and the watchers saw the chrystal crack.

Another bolt of lightning, another crack. The lightning hit three more times before stopping. The planet held its breath along with all of those watching. This incredible event was being broadcast to the whole planet via the news feeds set up. Catching everything on camera for prosperity.

Blue knew it was time. The chrystal was cracking from the lightning she had called down to her. That had been so cool when the knowing had come to her. She gathered her strength and pushed out with both hands, opening what she thought of as her coffin.

Blue stepped out into a single ray of sunlight piercing down through a sky prematurely dark with storm clouds. As soon as she stepped out of the chrystal it crumpled into tiny shards around her. The skies cleared and the wind died down to a gentle pleasant breeze.

Leo raced to her side and with a little more force than usual he tackled her to the ground. He lavished love on her. Rubbing his big head into her chest. She felt his fur brush against her bare skin and looked down to see her shirt was ripped open and covered with blood.

What the heck had happened? Oh yeah… She had gotten shot. Several times.
She vaguely remembered Jayden ripping open the shirt to see her wounds.

There were no signs of her having been injured. She wasn’t sore at all. Well crap. That meant that she had to have been out for at least a few days. No wonder Leo was so happy to see her. She looked up from hugging Leo to see Jayden towering over them wearing a fierce frown. She smiled at him and said, “Hi, I am back.”

Jayden looked down at Blue tussling with Leo. She acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. He had the conflicting urges to both throttle her and hug her to him and never let her out of his arms again. He sank to the ground beside her. His knees simply giving out in his relief at seeing her alive and talking.

Blue, feeling shy, looked into his eyes then ducked her head to concentrate on Leo. She pet his soft head as he laid it in her lap. She told Jayden softly, “I didn’t mean to make you think I don’t need you. I do. It is just that this is all new to me. I don’t have a clue what I am doing.”

Jayden reached out with one finger and nudged her chin up so he could look into her beautiful brilliant eyes. He too remembered the last real words he had spoken to her and he had spent many days regretting saying them.

“I know you need me,” he told her. “You need me to keep you out of the trouble that always seems to find you.”

Blue felt the smile stretch her face as she reached up to cup his face in her hands. “Are you sure you want to take that on? It could turn into a full time job the way things are going.”

Jayden returned her smile, “I would not have it any other way princess.”

“Stop calling me that,” she said without any heat in her voice.

“Never. You will always be my princess.”

She gave an unprincess like snort, “Does that mean you will always be my prince.”

He reached up and cupped his hands over hers drawing them down to place a tender kiss on each palm. “I will be anything you want me to be,” he told her.

“I just want you to be mine,” she whispered her deepest desire.

“I am yours. Only yours. Forever yours,” he vowed. “And you are mine. My princess. My beloved. My everything.” He finished reverently, drawing her into his lap and wrapping her tight in his arms. The relief washed through him in waves. She was here and for now she was safe in his arms.

Blue twined her arms around his neck and lifted her lips to meet his in a kiss to seal the promises made to each other. The kiss was sensual and seared deep into their souls, tying them together forever. This was the home she hadn’t known she was looking for. Home was right here in Jayden’s arms.

Leo’s deep growl interrupted the entwined couple. Blue reluctantly broke the kiss and laid her head on Jayden’s shoulder.

“They are all watching, aren’t they?” she asked.

Jayden glanced up. Sure enough, every eye was on them. Leo stood guard keeping them all well back from them. He could see the impatience in Idris and his parents. They too needed to see Blue alive and well.

“Time to face the parents, princess,” he told her. He felt her shake her head.

“Can you make them go away. I am covered in blood and practically naked. Thanks to you ripping my shirt. I haven’t had a shower in what? A week? So I have to stink. This is no time to be doing this,” she stated firmly. “Tell them to come back tomorrow.”

Jayden’s shoulders shook with suppressed laughter.

He had forgotten all about the news cameras recording every moment of their reunion and broadcasting it across the planet. There were a lot more people gathered now than just the parents and the guys. He took her hands in his and holding on to them firmly, he told her the bad news.

Blue was shocked.
Three months. She had been out of it for three months.
Then the rest of what Jayden was saying penetrated.
News casts, recordings. The whole damn planet was watching her sitting in Jayden’s lap making out with him. Oh no… This wasn’t embarrassing at all.

She dropped her head back on to his shaking shoulder and indulged in a little self pity. She had been so caught up in Jayden that she hadn’t felt the hundreds of people gathering around them. She felt them now. Boy did she feel them.

It was a party atmosphere and here she was without a ball gown. If it wasn’t happening to her she might actually find this amusing. Things could only go up from here, she hoped.

She stood up with her back to the crowd and looked down at herself. Yep. It was as bad as she thought. Dried blood covered the front of her and crusted her jeans. Her t-shirt was ripped down the middle showing her boobs to the world. She tied the ends of the torn shirt together tightly. At least she wouldn’t flash anyone when she found the courage to turn around and face the crowd.

“You look beautiful,” Jayden told her.

Blue gave him a nasty look, “You aren’t supposed to lie to me.”

“I am not lying. You are beautiful, but I will admit you have looked better.”

She snorted again, cocked her head to side and looked up into his eyes, “We are going to fight a lot you know.”

“Oh Yes. I know we will. I would still rather fight with you than be with anyone else. Besides think of all the make up sex we will have,” he grinned wickedly.

With a smile on her lips and her hand in Jayden’s she turned to face her parents and the crowd of people who had come to welcome her home. Shillidon wasn’t her home. Her home was in Jayden’s arms. But these were her people. She faced them with her head held high. Grace in every line of her body. Jayden on one side and Leo on the other. Together with them at her side she could face anything.

The beginning…………….

Read Riley and Cole’s story in Riley’s Run coming soon.

Riley is running for her life through the mountains of Colorado. The men chasing her wanted what she had taken from them and would stop at nothing to get it back.

With a bullet in her side and a scared little girl on her back, she has to outrun them all. Her best friend and partner gone she has no one to rely on but herself. She is a loner with a smart mouth and no respect for authority of any kind. Growing up on the streets of Seattle had taught her at an early age not to trust anyone.

Cole is a lawyer turned business man. Head of a large conglomerate he expects his women to cater to his every need. Betrayed as a young man by the woman he loved, he vowed to never give his heart again. The women who chose to warm his bed knew not to expect anything but expensive trinkets from him. Until he met a tiny redhead who tied his emotions in knots. She showed him a whole new side to the world then disappeared only to return months later bleeding and battered.

Life is about to get interesting as these two strong willed people clash. Will Riley stop running long enough to find a home in Cole’s arms? Will Cole let go of the past and allow love to fill his heart once again?