Marriage is Murder

The night passed slowly, and the storm just got more and more fierce. At one point, a tree limb went through the window of Khaat and Brian's bedroom. Angus was able to cast enough of a shield to keep the water out at least till the rain stopped.

And it was towards daylight that the thunder and lightning stopped and the rain began to slow down to a drizzle. Part of the yard was laying in water because of the hours and hours of heavy rain.

Robert's shoulder had bled heavily and Kate had kept reinforcing dressings on it. She noticed Robert was fatiguing sharply. Kate wanted Khaat to return soon and tend to the wound properly. Angus and Michael had come into the kitchen to start some sort of breakfast.

When the thunder and lightening stopped, Robert was getting up to go out and recast the energy spell on the estate, when Brian and Khaat returned. It didn't take them five seconds to see Robert was hurt and the estate had blown the energy spell.

"Take care of him," Brian told Khaat quietly. "I'll go recast the spell and come back and help you."

"I'm glad you're back," Kate said.

"You could have called," Brian said.

"No," Robert said, "As you see, it kept very well."

"I dont' know about that 'very well' part," Brian said. "Behave until I get back." He apparated outside, leaving Robert to Khaat.

"Yes," Khaat said. "I guess we just needed some uninterrupted time to talk."

"You think?" Robert scowled at her as she undid the dressings on his shoulder. The bloor poured from the wound.

"Straight through," she said, looking at it closely. "There's no bullet in it."

"Brilliant deduction there, Sherlock," he said.

"It's hit a bleeder, though. How is it you didn't bleed out?"

"Edward cast an episkey," he said.

"Episkey won't do it," she said.

"It slowed it down," he said. "I'm fine."

"You're not in charge of this. Quiet," she said. She was glad for Jess's help. "If you just keep an eye on his vital signs for a bit, I'll work on this, Jess." She spent quite a long time, with her hands directly on the open wounds, healing it from the inside out, on both sides.

"Don't drain yourself to do that," he scowled at her.

"I thought I told you to shut it," she said. She didn't remove her hands until she'd healed the bleeding veins in his shoulder and had the wound closing at her command. She cleaned it and then bandaged it very heavily.

"Is all that necessary?" he frowned.

"It is until I say it isn't," she told him. "I'm pulling you off duty today. You need to rest."

"You can't do that."

"Of course I can, and I did. Michael and Jim, take Daddy up to their bedroom. Don't take any of his crap," Khaat told them.

"I have to go to the farm," he told her.

"No, you don't. We'll get it," she said. "Go upstairs and rest so I can wash up all the blood you've gotten all over my sofa. Go."

"Thank you," Robert said. "I'm sure she'll be up quite often. She can be a bit of a mother hen sometimes."

"If she is, she learned it from you," Michael said. "Be glad you have a daughter who can keep up with you. I'll send up breakfast for you in a bit."

"No thank you," Robert said. "Just a decent cup of tea. Thats all I want."

"I'll tell Angus--if you agree to rest."

"I will," he said.


"Thanks, Jess," Khaat said. "I appreciate it. Daddy had really depleted himself waiting on me to return. I'll try to watch him today. If he gives into it and allows himself to rest, he'll definitely sleep. He won't be hard to take care of, but I will want to watch his vital signs and the bleeding. Brian must have gone to the farm already and i presume he will get a crew to check the farm for damages. We'll need to get workers checking this place for damages as well. Looks like it was some storm."

"Khaat," Angus said, "You have a tree limb in your bedroom. I'll get on it after breakfast." He set the table and put a platter of scones on the table, along with fruit salad, a platter of crispy bacon slices, and a large bowl of fluffy scrambled eggs. He already had tea, coffee and juice on pitchers on the table.

"I think we're ready to eat if we can get the little food throwers up here," Angus laughed.

"I'll go get Brian. Can you all get the kids?" Khaat asked.

"Not a problem," Kate said. "Angus, can you fix Robert a plate?" She headed down towards the basement to get the kids.

"He just wants tea," Michael said.

"Nonsense. He needs a proper breakfast," Khaat said.

"Yes, Ma'am," Angus said with a slight smile. "I'll be sure he gets it." Khaat headed outside to go find Brian.

Khaat helped Brian reinforce the spell. She learned that he had gone to Roberts to recast their spell first and then came back to cast their own. She joined him helped him cast their energy spell to restart the lights and appliances in the house.

Angus noticed the lights and electrical appliances starting up again. "Well, it looks like we're back on," he smiled. "Its nice to have that back again." He put plates in front of the kids and cups of juice. He fixed the rest of the plates and put them on the table. "Its starting to feel like life is getting back to normal finally. Its about time."

Brian and Khaat came back inside and Angus floated a couple of cups of French Roast over to them.

"Come eat," Angus told them.