"We managed to get Gelding's father, but obviously we're still after Tom. Tom has become more slippery. We've had him a couple times this year. Had him in jail, actually, but he escaped. So the chase goes on. We will have him, though. We had his father, who was far more intelligent than Tom but, Tom has made up for his lack of IQ with more connections. We snag him up, and they get him out." He listened to Rowan talk about Jess and then say he would stay in the bunkhouse with the men. "Jess is very good at what she does. Robert made a good choice in promoting her. Wherever you to stay is fine," Michael said. "If you change your mind, you let me know."
Angus had slipped back off into sleep, and in his dreams, he was crawling through the cellar room again. There was no water on the floor this time, but it was wall to wall broken glass on the floor. And the only way out for him was to crawl through it. He woke, not overly alarmed, but glad to find himself here in this room, skin to skin with Ru. The room was silent. He simply wrapped himself closer to her, very little desire to move or to get up. He understood dreams like this. In his line of work, they happened. Some little snippet of a situation could replay itself over and over for awhile until something else took its place. It was just part of coping with the job. He saw the coffee on the nightstand and automatically flicked his finger at it to warm it. The mug shattered with a snapping sound, and cold coffee splashed over the nightstand and onto the carpet. He sighed, frustrated. He had to start learning to think before he simply cast a spell. His magic had become second nature, and now, it was a menace.
A clock somewhere chimed two. He was thirsty and hungry. He had missed breakfast and lunch. He needed coffee badly, but clearly he wasn't getting it. His clothes were on the floor, and he couldn't get downstairs from here anyway, but as much as he wanted to just laze here with her, his stomach was awake, empty, and grouchy. He kissed her.
"Ru, as much as I want to lay here, I need to get up. I'm sorry. I need Andrew, and I'm going to need coffee and food."