107 Hope

Aston gives me a look of determination as he says, "Yes. If it's really possible, then yes." I give him a satisfied smile as I nod and say, "Then come to my place tomorrow. I will take care of the rest." He looks at me like a puppy, wanting to follow me now but I wanted a shower and alone time.

I wave goodbye to Vanir before reaching out and taking Bolin's hand once again. I lead him back to the door and push my magic into it. When I open the door, my familiar room greets me. Bolin doesn't hesitate to follow me in and once we're both through the door, it shuts behind us.

Mago instantly yells, "What took you so long!? If I knew you'd be gone for so long, I'd have come with you. Do you know how..." Suddenly he grows quiet as Bolin steps up next to me, glancing around the room with curiosity.

Mago makes a strange noise before panicking, "What's he doing here? How did he get here? Did you bring him here!? Is that what you've been busy doing?" I roll my eyes at him before saying, "It's nice to see you too, Mago. No, I didn't bring him here, Abell did."

I instantly start taking off my wet boots. Everything on me had pretty much dried but my boots were still a bit wet. As soon as I take them off, I use my magic to clean them before floating them over to the closet.

Everything in here was infused with my magic, making it super easy to use my magic. Bolin watches me with interest as I start taking off my jacket. Mago's voice is shrill as he says, "What are you doing!? I'm still here!"

I sigh with annoyance as I toss my jacket and say, "Get your mind out of the gutter. I've been floating around, lost at sea for days... I want to get out of these clothes." Mago instantly shuts up, but I can tell he wants to know what happened.

He hesitates before silently slipping away. If I had to guess, he was probably going to go find Vanir and ask him what happened. Bolin watches me with concern as he asks, "Is that why you're sunburnt? You've been lost at sea for several days within that Artifact?"

I nod with a sigh and say, "Yes, but before that were tomes with lots of sand. I want to destroy all of the Artifacts before I go back to your world." He watches me in silence for a bit before saying, "I was surprised to find you gone. I was worried at first but then I decided to trust you and wait."

I give him a guilty look before saying, "My plan was to slip over here, take care of some loose ends, and then slip back. Unfortunately, things didn't work out that way." His dark eyes watch me closely as he asks, "So you were stuck in there with those two from earlier?"

I nod and say, "In a way, it's a good thing. They both ended up saving my life." His eyes darken a bit before asking, "The loud one... His teeth were..." I nod understanding and say, "He's a Vampire. We have those and more here in my world. Vampires drink blood and unfortunately, they love the way witches taste."

I frown and say, "Well, it worked in my favor this time so I guess I can't really complain." He looks a bit lost, but he still nods. He takes a quick look around before asking, "And the other one that followed us back? Why was he sent to protect you?"

I peel off my soggy socks with disgust as I sigh and say, "Vanir tends to get overly worried about me but this time I have to thank him for it. There are a lot of dangers in the human world for witches, so he sent Aston to protect me. Aston is from a witch's family but can't use magic, so he became a Guardian."

I walk over to my dresser and grab clean clothes as I continue, "Guardians help protect Witches since they're a bit faster and stronger than your average witch." Bolin slowly nods before bluntly saying, "Then I won't kill him."

I almost drop my clothes as I look up at him in shock. I blink in confusion before asking, "Why would you kill him!?" Bolin gives me a dark smirk before saying, "You spent several days and nights with those two. I want to rip both of them to shreds but since they both saved your life; I will let them live. Even if I don't like it."

My lip twitches before chuckling and saying, "I don't know if I find that attractive or disturbing. Maybe a bit of both." His dark smirk turns into a dark smile as he takes a step closer. He lifts his hand and gently touches my lip before growing serious and asking, "How did this happen?"

I smile up at him as I say, "After getting stuck in a room and having it fill completely with sand, the floor opened up and we fell. I landed wrong and busted my lip." His dark eyes take in my whole face as he asks, "Did you land on someone again?"

My smile turns into a knowing smirk as I say, "No, Aston landed on Vance. I just landed on my ass." A naughty smile appears on his face as he steps even closer and lowers his voice, "Want me to kiss it to make it feel better?"

My eyes dance with amusement and heat as I stare up into his dark enchanting eyes and ask, "Are we talking about kissing my ass or my lip?" Bolin leans in close and whispers, "Both." I'm smiling so hard that my lip feels as if it's about to crack open again.

He closes the short distance and lightly kisses me, as if afraid to hurt me. I drop my clean clothes and reach up to wrap my arms around his neck, deepening the kiss.