Page 69 of Black and White, Twice the Might

I take it from him. The round pendant shows both of us pulling faces at each other. I burst out laughing. “Really?”

“Yep, the tree that was originally there was boring.”

I laugh and put it on, feeling his magic settle inside of me. “Thanks, love.”

“I made the boys one as well. We should probably get the boys and head to the manor.”

“Do you fancy giving the Haunted Farm a miss tonight? We could just veg and watch TV,” I ask.

“Yep. I’m sure the others won’t mind.”

“Good,” I put down my unread e-reader. Standing up, I hold my hand out to Sly and pull him up and into my arms.

He laughs and kisses me.

The dinner Emilymade was lovely.

“Xander, that was a fab choice for dinner,” Ernest says, once he has finished eating.

Xander smiles as everyone agrees, and in no time at all, the table is cleared off and coffee and cake are brought over.

I ignore the cake but happily drink coffee. The boys, of course, eat the cake. I might have to take a leaf out of Jodie’s book and start cake restricting them. Mind you, once we move into our house, we won’t need to eat out so much.

“So, I did a thing,” Sly says, putting his hand into his coat pocket, which is on the back of his chair, and pulling out the necklaces.

He gave the boys theirs before we left earlier.

“I made some pendants for everyone to protect your sleep. I’ve also made sure that they can expand when you shift into your wolves,” he shrugs. “You don’t have to wear them, but I thought they might help.”

“Thank you, Sly, we will all happily accept them,” Adhan says.

Sly nods and passes them around. “They are all the same. Except this one is for you, Nora, it will grow as you do,” he said, giving it to Enoch to pass to her. “This one,” he says, holding a tiny one, “Is for Connie, again it will grow as she does.” He hands it to Kean to pass to Sal.

“Thank you, Sly,” Sal says, putting it straight on her.

Cam helps Nora put hers on before he puts his on.

“None of us are going to the Haunted Farm this evening. We’re having a film night instead. Would you like to join us?” Adhan asks.

“That sounds good,” I say. “We’d decided to give the farm a miss as well tonight.”

“The place should be completely protected now, but all the other paranormals who are working it tonight, and Elliot, have our numbers in case something happens,” Adhan tells us.

“Depending on your viewing preferences, we have family films in the downstairs lounge and non-child-friendly films upstairs in our lounge,” Kean says.

We all split up, the boys go to the family-friendly film and Sly and I watch The Revenge of the Killer Tomatoes. I’d forgotten how much fun that film was. After that, we watched Dracula, the old Peter Cushing version.

As we are leaving, Adhan hands us the keys to our new house. “Congratulations, the four of you will be very happy there.”

“We will be,” I reply.

“I can’t wait,” Enoch says happily.

“Let me know when you want to start moving your things in, and we can all help you,” he says.

“Thanks, Adhan,” Sly says as we leave.

The boys happily chat as we drive back to the B&B.