Page 71 of Black and White, Twice the Might

Enoch leans into Sly. “Maybe.”

“How about tomorrow we visit our new house and then you go and play with some sick animals?” I suggest.

He nods. “Yeah, that sounds good.”

“How about for the rest of the night we have a sleepover in our room,” Sly suggests.

“We can do that. I’ll bring the quilts,” Xander says, standing up and pulling his off the bed.

I pull Enoch up, Sly grabs his quilt, and the four of us leave their room and go back to ours.

We can’t all fit on the bed, but I pull the quilt off our bed and a couple of large blankets from the cupboard, putting them on the floor, and creating a large bed.

Sly pushes some chairs out of the way, and now the four of us can fit on the floor.

I pull the pillows off the bed and hand them out so we have one each, and we settle down together. Enoch is practically lying on the quilt on top of me, pulling his quilt around him, and he settles against me.

I wrap an arm around him and kiss the side of his head.

Xander is on the other side of me, and Sly is on the outside, protecting the boys as always.

“You guys are the best,” Enoch says softly.

“Yes, we are,” Sal agrees, making us all laugh.

We settle down to sleep again, but honestly, none of us gets much sleep.

CHAPTER 25

We’re all tired when we get up the next morning. I’m getting too old to sleep on the floor. We send the boys back to their room to get showered and dressed. I put coffee on for Sly as he tidies the covers.

“I thought the boys were over the nightmares,” I confess softly.

Sly drops the covers onto the bed and pulls me into his arms. “They are mostly. This is the first one in nearly a year.”

“I’ll message Elaine later and see if I can take Enoch to see the animals and have a talk with him. Maybe the thought of staying in one place is subconsciously playing on his mind.”

“It might be, but we’ll protect the hell out of the house. We can even ask the other witches to add their protection around the place if needed. We’ll remind them both that they are safe and loved.”

“Thank you. I bet you never thought you’d get three for one by marrying me.”

Sly laughs. “No, but then until I met you, I had never thought about marriage. The fact that we are looking after your brothers is a bonus.”

I lean in and kiss him. “Love you.”

“Just as I love you.”

We makeit down to breakfast and fill up on the amazing food that Larry and Janice bring us.

“Congratulations, I hear you’ve bought the old Myers house,” Larry says, clearing up our empty plates.

“We have. It’s so exciting,” Enoch says happily.

There is still a touch of sadness in his eyes, but he’s smiling, which I call a win.

“It is,” Sly agrees. “It will take us a while to move our stuff in.”

“There is no rush to leave. Stay as long as you need to,” he replies. “Glad you’re moving here. You four belong in this town.”