Authors: S. E. Smith
A Touch of Frost (17 page)
“I love you, too,” she whispered, holding him to her.
“Who the hell is Idan?” Sam said, staring at the couple wrapped around each other.
“That’s Idan,” Joseph said, pointing to Frost’s older brother. “He’s the one that tried to kill Aunt Lacey.”
“Oh, he did, did he?” Sam said with an evil grin. “Let’s see what he thinks when Lacey’s older sister gets done with his ass.”
“Order! I demand… order,” the Director in black stated, looking at the odd couples now in the middle of their chamber. “Polar, I think we need to revisit your request.”
Chapter 28
Frost tenderly lifted Lacey up into his arms. She had fallen asleep almost an hour before. He listened as his father and mother talked with Lacey’s parents and the group of Directors.
“I am going to take Lacey to my home,” he informed them in a quiet voice. “She will be safe.”
“It was a pleasure to meet you finally, Frost,” Evanna said with a smile. “Your parents have invited us to stay for a few days, with the kind permission from the Directors, of course.”
“I look forward to getting to know you better,” he replied.
His eyes glanced over to where his brother was sitting holding his head. Amusement twisted his lips as Idan looked up at him and scowled. His brother had spent the last several hours as a field mouse in a rolling plastic ball.
“Joanna, thank you for everything,” he said to Lacey’s younger sister. “My mother would not have been happy if your sister had devoured Idan.”
“She will be staying for a few days as well,” the Director in black stated firmly.
Joanna blushed and shot the male an annoyed look. “I’m staying because mom and dad are,” she said bluntly. “I took the week off and don’t have to be back at work until next week anyway.”
“I hope you enjoy our world,” Frost said before he bowed his head. “Good rest.”
He shifted Lacey so that he could hold her closer. She was a little heavier than before. All of her family had come prepared for the cold weather. He nodded to Simon and Tory who were watching as Joseph, wearing his black top hat again complete with a winterized Larry, was showing Jonah different things out the window. Topper had returned to Magic a couple of hours before after complaining it was too damn cold for her.
“Frost,” Lacey’s sleepy voice murmured. “Where are we going?”
“Home,” he replied, rubbing his cheek against her fur hat. He jumped when it purred and rubbed him back. “Your hat just made a sound.”
Lacey’s soft giggle warmed his heart. “It’s the rabbits. They love to be rubbed.”
“Have I ever told you that you live in a very, very strange world,” he whispered. “But, I love everything about it.”
Lacey tilted her head back and raised sleepy eyes to his. “I’m glad. Your world is so different from mine, but very beautiful.”
“I missed you, Lacey,” Frost said in a thick voice.
“Take me home,” she murmured, laying her head back against his chest.
Twenty minutes later, they pulled up in front of his home on the outskirts of the city. Frost held out his hand to help Lacey off the Ice skimmer. His arm wrapped around her waist to prevent her from slipping. They walked in silence up the steps of the large home.
He paused on the doorstep. He looked down at her before he bent and lifted her again so he could carry her over the threshold. A sense of pride swept through him. His home was modest compared to some of the others, but it had an excellent view of the frozen river far below.
“Lights,” he called out as he set her down again.
“It’s warmer than I expected,” Lacey said in surprise. “Aren’t you afraid it will melt?”
Frost chuckled and shook his head as he removed his hat, gloves and jacket. He reached for hers as she turned her back to him. He couldn’t resist pressing a kiss to the soft curve of her neck as he carefully removed her thick coat.
“No,” he replied, turning to hang it up by the door. “The ice changes as it hardens. The inside has a thin layer that protects it from the heat. If anything, it makes it stronger and warmer. It also handles the storms that often blow through.”
Lacey walked through the open doorway into the living room area. A carved fireplace with a fire burning blue flames was on the far wall. The back wall was made up of windows of clear ice that looked like glass. It opened onto a large terrace. Outside, small snow flurries danced against the windows. She walked across the room and climbed the steps leading up to the terrace doors so she could look out. The sun had set, but the skies still held the colors of the rainbow. Small lights from fires dotted the river on the horizon.
It was beautiful, peaceful. She wondered what his world would look like and now she knew. It was so different from her desert, yet the same in many ways.
“It’s so beautiful,” she said, turning to look at him with a glowing smile.
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Frost had watched with pride as Lacey walked through his home. He liked the way she ran her hands along the back of the couch. It reminded him of when she ran them over his body. He wanted her, needed her.
He followed her into the living room, pausing to admire the sweet sway of her hips as she climbed the three steps leading to the terrace doors. His eyes darkened as he remembered what she looked like standing naked in the kitchen as he bent her over her small table.
He opened his mouth to ask her if she wanted anything to eat or drink before he made mad, passionate love to her. He was only going to give her the one chance for a reprieve before he took her to his bed and thoroughly loved every inch of her.
He swallowed hard when she turned to smile at him. His throat dried up as his shocked gaze locked on her turned figure. He shook his head when he realized that she had said something.
“Lacey,” he choked out. “You are… you…”
Lacey ran one hand self-consciously over her rounded belly while the other pushed back her hair. Their daughter was the reason she had been able to find him. She had been forced to wait until the baby was big enough to reach out.
“She was the link I needed to find you,” Lacey said, rubbing her extended stomach. “I had to wait until she was big enough to find you, though. That’s why it took so long.”
“How…,” he started to say before he flushed. “I mean I know how, but… how?”
Lacey laughed and walked back down the steps to stand in front of him. She slipped her hand into his before resting them both on her stomach. She chuckled when he cupped it between his hands.
“I needed a connection to you,” she explained. “That is one reason why the twins are so tight, they are connected. They were both too young to reach out to each other. Our daughter is as well, but with my help I could use her connection to you to find you.”
“A daughter,” he murmured, marveling at having not just Lacey, but their child as well. “This will definitely make the Directors accept you. The law states they cannot turn away from one of their own people. She is a part of my world now.”
“She is a part of both our worlds,” Lacey said. “Besides, if they try to stop us, I’ll change them all into toads and give them to the twins.”
Frost’s laughter started low before it grew. He swept her off her feet and twirled around with her. His heart that had been frozen for the past several months now felt like it was about to explode with happiness. He stopped suddenly, making her head spin.
“Can you return to your world?” He asked anxiously. “I mean, I can purchase a transport…”
“Who needs a transport when you have a witch?” Lacey teased. “Now that we have opened the portal, it will be easy to open it whenever we want. The hardest part was making the initial connection, kind of like building a road through the mountains before there was one there.”
“A witch,” Frost laughed. “It will be interesting seeing how the Directors handle this information. A primitive culture that can move through the star systems without a transport and fly through the air on a broom.”
“Not bad, huh?” Lacey laughed, before she grew serious. “I missed you so much. I was devastated when I thought I lost you.”
“I… I never want to live through that again,” Frost admitted with a low moan. “Lacey, is it safe to make love to you?”
She turned her head so that her lips touched the corner of his mouth. Her arms tightened around his neck. With a snap of her fingers, they were both naked.
“It’s just what the witch doctor ordered,” she whispered.
“Have I told you how much I love that you can do that,” he whispered, lowering her to the couch in front of the fire. “I think we should start in the living room and work our way through the house.”
“I like the way you think, my ice man,” Lacey murmured as he sank down over her.
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S. E. Smith is a USA Today and #1 International Best Selling author who has always been a romantic and a dreamer. An avid writer, she has spent years writing, although it has usually been technical papers for college. Now, she spends her evenings and weekends writing and her nights dreaming up new stories. An affirmed “geek,” she spends her days working on computers and other peripherals. She enjoys camping and traveling when she is not out on a date with her favorite romantic guy. Fans can reach her at
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