Ignoring Kincaid’s hand, Saintcrow gained his feet, his brow furrowing. “A miracle,” he murmured. “That’s just what we need. You got any idea where to find one?”
Jake shrugged. “At church?”
Saintcrow scowled at him. “I’m serious, dammit!”
“So am I.”
~ * ~
“I’m going away for a few days.”
“What?” Startled, Kadie looked up from the fashion magazine she’d been thumbing through while she waited for Rylan to come home.
“You heard me.”
“Why? Where are you going?”
“I’m going to Romania.”
Kadie frowned. “We were just there not very long ago. Why do you want to go again?”
“I’m not sure.”
“You’re not going back to that river of blood, are you?”
“No. There’s an ancient church in Hunedoara County. It’s the oldest church in Romania.”
Kadie stared at him. “A church?”
He nodded. “Believe it or not, I used to go to church from time to time before Eleni turned me.”
Kadie’s brows shot up.
“Yeah, I know,” he said with a wry grin. “It’s hard to imagine.”
“Almost impossible.” Every time she was sure she knew everything there was to know about him, he surprised her with something new, Kadie thought, completely flabbergasted. “But why do you want to go now? And whythatchurch?”
“I’m not sure.”
She didn’t say anything, just looked at him, a question in her eyes.
Knowing that she’d be hurt, he said, “I’d rather go alone.”
“It’s because of whatever it is that Elowynne is doing to you, isn’t it?”
He nodded.
Kadie frowned. Was he looking for salvation? Absolution? Forgiveness?
“I don’t know what I’m looking for,” he said, drawing her into his arms. “Years ago, I spent a night there.” His hand stroked her hair absently. “I remember feeling a deep sense of peace. An odd thing to feel in a church built to worship the God of war,” he said, with a chuckle. And then he sobered. “Maybe I can find that peace again.”
“Is Jake going with you?” she asked, unable to hide the note of jealousy in her voice.
“No. I’ll only be gone for a day or two.”
“You know I’ll worry the whole time you’re gone.”
“I know.” He held her closer, inhaling the warm, sweet, womanly scent of her. “It’s why I love you so much. No one else has ever worried about me.”