40 Chapter 40: He Transforms

Sean chuckled. “I’m in gargoyle form. Let me get out of it.”

She hadn’t even noticed the scales on him until that moment. She released his arm, but couldn’t see what was happening.

“Sean?” Donal said as he walked toward them from out of the darkness. “I brought a bag for the goblin.”

Sean moved away from her. “Donal will take care of the goblin corpse.”

“What will I tell my firm?” Colleen said.

“You know nothing about O’Shannon’s death. Besides, he has a lot of enemies. His body will be found washed up on the shore somewhere.”

Sean’s firm, human, hand took hers and pulled her to her feet and into his arms. She buried her face in his chest, her heart only just returning to normal. She’d need some time to process all of this. “I’ll take you home.”

“Flying?”

“No. Donal drove here. Meg’s waiting in the truck.”

“Take me home then.”

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Colleen woke the next morning in her bed. Alone. She remembered that day that she’d picked up Meg from her office. Now she understood it all.