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whispered back. Both of them stared at the Beta bell tower.
Aiden looked down at his watch. "Thirty seconds!"
Lorcan Ariav, the Beta Unit leader, bowed to them looking smug.
"She has ten seconds." Aiden stared down at his watch.
"Five, four, three, two..."
Bing!
"Sonofabitch! Impossible!" Lorcan turned around to see his bell swaying back and forth.
Aiden and Colton whooped and yelled, dancing jigs and laughing their heads off.
"Penny, come out, come out where ever you are," Keelan sang.
"Oh shit!" Colton heard Darian yell.
Colton turned and Penny was sitting on top of the bell tower. Instead of going after the well-defended rope she had gone for the bell itself. She was currently trying to get down but looked stuck.
"Penny!" The men all raced around the bell tower.
"Keelan, do something! Float her off!" Colton ordered.
"I'm trying, but she's an animate object, it's a bit tricky," Keelan snapped back, sweat running down his face.
One second she was trying to swing her leg over the rail and the next she was falling.
"Darian! Leg up!" Colton yelled and ran towards the fae warrior. Darian knelt down and cupped his hands. Colton stepped into his fingers and Darian flung him in the air. Colton flew up and wrapped his arms around Penny's body. He turned, but didn't have enough time to land on his feet. Holding her tight, they hit the ground and he rolled them. When they came to a stop, Colton sat up with her in his lap.
"Is she bleeding? Is she broken? I can't tell! Keelan, can you do something about the mud!" Colton yelled frantically.
Between Keelan and Quinn, Penny's face and clothes became spotless and her hair tucked back in a perfect ponytail.
Penny beamed up at him, her eyes lit up in excitement.
"Oh Gods, I think she's okay." Colton felt weak with relief. Hands helped him up and he walked back with her to the front of the training grounds. Penny pointed from bell tower to bell tower excitedly showing them the path she had taken. At the end, she stuck her tongue out at Lorcan and flexed her arms.
The men erupted into boisterous laughter. Colton was the first to collapse to the ground equal parts exhausted from worry and relief. Around him, the rest of the men sank down and rested against each other, it had been a long afternoon.
Penny went up to Aiden and held up two fingers. Opening one eye, he nodded. "I promised, didn't I? We'll start your two weeks tomorrow. Tonight, I'll let you choose from my stash of snack cakes." He winked at her. Hopping up and down Penny threw her tiny arms in the air.
The sound of tires crunching gravel had all the men turning to see that Meryn, Beth and Rheia had returned from the clinic.
"Men. Not a word," Aiden growled.
"Do we look stupid?" Sascha asked incredulously.
The women walked up, frowning. Penny ran up to her mother bouncing up and down happily. Rheia's face transformed from worry to sheer joy at the sight of her daughter exuberance.
"What did you do while we were gone?" Rheia asked Penny. Penny stopped bouncing and looked over her shoulder to the men. Meryn, Beth, Rheia and Ryuu stared at them. Colton knew that the men looked wrecked. Penny looked at the ground, then shrugged.
"Bless that baby's heart," Quinn whispered. Around him, the men all nodded.
Rheia eyed them all carefully. "You know what? I don't want to know. Come, on Pumpkin Dumpling, I think I have some Teddy Grahams leftover in my purse, let's go in for a snack." Rheia took Penny's hand and the women headed for the house.
Rheia stopped at the door, allowing Ryuu to open it. She picked Penny up and kissed her on the head, then frowned. "It's so strange; you've never been so clean after playing outside. You even smell clean. How did you stay so clean?"
Colton held his breath. The ladies walked in and Ryuu turned to them, smiling slyly. "Must be magic," he said simply and went in after them, closing the door.
Colton, Aiden, Keelan and the rest of the men lay on the ground breathing
Aiden looked down at his watch. "Thirty seconds!"
Lorcan Ariav, the Beta Unit leader, bowed to them looking smug.
"She has ten seconds." Aiden stared down at his watch.
"Five, four, three, two..."
Bing!
"Sonofabitch! Impossible!" Lorcan turned around to see his bell swaying back and forth.
Aiden and Colton whooped and yelled, dancing jigs and laughing their heads off.
"Penny, come out, come out where ever you are," Keelan sang.
"Oh shit!" Colton heard Darian yell.
Colton turned and Penny was sitting on top of the bell tower. Instead of going after the well-defended rope she had gone for the bell itself. She was currently trying to get down but looked stuck.
"Penny!" The men all raced around the bell tower.
"Keelan, do something! Float her off!" Colton ordered.
"I'm trying, but she's an animate object, it's a bit tricky," Keelan snapped back, sweat running down his face.
One second she was trying to swing her leg over the rail and the next she was falling.
"Darian! Leg up!" Colton yelled and ran towards the fae warrior. Darian knelt down and cupped his hands. Colton stepped into his fingers and Darian flung him in the air. Colton flew up and wrapped his arms around Penny's body. He turned, but didn't have enough time to land on his feet. Holding her tight, they hit the ground and he rolled them. When they came to a stop, Colton sat up with her in his lap.
"Is she bleeding? Is she broken? I can't tell! Keelan, can you do something about the mud!" Colton yelled frantically.
Between Keelan and Quinn, Penny's face and clothes became spotless and her hair tucked back in a perfect ponytail.
Penny beamed up at him, her eyes lit up in excitement.
"Oh Gods, I think she's okay." Colton felt weak with relief. Hands helped him up and he walked back with her to the front of the training grounds. Penny pointed from bell tower to bell tower excitedly showing them the path she had taken. At the end, she stuck her tongue out at Lorcan and flexed her arms.
The men erupted into boisterous laughter. Colton was the first to collapse to the ground equal parts exhausted from worry and relief. Around him, the rest of the men sank down and rested against each other, it had been a long afternoon.
Penny went up to Aiden and held up two fingers. Opening one eye, he nodded. "I promised, didn't I? We'll start your two weeks tomorrow. Tonight, I'll let you choose from my stash of snack cakes." He winked at her. Hopping up and down Penny threw her tiny arms in the air.
The sound of tires crunching gravel had all the men turning to see that Meryn, Beth and Rheia had returned from the clinic.
"Men. Not a word," Aiden growled.
"Do we look stupid?" Sascha asked incredulously.
The women walked up, frowning. Penny ran up to her mother bouncing up and down happily. Rheia's face transformed from worry to sheer joy at the sight of her daughter exuberance.
"What did you do while we were gone?" Rheia asked Penny. Penny stopped bouncing and looked over her shoulder to the men. Meryn, Beth, Rheia and Ryuu stared at them. Colton knew that the men looked wrecked. Penny looked at the ground, then shrugged.
"Bless that baby's heart," Quinn whispered. Around him, the men all nodded.
Rheia eyed them all carefully. "You know what? I don't want to know. Come, on Pumpkin Dumpling, I think I have some Teddy Grahams leftover in my purse, let's go in for a snack." Rheia took Penny's hand and the women headed for the house.
Rheia stopped at the door, allowing Ryuu to open it. She picked Penny up and kissed her on the head, then frowned. "It's so strange; you've never been so clean after playing outside. You even smell clean. How did you stay so clean?"
Colton held his breath. The ladies walked in and Ryuu turned to them, smiling slyly. "Must be magic," he said simply and went in after them, closing the door.
Colton, Aiden, Keelan and the rest of the men lay on the ground breathing
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