Chapter 27

Chapter 27

We said our goodbyes to Rowen’s brothers and Nico, then materialized home. Rowen was acting a little strange, and I knew Katrina’s death had affected him. He tried to act like it hadn’t. But I knew him, and his actions told me it had, and still was affecting him.

We headed upstairs and Rowen started undressing to get in the shower. I followed, and while the hot water washed over us I could see Rowen was deep in thought. “Who was Katrina to you?” I asked him. I decided it was now or never and he may not want to talk about it, but maybe he did want to. Maybe this is what he needed.

My question jarred him from his internal banter, and he looked at me. “Hundreds of years ago when Ramses first met Katrina, he came to me and told me that he found the one. I was surprised, thinking my brother, the wanderer, was going to mark someone. But that’s not what he meant. He had found the woman he knew he wanted to spend his life with. The woman who accepted him for who he was. He knew th