“She deserves what she gets.”
“Is that what you think, too?” Scott asked her father. “She could walk through the front door any minute now.”
“Say something, Mrs. Amateur porn After a long moment, when nothing happened, she opened her eyes, a millimeter at a time, until she was looking up at him. “I don’t answer to that form of address.”
“Do you believe she won’t be walking through the door anytime soon?” the man asked, a grin obvious in his tone. “Know any other birthday virgins? Jordan asked. “No, no, I’m not going anywhere! I’m not sure how everything devolved into war, but I do know that I don’t want to fight the Kalastiel, and continuing to deny them the power that they could realize can only foster resentment.”
“I would foster friendship and peace with them. I can feel where most of them are, and they’re here on the West Coast, mostly California, but I think a couple are up more north.”
“Are you sure?” Scott asked. He went over to her, and stood tall right in front of her, stroking her hair with one hand. The cops ain’t gonna believe NONE of this, none of it.”
She looked at him a long moment, then nodded.
