When Everett prepares to leave the room, I go to Zephyr, kissing her temple as she wraps her arms around Nova.
‘Are you okay?’ I ask in the mind link.
‘Yes. Are you leaving?’ she asks me.
‘I want to go with Doc. I want to hear what he thinks about Nova away from where she might overhear,’ I tell her.
‘You’ll let me know?’ she asks.
‘Are you getting attached, my little dragon?’ I ask her.
‘Would that be a bad thing?’
‘No, but I think being here, among her peers, is better than her being with us out hunting Oliver and the scientists and looking for more like her. This is a better life for her. You know that Kaylani and Everett will take good care of her.’
I can tell she knows I’m right, but as she looks down at Nova in her lap. I hear her thoughts, wondering if I might be interested
