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"It’s good to see you too, sis," I gru my backpack in the trunk of her Land Rover while Eden and Ae in one of the vans in Peru e split up with Jericho I was lucky to have left quite a bit of clothing at Sylvia’s house froo shopping for a little bit of everything for now The only thing she had ed to keep with her was her passport and ID to function in the human world I appreciated her practicality
I even found it sexy
"I cannot believe hed irritably, squeezing Arunted "Amelia can take care of herself" I believed this, I wasn’t ever going to let her take care of herself again, but I did believe she could I had also noticed how Aainst Eden’s words and I knew that she hated feeling like everyone babied her I wouldn’t baby her I would protect her when she needed me, but I would never deny her the capable woman she was
"That doesn’t mean she should," Eden countered
"Because you’ve always sat back and let others fight for you?" Ahter
"Touché," Eden huffed
"She’s got a point, E," I s the delicate feel of theainst my chest I dipped ainst my cheek "Told you, she can take care of herself"
"This is really happening, isn’t it?" Eden stared at us in disbelief
"This is really happening," I answered before Amelia couldit a trial run," she explained anyway
Eden looked us over with a tight squint to her eyes and then laughed softly I knew she was keenly aware of s so I knew her scrutiny had more to do with Amelia’s e s half way," she winked at me and I relaxed
It wasn’t what Eden had teased Amelia with, it was the confidence in which she did it Not only did Eden approve of us, she believed there was a s I knew and could easily convinceslow and naturally between us I wouldn’t have had to worry about theirl and do it soon I had to hope she was tracking right along with runted soible and h I was not only King but the brother of the driver, Gabriel had surreptitiously called shotgun Bastard
It wouldn’t have mattered at all, especially since I actually preferred to sit with As ay too long for the backseat Hell, I ay too big for the backseat
Guess A to have to cuddle
The rest of us followed suit and climbed in Eden’s banana colored SUV Titus, Xander and Xavier had driven off already in Syl’s convertible that Kiran drove down to the mid-sized airport
The ride back to Sylvia’s house was filled with a recap of the battle for Eden Gabriel said his piece now since he would be bunking at Arippeddetail what happened Eden visibly paled when I talked about the human prisoners and the suicides and I worried about the health of her baby under this much stress
She shookthat even though her emotions were unavoidable the baby wouldn’t suffer because of her despair And even though I believed what she said, her health beca up
"You’re with child," Gabriel grunted with surprising tones of reverence in his voice when our conversation had died down He had somehon and I had to wonder for just four seconds if he read our minds, but then shook that notion off He was incredibly perceptive
And possibly he could read our minds too
But probably not
Eden looked stunned for just a moment before she was able to recover, "I a at Eden like he had never seen anything like her before "Avalon didn’t say anything"
I wanted to defend myself, but Eden beat doe"
I hadn’t known they were going to make the announceement party would be so soon It shouldn’t have surprised ic to use our connection for infor sickness, I really believed my sister had to have Kiran reic
She was adorably oblivious
"Thisto your people," Gabriel all but whispered "Your grandfather would have been…" Gabriel’s voice broke just a fraction and while my jaw dropped in surprise froe tears that slipped from the corners of her eyes and trailed helplessly down her cheeks She swiped at them with the back of her hands and the car swerved destructively across three lanes of interstate "Amory would have been amazed"