“Yeah but that doesn’t mean
it’s good. We’re pretty screwed.” This situation was far out of Chase’s
control and he hated that.
“At least neither one of us is in this alone.” It was about the only bright side the leopard could find.
Day: November 30, 2017
“He ain’t a little kid
anymore, Tru. He’s gonna do stupid shit an’ get hurt an’ make bad choices an’
ya can’t shelter him from all’a it. Hell, ya can’t really shelter him from
any’a it. But ya can be there for him when this kinda thing happens. He’s gonna
be fine. We’re just gonna have ta be patient. Ya called Cord yet? Or Callie?
Or… which one’a your family’s a doctor again? Doesn’t matter. Point is, kid
probably needs someone with some supernatural medical knowledge.”
“But what if someone did this to him? Hunters are still a thing,” she countered, her panic not settling even a little. “I don’t have Callie’s number and I can’t shadow travel far enough to get Cord’s bar and Leland’s gods only know where.” And she honestly didn’t know why she didn’t think of Eli, but she hadn’t really got any further in thought process than calling Izzy.
“Wouldn’t be the first time. ‘Course last time it was a weird story of how is this car being driven by a wolf?” Which still amused him to this day.
“What kind of gentleman doesn’t let the lady decide?”
“Who said I was a lady?” she shot back, only catching his comment about the wolf a moment later.
“A wolf? Might be kinda tough without thumbs, right?”
“Oooh fiesty. I like.” He was a sucker for it, really.
“They were left to assume that whomever was actually driving managed to ditch out and left me stranded. It was hilarious.”
Aislynn gave a mumbled thanks before she let Teddy lead her further into the house. Everything was so much tidier than she had been expecting, but his mom seemed the homey sort and far more trusting of the people her son brought home than her dads would have been.
“Your mom seems really sweet,” she told him once they were out of hearing range, her voice still carefully quiet. “You look like her too.”
“Everyone else says I’m like my dad.” Teddy smiled, running his fingers through her hair as he opened his bedroom door.
He’d been careful to put away anything lately that might bother Aislynn if she came over, all hidden away behind locked doors and drawers, and some of the more frightening things kept in secret spaces his dad had helped him build when he first started showing an interest in the things they had in common.
“Welcome to mi casa. Make yourself at home.” he gestured into the room.
“I only have the current frame of reference to go on,” she replied softly, a faint smile touching her lips when she reached up to touch his curls.
Her dad’s would freak if they knew she had gone to a boy’s house and hung out in his room without them meeting him, but she couldn’t face going home right now. August would be comforting, sure, but her other dad might want to take a swing at those kids and she didn’t need that reaction right now.
“Thanks..”
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