They really had to get moving.
New Orleansafter dark was a whole other element, and while he didn’t fear it, he knew that the media liked to be douchebags, and creep.
“You’re risking yourself and me. I’d like to get you home so I can eventually see my husband.”
Gene stared at him.
“Guilt, Raph? Really?”
He paid for his last purchase, and walked with the man to the door.
“Absolutely. We have to hustle, Gene. I have to get back to help Elizabeth. You were a Hunter once. You know they move out at night. I can hear Ivan’s com.”
As he loaded the things up in the blacked-out ride, he pointed at Café Du Monde.
“I need to get Ethan beignets, and then, I’m ready.”
The last thing he wanted was to risk Elizabeth. It looked as if he was heading home after all.
Now, he hoped she’d be okay.
“Okay, Gene. Deal. Get them, and let’s go. I have a long night ahead of me.”
As they waited in line, people stared, but Gene was getting accustomed to that. What made it worse was that cops stared.
Oh, there were still some there that remembered him, and they likely knew what happened to him.
He was hooked up with the Blackhawks.
Buying Raphael a coffee, and a big bag of beignets for Ethan, he was finally ready to go.
“I think that’s it,” Gene admitted.
Raphael laughed.
“Anything else?” he asked. “Did you remember to get something for Elizabeth?” he joked.
Actually, he had.
So who was laughing now?
“I got her a ring with some protection spell carved into it in the witch shop.”
He was amused.
Why?
Oh, there was one simple reason.
“Do you know who her mother-in-law is?” he asked. “Janet would have done that for you. She’s been trying to drape her in protection things for a while now. Chris is horrified by it. You could have killed two birds with one stone by having Janet do it, and freaking Chris out simultaneously. That’s always fun to get him riled up.”
He shook his head.
“First, I sleep with them, so riling anyone up isn’t a good idea. Elizabeth gets angsty, especially since she’s been hovering over Chris. Let’s not stir her up. Second, Raph, like I don’t plan on having her reinforce that spell so she’s twice as safe too? Come on.”
That amused him.
The man had learned quickly, and there was no doubt he fit into the family just fine.
