Isocar smiled.“You are dating?”
“We skipped dating, and now we are going back to start with having breakfast after our shifts.”
“And a baby on the way.”Isocar smiled.“What do you want for the baby?I’m loaded.”
Lenora laughed.“She has months to go.There is time.”
“Not if we want custom stuff.”
“We?”
“I have never had a sister before.Will you tell me how we got here?”
“Well, there was a bird and a bee was trying to have sex with it.”
Harcourt stood and said, “You said demonborn but not demonblood.I am very interested in how that occurred.Would you come over on the weekend and talk to us?Isocar, too, of course.”
“Of course.”Isocar chuckled.“I am not going to miss that for anything.It’s like the ultimate family gossip session.”
Nylora unsnapped her pocket and pulled out a card.“This is my office number in case of emergency, and on the back is my personal number.”
“Where do you live?”
“I live with my foster sister, and I haven’t had a chance to tell her about meeting you.I wasn’t sure how it would go.Prepare to be adopted again.She’s incorrigible.If I weren’t older than her, she would have adopted me, but the local registrar said no.I could adopt her but not the other way around.”She shrugged.
Isocar frowned.“That doesn’t seem fair.”
“It’s all right.I have my own family started, and if anyone tries to take this one, they are pulling back a stump.”Her phone buzzed.“Can I check the texts?”
Isocar blinked.“Of course.Wow.You are polite.”
Nylora fished out her phone and grinned.“Skip just wants me to grab some food.His mom had him doing dishes the moment that he woke.He’s all sad and whiney.”
Lenora asked, “Does food make you ill?”
“Only my favourite things, like tacos and nachos and fajitas and all things spicy.It’s breaking my freaking heart.”She laughed.“Just a few more months and I can stop eating vegetables with every meal.”
Isocar grinned.“I hate them, too.”
“It’s a dark fae thing.Meatatarians.”Nylora laughed.“It’s hard to catch vegetables in the dark.They don’t move enough.”
Isocar held her side and giggled.It was a nice sound, and the Gangers looked surprised.
“Right.So happy you are recovering well.If you need a ride and I am on duty, I have a sweet ride and can park anywhere I want.”Nylora winked.“I have to get on the road and pick up my buddy.Lives to save.Agents to taunt.Lights to run.”She chuckled.“Plus, the siren blast makes agents jump.”
Lenora smiled and said, “I will warn Benny.”
Nylora leaned over and kissed Isocar’s forehead and smiled.“Okay.Contact me if you want to.I am around, and if you catch me on a day off, you can see what Bump looks like without the restrictor.”
“Restrictor?”
“Corset.”She tapped the boning.“Steel-belted radial.”
“Is it comfortable?”
“Surprisingly, it is like wearing a hug without the weird arm thing.”
Isocar smiled slowly.“That sounds...pleasant.Especially with my injury.”
