“Is that right?” Blue asked with a challenge in her voice.
Finn’s gaze shifted slowly to her, the condescension in it making Blue straighten. “That is right.”
Blue faced Kira. “Is he allowed to talk to me like that?”
Kira considered her with some amusement. “I think he just did.”
A pout formed on Blue’s face as she folded her arms across her chest and propped a knee against the edge of the table.
“Tell me what’s going on. What made you leave? And why did Raider act like someone had murdered his best friend for a week afterward before up and leaving without a goodbye?” Blue complained.
Kira reached toward one of the platters in the center of the table, scooping a piece of the white, flaky fish that had been calling her name for the last few minutes onto her plate.
“Did you already talk to Raider?”
Blue used her knee to tilt her chair back until it balanced on two legs.
“I tried. He was babysitting some kid.” Bafflement showed on Blue’s face. “He hates kids.”
Kira paused in the process of forking up a piece of fish.
From the sound of it, Raider hadn’t told Blue about his relationship with Elena. A fact Kira couldn’t help but be relieved about.
It meant he was taking Elena’s safety seriously. Even going so far as hiding her existence from those he trusted the most.
The thing with secrets was that they had a way of getting out.
A fact Kira could attest to.
While hiding Elena forever wasn’t an option, she wanted to delay the inevitable for as long as possible.
The more people who knew, the greater the chances of other’s finding out.
As one of the few born of both human and Tuann parents, Elena was a unique existence that some would fear, and others abhor.
Kira wanted to protect her from that for as long as possible.
“What’s going on?” Blue demanded.
Kira raised an eyebrow at her. “What makes you think anything is going on?”
Blue’s eyes narrowed. “You and Raider are up to something. Don’t think I don’t recognize the signs.”
Kira slipped the fork laden with fish into her mouth, fighting the urge to close her eyes at the scrumptious flavor.
“I brunt no wha cha takhing about,” Kira said, too busy chewing to talk properly.
Blue sent Kira with a dour look that showed she didn’t believe that for a second.
The door to Kira’s room burst open as Raider strode inside.
Finn’s fork dropped with a clatter to his plate as he fixed Kira with a look that said his patience was reaching an end.
“How is he able to get in here without one of us letting him in?” Kira asked as Raider reached the balcony.
“I added his biometrics to the system last night as a precaution.”
Kira’s eyebrows climbed. The fact Finn had done such a thing showed how much he trusted the human. Something that would have been unfathomable not too long ago.
