Graydon smirked down at her, his expression giving nothing away.
“Maybe keep your observations to yourself,” Kira grumbled, moving toward the door.
“But it’s so fun to fluster you with them,” Graydon murmured.
Reaching the door, she paused.
There was something she had to get off her chest.Had needed to for a long time.
Kira composed herself.“Just so you know—I’d wait.”
Confusion flickered in Graydon’s eyes.
“It’s always been you pursuing me,” Kira explained.
Until now, their relationship had been slanted in her favor.It was always Graydon pulling her in despite her best attempts to avoid connection.
“Kira,” Graydon started.
“Let me finish.”Tears threatened before Kira forced them away.“We have time.”More than she’d ever thought possible.“There’s no need to rush.If Roake falls, I will put it right again.I won’t stop until I have restored my House to its former glory.”
So don’t follow me into exile,she silently pleaded.
“If I have to be patient and play the long game, I will.”There was resolve on Kira’s face as she met Graydon’s gaze.“You know how stubborn I can be.”
She’d spent years in search of Elise.She’d spend ten times that to find her way back to Graydon’s side.
“No amount of distance can change what we mean to each other.”
Graydon had claimed such a large piece of her soul that she knew there was no getting it back.
“You might be willing to wait, but I’m not,” Graydon promised.
“I guess we’d better ensure things end in our favor then.”
Kira raised her hand to knock, quelling her instinctive jolt when the wall next to Jin’s door moved, giving the illusion of stretching and pulling a second before Dylan stepped out of nowhere.
“He’s sleeping,” Dylan informed her.
Kira’s hand hovered for a moment longer before dropping to her side.“This will only take a second.”
Even if she would have preferred to leave Jin to his rest, she knew what his reaction would be if she took off without him.
Loud.With potentially station ending consequences.
Dylan stared at her.His expression stony as he refused to engage further.
“Finn could learn a thing or two from you,” Kira said, impressed.
The oshota had uncompromising silence down to an art form.Even she was having second thoughts about pushing his boundaries.
Dylan started to fade back into the station paneling when the sound of the door opening brought the process to a halt.
Kira and Dylan looked over to find Jin framed in the doorway, his dark wavy hair sticking out in every direction as he didn’t quite manage to smother a yawn.
“Kira,” Jin croaked in a sleep roughened voice.“I thought we were supposed to be resting.Something happen?”
There was a distinct lack of surprise on his face at Graydon’s presence.Either Jin was too tired to have noticed Graydon or he’d tagged Graydon or his people with a tracker so he could monitor their whereabouts.
