“As always, Keska.Have fun with your mate.”
She paused and nodded.
Kessie grinned.“And me!”
Sorooth smiled slowly.“Different kind of fun.”
Keska looked around and waved at those watching her.“Um, bye.”
Kessie wrapped an arm around her, and they walked through the house toward the front parking area.
Sorooth came up behind them and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.He murmured, “I am driving.”
She laughed.“Sure.You can take something for motion sickness.”
“I know, but it makes me sleepy.”
Kessie piped up.“He says he just likes being in charge.”
“Ah.The bossy defense.Okay.Am I in the back or the front?”
Kessie said, “I will sit in the back.”
They approached a large, sturdy vehicle, and he opened the back door for Kessie before opening the front passenger door for Keska.She settled into the seat with the belt fastened.Sorooth got behind the wheel and grinned.“This feels very right.”
“Uh-huh.Drive.”She smiled, and he put it in gear as they rolled down the drive and toward the gates.The gates opened as they approached, and they were on the main drive and moving around the perimeter of the city, heading toward the academy and international school.
Kessie asked, “Are there kids nearby?”
“The housekeeper has her little brother, and he goes to the academy.They live in a cottage on site.”
Sorooth raised his brows.“You have a housekeeper?”
“Yes, she’s also a property manager.She had been in a relationship with an Aksallan, but he cheated on her and was very stupid about it.She dumped him and exposed the affair to his family.Boy, was he surprised when it turned out that his side piece wasn’t pregnant with his child.”
Sorooth asked, “How was that determined?”
“Hemma is a scent tracker.I met her when we opened Uradda’s walls.She found some underground bunkers via their air exhaust, and her brother punched his way into the cells outside the city walls.If Hemma says the child doesn’t match the supposed father, it doesn’t match.”
“Does she know we are coming?”
“She does.I sent her a message.She’s an excellent cook and gained her teaching certificate a few months ago.It has been a busy year for her.”
She smiled.“You will like her.Kessie will like her.Her brother’s name is Ekbert.”
Kessie laughed.“That’s a fun name.”
“He’s doing the landscaping at my properties.He’s seventeen.”
Sorooth frowned.“But he’s at the academy?”
“Hemma and Ekbert are both genius-level, tested and confirmed.They work hard and study the rest of the time.”
“So, they have a learning activation.”
“They have a learning and comprehension activation.”
“Correct.But they are waiting for reassessment.So, the super sniffer adaptation that Hemma has is unrecognized.Only the ability to learn is accepted as their official activation.”
