Hemma frowned as Salattook a different route.“Where are we going?”
“Baola told me to take the coast road, so I am taking the coast road.”
“Right.Did she say why?”
“Uradda is coming for you, and they won’t mind taking Kessie, so we have to make sure that they don’t get you.”
“Right.Did she say when?”She started rolling her pendant in her fingers.
“She said you would know them when you saw them, and you would also be able to get very efficient help.”
“Okay.I know who to call, and I know how.”
Kessie asked, “Is something happening?”
“I hope not.”
“Who will you call?”Kessie’s voice was calm.
“Zephyr.”
Salat blinked.“I thought she was a myth.”
“Nope.”
Salat’s hands tensed on the wheel.“Whatever you are going to do, now would be good.This vehicle is bulletproof, but without a gunner, I can’t do much.”
Hemma looked back and saw a cloud of vehicles moving fast.She took the pendant in her fingers and snapped it.“Now, we wait.”
They didn’t have to wait long.Kessie gasped.“It’s a vortex.”
The body of water was swirling, and then a figure emerged.A woman who had to be close to a hundred feet tall came out of the vortex, swept her arm across the highway right behind them, and pulled all of the chase cars into the lake.
Just like that, there was no one behind them, but it seemed that defenders and agents were arriving.
Hemma exhaled and leaned back.“That was Zephyr.”
Salat’s shoulders started shaking as he grinned.“I get it now.Baola said she had bigger breasts than Khytten, and damned if she wasn’t right.”
Kessie giggled, and they continued to Salat and Khytten’s manor, where the walls were heavily armed, and so was the lady of the house.
Khytten checked Kessie for damage, and Hemma held one of the toddlers who had walked up to her.
A familiar power surge got her attention, and she walked over to the disappearing vortex and smiled.“Thanks for coming, Zephyr.”
“Aksalla’s finest are cleaning up the Uraddan retrieval team.”She said it softly.“Is there anywhere I can get a shirt?”
Salat had followed, and he was staring.“Shirt.Right.”
He turned and headed for the house.
Zephyr looked down and shrugged.“I can’t afford an outfit that changes with me.”
Hemma smiled at her pale silver glory with her metallic gold hair and deep copper eyes.“You are still gorgeous.”
“Thanks.Do you think he will be able to find me a shirt?”
“Yeah.He will.I would offer my dress, but it’s a loaner.I got blood on the last one.”
