Oh, brother. “Don’t get your panties in a twist. It’s what they do, keep us humans safe, remember?”
“Nik?” Echo demanded.
Ugh, she was like an annoying barnacle, not easy to shake off. Damn stubborn Healer. She’d changed so much in the last year. She was no longer the quiet girl Kira had first met. Confident now, gorgeous, a little crazy…the weirdo. And Kira loved her.
At her friend’s persistent stare, she groaned. “If you must know, it was Týr.”
Echo blinked, her excitement fading. Her brow creased in confusion. “Really? Wow. I didn’t think he would do that. To you…”
Kira slouched in her seat, pulling at a ribbon woven in her sweater. “Yeah, it’s weird, isn’t it? All we do is fight. Anyway, it happened.”
“Mmm…” Echo eyed Kira contemplatively. “You know, I questioned Aethan once if he’d ever healed anyone else inthatway, and he said no. It’s too intimate.”
“Yeah, well, I asked, and Týr said it was faster since we were in the middle of a demon attack. Their saliva heals. But I didn’t care for it.”
Echo started to grin again. “Yeah.Rrright.”
The way she stressed the R reminded Kira so much of Týr and his darn sarcasm, and that just made her scowl at her friend. The girl obviously had too much time on her hands. Dammit, she had more important things to worry about than an impossible warrior.
“Ah. Sothatis why you got Hedori to bring you back—”
“You think I was going to wait around for him to chew off my headed?” As if.
Restlessness crawling through her like ants, Kira leaped up and traipsed around the large, elegant bedroom…back and forth.
She rubbed her achy temples. “Man, this waiting is killing me.”
“They’ll be back from patrol in an hour or so,” Echo murmured. She’d reclaimed her seat on the couch once more, her knees drawn up, the heavy book braced on her thighs
Exhaustion pulling her down, Kira flopped onto the bed. “Wake me if I doze off, ‘kay? I need to speak to Týr.”
Echo smirked. “You can count on it.”
“Gah—” She groaned, burying her face in the pillow, her voice muffled. “Knew I shouldn’t have told you anything.”
