He nodded.“Did you want to head back?”
“Yes, please.Sable’s charm is getting weak.I need to swap it out and fix the one she’s burning through.How long have we been walking?”
“No watch?”
“Too lazy to look at my phone.”
He chuckled, and they turned to make their way back.“About an hour.”
“Nice.Actually, I do need to get my phone out to put some money toward Emhara’s charity choice.”
She sent three thousand dollars off to the charity via the gateway that had been set up.“There.Now I can go get more snacks.”
Kazuya chuckled.“So, finances are not an issue.”
“Nope.I have an enormous trust fund, even though my parents don’t talk to me anymore.”
He supported her.“Why not?”
She smiled and dropped the bomb.“They were the ones who arranged the kidnapping.”
Chapter Five
Jennika settled againstXiroth and ignored the slight embarrassment of using a man as a chair.Vine was on the way back, and Tuvel had joined them, perched at the edge of their group, looking uncomfortable but cheering for Emhara in her own way, sitting and doing handwork on a dress and flicking her gaze up to the artist every few minutes.
Tuvel looked like she was going to fall off the edge of the bench, and Jenn frowned.
Xiroth asked, “Something amiss?”
“Tuvel is extra tense today.”
“She sews?”
“Oh.Yeah.She makes stress-relieving clothing for all of us.She helps with containment, control, or just helps people like Eudora feel safe and at home for once.”
“She made the quilt?”
