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met the serious gaze
of Powers. “You will be fine, more than fine. Don’t worry, we are all on your
side remember.”
Swallowing
the lump that had formed in her throat, Zora nodded and smiled as brightly as
she could at him. She was relieved and comforted when he did not immediately
remove his hand from her arm, somehow she could feel strength transferring from
him to her. She wondered if it was this bond between them, but let that thought
go as she didn’t really want to think at all about the bond.
Marcus and
Axel began discussing the known details of the murders, and Zora picked up her
plate again. Reasoning that the coming hours were going to drain her strength
she decided she should finish eating and tuned them out. Something was nagging
at her, something that she had forgotten. It wasn’t anything major but she just
had a niggling feeling that she should have done something. Of course the
events of the last day and a half were quite enough to drive everything else
out of her head. She wondered vaguely about what was going on at work, relieved
and still a little annoyed that Powers had called in for both of them, citing
an article they were working on together.
She let
her thoughts drift, trying to catch that annoying thread of something but it
stayed just out of her reach. Zora shrugged, if it was important it would come
to her. Which it did quite literally, as at that moment an aggrieved Sunny
stomped around the side of the house. As soon as she saw her Zora remembered
the arrangement to meet for coffee yesterday. Oops.
Seeing the
amount of masculine perfection in various stages of relaxation on the back veranda
brought Sunny to a halt. Her gaze flicked past Axel and Marcus, flicked back to
Marcus and stayed there almost long enough to be considered a stare. Marcus
smiled lazily, dimple on display, and Axel lifted an eyebrow. Neither looked
surprised to see Sunny and Zora supposed that as fairy and predator their
senses were much sharper than hers. Or maybe hers might have been sharper if
she hadn’t been wool gathering. Powers stood and moved towards Sunny, and Sunny
pulled her gaze from Marcus, past Powers and onto Zora. Her eyes narrowed and
she flicked her blonde hair, today in a high ponytail, and started stomping
directly at Zora.
“So ok you
stood me up for coffee,” she began. “That was cool, I had coffee with myself
instead, no biggie.” From the tone of her voice Zora felt that maybe it was at
least a little bit of a biggie but before she could utter an apology Sunny
continued. She was by now on the veranda and standing directly in front of
Zora. “But when you didn’t answer my text, or the multiple calls and texts I’ve
sent since, or the home phone, and you didn’t message me – well I became a
little concerned. Oddly I never thought to call Powers. Malcolm told me you
were here.” The word ‘oddly’ was delivered with a sledgehammer of sarcasm that
brought grins to the faces of Axel and Marcus and a bewildered expression to
Powers.
“Why
didn’t you think to call me Sunny? I work with Zora too.” He looked genuinely
hurt which caused both Zora and Sunny to roll their eyes. Apparently Powers had
never noticed that Zora usually chose to stay clear of him. Ignoring his
question Sunny staring accusingly at Zora, while Zora felt a bit shocked at
this display of concern from the usually sunny Sunny. When it became evident
that Sunny was waiting for a reply Zora apologised, her mind frantically
searching for a plausible reason for totally forgetting not only coffee with
Sunny but also the existence of the rest of the world. Had she really not
checked her phone since yesterday morning?
“I’m so
sorry Sunny. We are working on an article and I just lost track of the time. My
home phone is out of order (blatant lie) and my mobile has no service here
(totally blatant lie). I’m so sorry I forgot coffee (absolute truth), can I
take you out for a wine instead next time we have an evening
of Powers. “You will be fine, more than fine. Don’t worry, we are all on your
side remember.”
Swallowing
the lump that had formed in her throat, Zora nodded and smiled as brightly as
she could at him. She was relieved and comforted when he did not immediately
remove his hand from her arm, somehow she could feel strength transferring from
him to her. She wondered if it was this bond between them, but let that thought
go as she didn’t really want to think at all about the bond.
Marcus and
Axel began discussing the known details of the murders, and Zora picked up her
plate again. Reasoning that the coming hours were going to drain her strength
she decided she should finish eating and tuned them out. Something was nagging
at her, something that she had forgotten. It wasn’t anything major but she just
had a niggling feeling that she should have done something. Of course the
events of the last day and a half were quite enough to drive everything else
out of her head. She wondered vaguely about what was going on at work, relieved
and still a little annoyed that Powers had called in for both of them, citing
an article they were working on together.
She let
her thoughts drift, trying to catch that annoying thread of something but it
stayed just out of her reach. Zora shrugged, if it was important it would come
to her. Which it did quite literally, as at that moment an aggrieved Sunny
stomped around the side of the house. As soon as she saw her Zora remembered
the arrangement to meet for coffee yesterday. Oops.
Seeing the
amount of masculine perfection in various stages of relaxation on the back veranda
brought Sunny to a halt. Her gaze flicked past Axel and Marcus, flicked back to
Marcus and stayed there almost long enough to be considered a stare. Marcus
smiled lazily, dimple on display, and Axel lifted an eyebrow. Neither looked
surprised to see Sunny and Zora supposed that as fairy and predator their
senses were much sharper than hers. Or maybe hers might have been sharper if
she hadn’t been wool gathering. Powers stood and moved towards Sunny, and Sunny
pulled her gaze from Marcus, past Powers and onto Zora. Her eyes narrowed and
she flicked her blonde hair, today in a high ponytail, and started stomping
directly at Zora.
“So ok you
stood me up for coffee,” she began. “That was cool, I had coffee with myself
instead, no biggie.” From the tone of her voice Zora felt that maybe it was at
least a little bit of a biggie but before she could utter an apology Sunny
continued. She was by now on the veranda and standing directly in front of
Zora. “But when you didn’t answer my text, or the multiple calls and texts I’ve
sent since, or the home phone, and you didn’t message me – well I became a
little concerned. Oddly I never thought to call Powers. Malcolm told me you
were here.” The word ‘oddly’ was delivered with a sledgehammer of sarcasm that
brought grins to the faces of Axel and Marcus and a bewildered expression to
Powers.
“Why
didn’t you think to call me Sunny? I work with Zora too.” He looked genuinely
hurt which caused both Zora and Sunny to roll their eyes. Apparently Powers had
never noticed that Zora usually chose to stay clear of him. Ignoring his
question Sunny staring accusingly at Zora, while Zora felt a bit shocked at
this display of concern from the usually sunny Sunny. When it became evident
that Sunny was waiting for a reply Zora apologised, her mind frantically
searching for a plausible reason for totally forgetting not only coffee with
Sunny but also the existence of the rest of the world. Had she really not
checked her phone since yesterday morning?
“I’m so
sorry Sunny. We are working on an article and I just lost track of the time. My
home phone is out of order (blatant lie) and my mobile has no service here
(totally blatant lie). I’m so sorry I forgot coffee (absolute truth), can I
take you out for a wine instead next time we have an evening
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