But he does need you!Her heart cried.He risked sending Lenorae for you.
“He’s your person, isn’t he?”Dy asked quietly, as always seeing right through her.
“Youare my person,” Cha answered, feeling stubborn about it.
Dy softened.“Oh, honey.Of course I am.And you are mine.That will never change.Besties forever.”
“Besties forever,” Cha echoed, then sat heavily on a hay bale.“Dy… I might be in love with him.”
Dy came over and sat beside Cha, nudging her hip against Cha’s to make her move over, and leaned her head on Cha’s shoulder.“Isn’t that what I said?And you were all, noooo, I’m not that stupid.”Dy pitched her voice in an imitation of Cha’s whiskey tones.
Cha couldn’t help chuckling.“I don’t sound like that.”
“I don’t think you’re stupid,” Dy said after a moment.“You’ve always had a level head about your affairs.”
“It was easy to because none of them mattered.”
“And this guy is different.”
“You could say that.Fae.Prince.And he’s purple.”
Dy snickered.“Only his hair and eyes.”
“And his wings.”
She lifted her head and stared at Cha in astonishment.“Wings?”
“Huge ones, like a bat’s.Soft and sensitive.And he can use them like additional hands.”
“Oh my,” Dy said faintly.
“Thinking about switching teams?”Cha teased her.
“Surely there are female fae with wings,” Dy retorted.“Phinny and I have talked about inviting some new lovers to join us, once she’s done having babies.”
Cha felt her brows climbing.“You have?”
Dy wrinkled her nose at Cha’s astonishment.“You don’t have the market cornered on sexual adventures and we’re mothers, not dead.Yes, we have.”
“The pretty brunette down the street?”
Dy slid her a sideways look.“Maybe,” she admitted.“Though we haven’t tested the waters there.Say, does Prince Charming have a sister?”
“I don’t know,” Cha answered, thinking back.“He didn’t talk about his family much except to say that it’s complicated.I don’t think he likes them very much.”
“Well, he can join our club,” Dy commented sourly.
Cha held out a loose fist and Dy bumped it, then both women flared their fingers making exploding fireball sounds.
“Seriously,” Cha said.“There’s no future for us.Even if he hadn’t made that clear, that much is obvious.Unless I want to be his human pet, which…”
“You’re way too feral,” Dy agreedagreed, and Cha laughed.
“But I have to help him.He saved my life and by extension yours.I can’tnotgo.I would always wonder if…”
“Then I’m going with you,” Dy said, standing and dusting off her pants.“But we’re going to be smart about this.”
“Why start now?”Cha shot back.