Chapter 135: She Needed To Be Braver Than This

Avery made a thoughtful noise. "I think Christian can help you with that more than I can. I was never as involved in my life as Nox as he was with his as Mercury. I only did it because I had a specific goal in mind and never wanted to in the first place so I was relieved to be done. Let me go get him for you."

Jocelyn could hear soft voices in the background but couldn't quite make out what they were saying until Christian's came on the line. She had been too mortified at being caught last time she heard it to process that it was completely different than it had been as Mercury. She was impressed he thought of that. 

"Hi, Jocelyn. Avery says you're worried about retiring? Sorry to hear about your injury."

"Thank you. And yes, I was wondering how you did it. You were fairly active as a hero so how did you manage to settle down?"