"I swear to Gaia if you keep hovering over me like mom used to, then I'm going to cock-shot you and lock you in the Hold," Xander said, his voice a hard whisper in my ear. We were hovering over Kord as he discussed the finer points of foreign language translation.
I felt my shoulders relax at his hard tone. He was back. Fully. Completely. My belly unwound itself.
I nodded, not looking at him.
He bumped his shoulder into mine in response.
"What the fuck happened in the warehouse today? How did it get decorated with body parts and blood?" he asked.
The fucker! I just now relax and he brings it back up like he's discussing the fucking weather?
He growled low next to me.
"Our Cherrypie happened, bro," Taryk said. "I have no idea how she did it, but the bodies just ended up sliced and diced. She was either moving too fast or hidden under massive camouflage. The Wardens just ended up on the floor in different pieces."