“I am here for Jennel.”
A cute, bouncy woman with glyphs and tattoos down her left side came toward her, putting her hair up and yawning.“Whoa.Are you my ride?”
Never tossed her the spares and lifted her own helmet, removing it to stare at the young orc.“I am Hunter Kibra, and I am here to borrow your mother.”
The male stared.“You’re an orc.Fuck.Your eyes!”
“Nobody fucks my eyes.Jennel, are you ready to do a reading?”
“Yes, ma’am.How old are you?Oh, this is my son, Corit.”
“Best guess is sixty-two.”
“Wow.A shaman.You rarely leave your clans.”Jennel pulled on the leather jacket and grinned before wrestling with the helmet.
“I don’t have a clan.I am free range.”She smiled as her passenger got the helmet in place.
“Is that a fucking shaman?”There was a rush of green, and she was staring into the eyes of a speaker.He looked away.He wasn’t the first.
“Again.No one fucks me unless I authorize it.Yeesh.Now, allow me to abduct the dark fae chimera, and I will have her back before she can doze off.If you are up at that time, you can rescue her from the hunter’s clutches.That might be good for some kind of reward.”
Jennel chuckled.“I just got a full set of togas that are suitable for a sprint.”
Never nodded, put her helmet on, and headed out the door.She was waiting on the bike when Jennel came down the stairs and got on behind her.She wrapped her arms around Never and said, “You smell good.”
“Thanks.”She started her bike and got out of there before the other two mates could come and introduce themselves.
They drove smoothly into town and headed for the XIA headquarters.Jennel pointed to the building they needed, and Never pulled up, parked, and they headed inside.It was time to get to the bottom of Axa’s disaster.
“Uh, Hunter Kibra, I haven’t actually met a hunter before.Certainly not an orc one.Where do you come from?”
“No one knows, but I was raised here in Redbird, and then I went travelling and acquired my certification.The bike made the helmet an easy accessory, so I didn’t have to explain the pretty orc or which clan I wasn’t from.”
Jennel chuckled.“Oh, you get that a lot.”
“I do.”
They went through the security check and got visitors’ badges, then headed to Amhoran’s office to get her to witness the handling of the evidence.The box was in the waiting area, and recording devices were put into place as Jennel went through the evidence.The glass hadn’t been handled, and the powder was the same.
Never asked softly, “Where did her clothing end up?”
Amy went to the computer and frowned.“It says it’s here, but I didn’t see it in the box.”
“Ah.Do you mind if I find it?”
“No, just don’t handle anything.Bring it to me.”
“All right.”Never put her helmet to one side and lifted a hand, calling the evidence with a charm that was the first thing they were taught when you had hunter proclivities.She had Axa’s hair wrapped around her finger, so it pulled all the packets related to her.
Never felt the answer to her call.“Here they come.”
Amy blinked.“They?”
Three secured bags emerged and dropped into Amy’s arms.“There you go.”
“Holy shit.Where were they?”Amy looked at the identifiers on the kits.“Oh, no.”
Never said softly, “She is aware of it.So, now we see if the two things combine.Neither case was closed.”
