Page 31 of The Human’s Heart

“I dunno, but I definitely want to find out.”

I was determined to get better at this. I wanted to be a part of Zay’s magical world, and since I had no powers or anything to speak of, this seemed like a start.

Jett and I were definitely freaking the new person out.

We’d been staring at them… a lot. And whispering when they weren’t even near us since we didn’t know if they had super hearing or not.

And now that they were frowning in our direction, I was pretty sure we’d hurt their feelings.

Or maybe they just thought their new coworkers were a bunch of weirdos.

To top it off, the only thing we’d learned about them was that they were nonbinary and Drin was their uncle—we’d heard them call him Uncle Drin—but we didn’t know if that meant Arzu was also a drow or if they were something else. After all, the only supe family I knew was Zay’s, and they had just about every type of supe in their family.

Quinn walked over and leaned on the bar, asking, “Can I have some water?” He was a human—I thought—bouncer that usually worked the door, and he was a cool guy. He’d always been kind and friendly to the two of us and everyone who worked here, and I knew without a shadow of a doubt that Quinn had all our backs.

“Of course.” I glanced past him to see Nissa, one of the badass cooks, standing in for Quinn while he took his break. Everyone took turns standing in for him, and I was glad today wasn’t one of my days. I hated working the door because I was the least intimidating person on the planet, so turning people away when they were underage or carrying a weapon or whatever was… difficult for me.

I passed Quinn a glass of ice water with a straw, and he took a seat at the bar since it wasn’t crowded yet. “So… you guys wanna tell me why you keep eyeing up the new guy?”

“Person,” I said automatically, not really paying attention.

“Huh?”

“New person. They’re nonbinary.”

Quinn glanced at Arzu, then shot me a smile. “Oh, I didn’t know that. Sorry. They’re really cute.”

That made me grin to myself as I nodded my agreement. Arzu was really cute. Maybe I was taken, but I still had eyes, and wow. Adorable. “They are.”

Quinn turned fully back to me. “So why are you guys being asses to them?”

I cringed. “We’re not.”

He gave me a look.

With a sigh, I started wiping down the bar top. “We’re not. No, really, we’re not. It’s just… we’re trying to figure out if they’re human or a supe. Jett and I never know.”

Quinn stared at me, then looked at Jett, who was nodding his agreement, before he barked out a loud laugh and took a sip of his water, shaking his head at us. “Wow. Just wow.”

I discreetly flipped him off.

Jett let out a small whine. “Dude, we’re really bad at identifying supes. Like really, really, really bad.”

Quinn laughed again, shaking his head. “Yes, we’re aware.”

“We, who? What do you mean?” Jett frowned at him.

It only made Quinn’s smile widen. “Everyone who works here.”

I stared at him for a long time before I blurted out, “Holy shit, you’re a supe.”

It was more a statement than a question, but Quinn answered, “Sure am. So is everyone else who works here besides you two.”

“What?” My jaw dropped.

“Seriously?” Jett wore a similar expression.

Quinn nodded. “Seriously. We’ve all been wondering when you’d realize.”