Page 39 of Kailirex

“Who hasn’t? Why, did he get married to his mate someplace interesting?”

“At a Santa’s Village in Finland, by Santa himself.”

I laughed. “No way!”

“Yes, way.”

“That is pretty awesome, but I don’t think I want to do that.” A memory came to me then, of me as a child of maybe around five, watching Cinderella. “I think I’d like to get married at a castle and be a princess for a day.”

He lifted his arm and began tapping away.

“Are you telling Xero to find a castle deal for us?”

“Yes. He can forward them to Mom for her to look at while Dad is asleep letting the nanites do their work.”

“That’s a good idea. Ask him to not actually book anything though until I see what her favorites are. Just in case she gets carried away.”

I felt his arm move as he tapped out that instruction. “Done, and I believe this must be our ride.”

The car came to a stop and checking the app, I saw it was indeed our ride. The driver’s eyes widened a bit when he took in the hue of my alien hunk’s skin, but he said nothing.

“Would you like a water?” he asked instead, once we were in and all buckled up.

“No thanks,” I said and Kai shook his head. “Busy afternoon?” I asked.

He looked in the rearview mirror at us, his eyes moving from me to Kai. “Been alright. Just another day in New York.” He pulled out smoothly. “You? Visiting someone sick?”

“My dad, but they discharged him as he’s alright.”

“That’s good to hear.”

Yes, yes it was. I took a deep breath and exhaled, feeling most of my tension float away. Dad was okay and in a few short hours, would be even better. And that was more than good, that was great.