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She lowered her chin, leaning against him. “Well, I don’t know,” she said thoughtfully, “I get to have a big ogre on my side.”
He leaned down he brushed his lips across her forehead, “Oni.” He corrected her softly.
She wrinkled her nose.
“Mommy, why did you kiss that man?”
Startled by her daughters voice, she looked down and met wide eyes filled with curiosity. Kahlia tilted her head cutely, “Do you love him?”
Sabina choked, covering Kahlias mouth.
“Raijin.” Someone called.
Both she and Raijin, looked to their right to see an elderly man running toward him. His ears were covered in bright yellow earmuffs, and his coat was a dark brown, that reminded her of the raw hide jackets hunters in Tennessee wore.
He approached them as Raijin left her side, opening his arms Raijin gave the man a big hug.
“Sakai-san,” he said his accent thick as if he’d spoken Japanese the entire time,“Tadaima.”He exclaimed, pulling back.
Sakai grasped his arm grinning brightly. “Yes, welcome home. It’s been too long.” He said in english, turning his attention to Sabina and Kahlia, who’d grown quiet at the sight of the smiling elderly gentlemen. “And who’s this,” he side-eyed Raijin, “Don’t tell me you didn’t invite me?”
Picking up quickly that this Sakai person thought she and Raijin were married, Sabina went to correct him but Raijin, laughed cutting her off.
“Well, I couldn’t wait for you to get the courage to get back on the green line.”
“Damn straight,” Sakai exclaimed, “when you find the one you fucking nab her.” He covered his mouth sheepishly, and spoke from behind his hand. “Sorry, it’s been a long time since I’ve been around a little one.” He lowered his hand, placing them on his hips. “Last squirt I dealt with was this Behemoth here.” He slapped Raijin on the chest, “and he wasn’t much of squirt even then. And that was nearly 500 years ago.”
Sheepishly Raijin, scratched the back of his head his eyes wrinkling in the corners.
Sabina almost wanted to pinch herself, she’d never seen Raijin like this. They’d been intimately involved for a few days. She was still learning about the mysterious Ogre.
“Sakai-san, enough you’re embarrassing me in front of my girls.” Raijin said, with another low laugh.
She lifted her brows at his tone, that was most friendly she’d ever heard him speak. She almost wanted to yank his mask down to assure herself it was the same man. As she watched him, she noticed when Raijin stiffened before he moved to her side. He rested a hand on her shoulders, his voice remaining friendly his smile tense. “Let’s get these ladies out of the cold for now, where did you park.”
Sakai pointed to his mid-sized SUV across from the airport. “I’ll drive it around, so we can pick up your bags. I’ll be right back.”
As soon as the man left, Sabina spoke her eyes on Sakai’s back. “What is it?”
“Tillers Watcher is here,” He explained.
“Watcher?”
Raijin tilted his head subtlety to the left. She swallowed, also looking to her left only to feel her stomach drop. A man leaned against the building smoking, he wasn’t looking at them, but she could feel the magic of a ‘Watcher’ spell radiating off him.
She quickly moved her gaze away, “Is he a threat?”
“Not for now, Tiller won’t do anything in the human world. The Watcher is there to make sure I don’t do anything,” his tone darkened, “dangerous.”
The two of them continued to pretend to not see the Watcher, until Kahlia tired and cold demanded once again to be carried by Raijin, who easily obliged as Sakai pulled up in his vehicle. Sabina settled Kahlia into the backseat, which had been comical effort when the little brat refused to release Raijin, she was going to talk to her daughter about playing hard to get.
Convinced by Raijin she didn’t need to help with the bags, she got in. and once he was finished loading their luggage they were off.
Sabina turned around and looked out the back window, in time to see the watcher melt into the shadows of the pillar.
Giving a tiny shiver, she faced forward once more and pulled her daughter to her side.
Chapter32
