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“Morning,” I said.
“Afternoon,” she responded. “It’s already gone two. We slept for a long time.”
“I’m not surprised, yesterday was stressful.”
“At least it was also successful,” she responded. “Coffee?” She held up a cup.
I nodded.
“Great, I’ll put one on.” She put the cup under the coffee machine spout and pressed the button to make the first cup. “I’m glad it worked.”
“You don’t seem surprised.”
“I noticed your tattoos were gone when I woke up,” she responded. “I’ve had time to get used to the idea.”
“Oh.” I touched my face, though I couldn’t feel anything different about it. The tattoos had never been raised. “What do you think it means?”
Kua shrugged and finished making the coffee. “We can’t know for sure until we’ve talked to someone who knows more than we do, but I’m guessing it means that we were successful and the god’s soul is now gone. If your magic was always coming from it, then it makes sense that’s gone too.”
“I guess I didn’t expect my tattoos to be gone along with it.”
“You said they were made with magical ink, right?”
I nodded.
“Then I guess that’s why. They’ve disappeared because the magic binding them to your skin has gone.”
“I feel very human.”
“Youarehuman,” she pointed out.
“I know. But it’s weird, not to have magic.”
“You could do something about it? We could find you a vampire.” She hopped up on the counter and pulled me to her until I was standing between her legs. Her fingers began to trace where my tattoos used to be, as if from memory.
“Right now, I think I need to feel human for a bit. It’s weird, but I need to gain that back before I do anything drastic. I rushed into the decision to join the Sons of Seth, I shouldn’t rush this.”
“I understand.” Her fingers went back to tracing patterns on my skin. “So, what happens now?”
“What do you mean?”
She took a deep breath. “Well, you kind of turned your back on the cult that’s controlled you for fifteen years for me.”
I chuckled. “I was already half out the door.”
She shuffled on the side, and I realised what she was actually getting at.
“What are you trying to say, Kua?” I asked, leaning in so we were closer.
“I don’t know.” She bit her lip, looking strangely vulnerable for the woman I knew to be fearless. “No, I do know. I mean, I risked my life to help free you from the cult you were trying to escape.”
“You could pretend you did that for the good of gods everywhere,” I pointed out.
“I could, but we’d both know it was a lie.” She sighed. “I’m no good at this.”
“I’m not either,” I assured her. “I’ve not exactly had much experience when it comes to relationships.”
“At least that makes us even,” she responded. “But what I guess I’m trying to say, but badly, is that...eurgh, why is this so hard?”
