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“Bail . . .?”
“Leave us.”
“He squabbled with your mother, as you say, but he didn’t justbailon her, but you as well. I doubt you did anything to make him eager to leave.”
“It’s hard to say.” And I’d rather not talk about my dad. “My mom was enough.”
He nodded. “Where do you work?”
“Rylee’s bakery. I run the cash register and serve customers.”
“You didn’t go to college?”
“There was no money for anything like that.”
His face took on a solemn cast. Emotions I couldn’t understand swirled inside me, but I wanted him to like and respect me, not feel pity.
“What are your favorite foods?” I asked, driving this convo away from poor Kate who didn’t have prospects before she met an almost-duke elf.
We shared more before growing silent. It was hard to believe we’d run out of things to talk about already, but I guess that’s what happened on first dates, assuming that’s what we could call this.
“I’ll walk with you to the door,” he finally said.
We strolled up the drive and took the stairs to the front door, pausing beside it.
“Thank you,” I said. I felt I needed to say it. He was changing my life in so many ways, and I felt nothing but gratitude.
“Thankyou,” he said. “Without you, I wouldn’t have a chance of remaining in this fascinating realm.”
I hated the thought of him leaving forever. He had an almost childlike wonder of our world, and I was looking forward to showing him the best parts of it.
“I should go in,” I said as we stood on the front porch.
He teased a curl dangling across my shoulder. “I’ll see you tomorrow?”
I nodded and started to turn away, but he snagged my arm and tugged me back around to face him.
“One more kiss,” he said, his voice deep and husky. “If you will permit this.”
“I will.”
For one second, I thought he’d asked because he truly wanted to kiss me. Until I reminded myself that he wanted to kiss me in case anyone was watching. For all I knew, the unicorns could talk and were spies.
It didn’t matter why. I’d enjoyed his first kiss.
I wanted another.
Chapter10
Tylik
The next day, we met up at the park. I noted Kate walked and didn’t ride in a carriage.
“Where’s your internal combustion engine transportation?” I asked the second she joined me.
“I don’t have one. My legs work great, though.” She grinned up at me, her cheeks pink, and her hair floating around her face like beams of a sunset streaking across the sky. I was stunned by how beautiful she was.
With a shake of my head, I forced my mind to function.
