Page 53 of Last Gift: Supernatural Battle

“Things I’m familiar with—or things that are close by are easiest. But in essence, yes,” I answered.

She flopped onto the couch. “I wish my staff could do that. They’re so slow sometimes.”

Andie laughed. “You’re super fast. Why don’t you get things for yourself?”

“Image must be upheld” came the reply, followed by a smirk.

“Drinks?” Rooke asked.

“This is my cousin, Rooke,” I announced to my guests. “Her magic is unique, and she is able to detect a person’s perfect drink.”

Basilia gasped. “No way.”

Andie sat next to Basilia. “Cool.”

Rooke shrugged a shoulder. “It’s a nice trick.”

“What’s my perfect drink?” Basilia asked her.

Rooke’s voice gained a hypnotic quality. “A mojito. Today, passionfruit. But I feel some days you may be more aligned with a strawberry mojito.”

Basilia sat back. “That’s incredible. I have a bar in Bluff City. You’re hired.”

Rooke smiled. “Thank you, ma’am. I’m happy here.”

“Divination affinity?” the Vissimo asked her.

“That’s my main affinity, yes.”

Andie leaned forward. “What’s my perfect drink then?”

Rooke regarded her. “Gin cocktail. Lemon and raspberry.”

Sascha grunted. “That’s her favorite. What’s mine?”

“You like Johnnie Walker on the rocks. Tonight, though, you should drink Cragganmore 12. On the rocks also.”

Sascha took a chair close to Andie. He didn’t seem to mind her proximity to Basilia or myself—just to the other males. “I’m willing to try it on for size.”

Kyros was waiting expectantly.

Rooke blinked at him. “You need more blood.”

That was a first.

His lips curved. “I do. Someone drank the rest of mine at dinner.”

Basilia appeared stricken. “You do?”

“You are younger, my beauty. You need it more than I. I can get more later.” He circled away from my barrier and the demon gate to stand behind her.

Rooke summoned our drinks and handed them out. Wild accepted the offered water from her without question.

“Want to hang out?” I asked my cousin.

She tore her focus from Wild to me. “Nah, the greenhouse is free.”

My brows rose.

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