Page 64 of I Dated a Retired Hero

“You are welcome. It was fun to use my activation for entertainment.”

The prefect looked to Zera. “Amber is trying to get a work visa but needs an employer.”

Zera nodded. “What can you do, Amber?”

“Um, cleaning or courier work, I guess. Maybe working in a kitchen or coffee cart?”

Zera’s eyes softened. “No secondary education?”

“It was a place to live or a place to study when I turned eighteen. I chose living and a string of entry-level jobs.”

Litha looked confused. “I could sponsor you. We may have been born in the capitol, but our grandparents and great-grandparents were Aksallan.”

Zera brought up a file, and the prefect snorted.

“Quiet, Salmet. We are at a party. You aren’t seeing this.” Zera grinned. Amber watched the woman do something and inhaled. “Wow. Well, they are definitely watching you. They have alerted the team to a fugitive and are coming to bring you home.”

“I play music and show pictures. I am not a security threat.”

Litha frowned. “Solid light is a weapon. How long will this crown last?”

“Until midnight or I fall asleep.”

“And I will explain to you how that can be used as a weapon.”

Amber blushed. “I know how; I just didn’t think they did.”

The prefect laughed. “Apparently, they did. I am being asked to put a bolo out on you.”

Amber paled. “I will go home.”

Litha wrapped her arms around her. “I will keep you here.”

“I am not causing a fuss on your wedding. I am not going to have a team come in here and extract me.”

Zera chuckled. “The team is here. They will take you home after the party.”

“What?”

“Torun runs my team. Arcady and Kritz’s team have no interest in leaving early,” Zera stated. “Everyone is already here. There won’t be a scene or panic or ordering around.”

Amber looked around and realized that everyone invited was an active, and quite a few were wearing formal bodysuits. “They are all here.”

“Have you been retrieved before?” Zera asked softly.

“Yes, they send Morcaddo to get me. He hauls me around like a dumped kitten. He yells at me and shakes me,” she muttered.

Litha scowled. “I am going to fry him. Why does he do that?”

“We were in crèche together, and since I stopped growing when I was fourteen, he treats me like I am a teen trying to run from home.”

Litha paused. “Oh. In that case, I will have Sergei smack him around or maybe one of Dmitri’s crowd.”

The prefect snorted. “Or Salat. He is very protective of young women since he is now father to so many of them.”

Litha said, “I hadn’t thought about it, but they could have brought the kids.”

Ekron was playing, and there was an audience around him. Amber looked around, and the amount of power on her sister’s property was astonishing. They could mount another attack on Uradda after dessert.

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