Page 29 of My Haven
Meryn’s eyes narrowed and she looked to Kendrick.
Kendrick just stared back at her, not looking in the least bit sorry.
“I wanna do magic!” she said.
“I know,” Kendrick replied.
“Why won’t you let me try?”
“Because, unlike me at your age, you have zero impulse control when it comes to defending what is yours. I’d rather give you bombs than magic,” he explained.
“I am so gonna have Thane’s mom show me magic,” Meryn said.
“Why do you need city-wide wi-fi anyway?” Aiden asked.
“For my cameras,” Meryn replied.
Aiden huffed, then reached for a brownie. He shoved the whole thing in his mouth, chewed for a bit then swallowed. Only then did he respond. “Baby, you can’t just install cameras in a city we’re not exactly friendly with. Why do you need them?”
Meryn held up her hand and began ticking off reasons. “Lycaonia, Noctem Falls and Éire Danu. We’re three-for-three with shit going sideways in a pillar city. I’m not going to be scrambling for intel later due to some silly technicalities like ‘legality’. Remember babes, eventually the U.S. Government gave up on curbing my shenanigans. Do you really think I’m gonna listen to a bunch of robe-wearing douchebags?”
Caiden, Kyran and his unit turned to stare at Meryn. Kyran cleared his throat. “Did you leave that out of your update?”
Law began to laugh. “She was my handler when I was running unsanctioned missions overseas.”
Meryn flashed them her weird ‘V’ symbol with her hands, then resumed typing. “Hey Thane?”
“Yes, hun?” his brother asked, stepping closer.
“What am I to your mom? I’m working on a chart.”
Thane opened his mouth, then turned to Law. “She’s my godsdaughter, so granddaughter?”
Law shrugged. “Aunt by Association?”
“You really think she’ll like me?” Meryn asked.
Thane’s expression softened. “She will love you.” He turned to Marshall and Lily. “Don’t get me wrong, she loves Amelia too, but Meryn will keep her on her toes. With her powers, not much surprises her anymore, and I think Meryn will be an unexpected delight.” He tilted his head. “They are very much alike.”
Kendrick shuddered. “They should never meet.”
Meryn’s expression became diabolical. “Game on.” She had resumed typing, then looked up frowning. “If she’s that powerfuly’all need to shift your focus from what could have happened to her, to why she wouldn’t want to be found.”
Caiden felt like the air had been sucked from the room.
Kendrick sat down. “Gods above, she’s right, as usual.”
“Please don’t tell her that,” Aiden said.
Meryn swatted at her mate. “I was right about Éire Danu, wasn’t I?”
Caiden could tell he wasn’t the only one confused by that declaration.
She rolled her eyes. “I did say we should try changing the batteries.”
Of all people, it was Kendrick that snort laughed and buried his face into the crook of his elbow as he lay his head on the table.
It seemed like Kendrick’s reaction released the tension in the room and everyone began laughing.
