Page 130 of The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down
“Win?”
I jerked awake at the sound of my name, blinking hard as I took in my surroundings. Miles’s living room, and Miles was asleep on my chest.
I blinked some more and found Ace and Chaos standing over us.
Ace offered a small smile. “Sorry to wake you, but I wanted to make sure you knew where we went. We’re leaving, okay?”
“Huh? But I have to drive you back to your car.”
He shook his head. “Nope. We’ve got a ride.”
“But—”
“We’re fine, Win. Thanks.”
“You could stay here, you know?”
Ace grimaced and shook his head. “Nope. We’re going home.”
Well, shit. What was I supposed to do with that? I couldn’t force them to stay.
I was still half asleep, but I glanced around the room again, taking it in. The kids had cleaned up our dinner mess, and now, Goliath was curled up in a ball in one of his dog beds—one that Miles bought him for his house—with Confetti on top of his head and Odin curled up next to his face. It was adorable. Sola was on her big perch in the living room, head tucked under a wing, clearly asleep.
I refocused on Aeson. “Wait. Miles wanted to pay you for your help.”
Ace shook his head. “He did already. You fell asleep way before he did.” He snorted. “You were snoring.”
“I don’t snore.”
Chaos snorted. “You sounded like a vacuum cleaner.”
Clucky clucked from his shoulder in agreement.Lovely.
My eyes widened. “Oh my god, eww.”
He chuckled and leaned over to pat my shoulder. “Don’t worry. Miles thought it was hilarious.”
I huffed. “Great.”
He snorted again and gave me a wave. “Let us know when that egg starts hatching. Ace wants to see it.”
Ace nudged him. “Lies. You want to see it too.”
Chaos rolled his eyes and shrugged, not denying it.
“I’ll definitely text you guys as soon as we see the first crack.” It would likely take a few hours, so they’d have plenty of time to get here.
Ace grinned. “Thanks. See you later.”
“Did you take the leftovers?”
Chaos lifted the pizza box I hadn’t noticed in his hand. “Got it.”
“Alright, you two. See you for brunch.”
They started to leave, but Chaos paused and quietly said, “Can you tell Miles… tell him we said bye and, um, thank you?”
Before I could promise him I would, he rushed out the door, and Aeson gave me a wave as he walked out, shutting the door behind them. Fuck. I really wish Higgins would get back to us about the kids. If they really didn’t have a place to go, or if they were in a worse situation than we thought, we needed to help them.
