Bo decided that she really liked Aeryn. The Valkyrie had no fear of Tamsin, and took every opportunity to embarrass her.
"I mean really, Tamsin, pretending to be a commander of ships in order to accompany Jason. How did he even fall for that? You know nothing about ships," Aeryn said.
Tamsin laughed, "Oh but I put on a very good show of it. How could I miss out on an opportunity to be a part of the quest for that damn Golden Fleece."
The Valkyries had been discussing their past times of glory for nearly three hours now, each trying to outdo the previous story. Bo listened intently, mystified that this conversation was even possible. If anyone would have asked her five years ago if she believed in the ancient stories of Gods and heroes, she would have laughed in their face.
Suddenly Tamsin jumped up off the log she was seated on and put her hands on her hips. She then imitated her awful display of a ship commander, to which even Bo found herself laughing hard.
She found herself staring at Tamsin. This woman couldn't be real, that was the only explanation. She's perfect. The thought disturbed her. Could it be possible that she was falling for the damn Valkyrie that at one point she could have sworn she hated?
"She's something else, huh?"
Bo turned her head to see that Zora had seated herself next to Bo. She hadn't spoken much with the eldest Valkyrie. Bo glanced back at Tamsin. She was across the fire pit, joking with the others, out of ear shot. "Yeah, she really is," Bo answered with a slight smile on her lips.
"She cares a lot for you, more so than I've seen in a long time," Zora replied.
Bo furrowed her eyebrows and looked down. "I'm not so sure about that. Actually, I'm pretty positive."
Zora chuckled and rose from the log. "Young Succubus, has it ever occurred to you that Tamsin doesn't show much of her feelings for you because, I don't know, you're not available? Tamsin is a lot of things, but one thing she doesn't want to be is a homewrecker. So do her and yourself a favor and figure out what you want. Stop playing with her emotions."
And with that Zora left her there, sitting alone, and incredibly confused. Zora's words upset her. I'm not playing with her emotions. And she wasn't. Bo knew what she wanted, but damn it's not that easy. She doesn't like hurting people. Lauren is human, she has only one lifetime. Fae have so much more than that.
Bo wished Kenzi hadn't fallen asleep; she just wanted to talk to her best friend right now.
Bo had no idea what time it was, and suddenly she felt tired. She hadn't slept in close to 48 hours now and she hadn't really fed either. She realized she didn't really want to, not unless it was with Tamsin.
Bo got up and walked over to the Valkyries. "Hey I think I'm gonna call it a night, I'm pretty tired."
Tamsin smiled at her and said, okay, and led her to one of the shelters the Valkyrie's made earlier that night. "You can sleep in there, my sisters called the ones closest to the fire. I put blankets in there for you, in case you get cold."
Bo smiled and said thank you. She glanced over Tamsin's shoulder and noticed her sisters weren't paying them any attention. She wanted to kiss Tamsin. She wanted to ask if she would stay with her tonight. But suddenly she felt shy, and really she fucking hated that. She looked down at her feet. "Goodnight, Tamsin."
Tamsin looked at her, and Bo could see the many thoughts crossing her eyes, but didn't know what any of them were. "Goodnight, Bo."
Bo stepped back from Tamsin, putting a little bit of distance between them, and then ducked into to the shelter. By the time she sat down and turned around, Tamsin was gone.
Bo was cold. She had drifted in and out sleep for probably a couple hours now. She grabbed the blankets and pulled them tight around her and shivered.
Tamsin watched her from the archway of the shelter. She wasn't going to stay with the Succubus tonight. If Bo wanted her to, she would have asked, wouldn't she? But damn her to hell, she couldn't let the woman freeze. She was just going to go in because Bo was cold. That's the only reason.
Tamsin climbed into the little bed and got under the blankets. She laid herself down and then hesitantly wrapped her arm around Bo, hoping not to wake her. She felt Bo beginning to turn to face her and she cursed silently.
The Succubus was most definitely awake, and staring straight into Tamsin's eyes. Bo reached her hand up to the back of Tamsin's neck and pressed her lips against the Valkyrie's. It was gentle, and tentative.
Bo pulled back, "Thank you".
Tamsin could read genuine gratitude and Bo's eyes. Before she could stop herself, she leaned down and kissed her again. Tamsin became very aware of her hand on Bo's hip, pressed against her bare skin.
Bo pulled herself right up against the Valkyrie, not an inch of space between their bodies. Bo moaned softly against Tamsin's lips and she felt that familiar pull in between her thighs. Tamsin's mind was telling her to stop, damn it she needed to stop. She chose not to listen.
She slipped her tongue into Bo's mouth, and moved her hand under Bo's sweat pants to cup her bare ass. Of course the damn Succubus wasn't wearing any underwear. Tamsin gripped her ass and pulled her on top, shifting to her back.
Bo was well aware that Tamsin was relinquishing the right to lead whatever they were doing right now. And that right there made her hesitate. "Stop playing with her emotions". Zora's words rang loudly inside Bo's head. Is that what Tamsin thought she was doing, too?
Tamsin grabbed the back of her head and slipped her tongue into Bo's mouth. She rocked her hips up against the Succubus and Bo reacted immediately, grinding her hips back down against Tamsin. STOP. Her mind screamed at her, and with every ounce of strength she had, she pulled back and sat up, still straddling Tamsin.
Her eyes were blue and she knew it. She closed her eyes, trying hard to contain her Succubus nature, but she couldn't. She was hungry and they were just going to stay that way. She looked back at Tamsin, disheveled and sexy as hell underneath her.
"What's wrong? Bo, you need to feed; it's okay. Go ahead."
Bo found herself chuckling, "Oh right, 'cause you don't want the same damn thing right now." Her voice came out thick with lust and she cursed silently.
Tamsin had an irritated look on her face. She shrugged, "I never said I didn't."
Bo sighed and leaned down, her face inches from Tamsin's. The Valkyrie was giving herself up to Bo right now. And as much as Bo would do anything to see this woman finally break for her, she couldn't do it. Not when the Valkyrie wasn't hers to have. Not yet.
Bo rested her head against the blonde's. "I can't, Tamsin."
And suddenly Bo was falling to the side. She landed with the thump against the hard ground and when she figured out what happened, Tamsin was already up and out of the shelter. The damn Valkyrie just threw her off.
And if that just didn't piss her off. Here she was trying to do the right thing, which in this case is completely against her nature. And Tamsin is pissed. What the actual fuck.
Bo scrambled her way out of the shelter and ran after the Valkyrie's retreating form. "Tamsin wait, where are you going?"
"Leave me alone, Bo."
Like hell. Bo chased after Tamsin, down the same path they went earlier that night. Bo finally caught her and grabbed at Tamsin, turning her around.
"What the hell, Tamsin. What are you doing?"
Tamsin was angry, but behind that was something else. She wouldn't look at Bo. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm trying to get away from you!"
Ouch. Bo released her and Tamsin stormed away, further down the path. Bo watched her go, and continued to stand there. She wrapped her arms around herself and tried to figure out what the hell just happened. And then she got it. She thinks I just rejected her. Bo looked up at the night sky and couldn't help the chuckle that escaped her throat. She's glad Tamsin wasn't there to hear it. Bo probably would be flat on her ass with a busted nose.
She sighed and continued down the path that the Valkyrie had taken.
Bo couldn't see a damn thing. She kept stumbling over shit and running into shit. Why do I have to fall for women and their complicated bullshit? After about 15 minutes she came to a clearing. Tamsin was standing on a flat rock, to which over the edge was a very long fall. It was a very clear night, and she had no problem seeing the Valkyrie. Tamsin was standing there, wide stance, with her arms across her chest. She was breathing angrily as she stared at the vast mountains in front of her.
"I swear to the gods, Bo. Go back or I'll toss you over the edge myself."
Bo rolled her eyes and approached. She reached out her hand and touched Tamsin at the base of her neck. The Valkyrie flinched and stepped away from her sharply. "I fucking mean it, do not touch me," she said with anger… and if Bo hadn't already figured it out, she would have missed the hurt in the blonde's voice as well.
"Damnit, Tamsin. Stop fighting me and listen," she said as she wrapped her arms around the blonde again.
Tamsin wasn't having it, nope. Fuck you, Bo. She shoved the brunette and then suddenly Bo stumbled backwards. Bo felt her foot slip and she was falling. She reached up for something, anything, and found Tamsin's hand.
Bo looked down and saw nothing but blackness, she looked up at Tamsin panicked. "Tamsin, pull me up, pull me up right now," she shrieked.
She saw Tamsin smirk and, oh my god, if Bo wanted nothing but to kick her face in right now.
Tamsin was flat on her stomach, leaning over the cliff, with Bo dangling by one hand. With Tamsin's free hand she brought it up to rest under her chin. "What an interesting predicament we find ourselves in. Hmm, to let the Succubitch fall, or to pull the Succubitch up… that is the question."
"I swear, if you don't pull me up right now I'll kill you myself," Bo yelled, looking down as the fear creeped up into her chest.
"Well, that's not really making me want to pull you up, now is it?"
Bo looked up and Tamsin, and felt the fear wash out of her. Tamsin won't drop her, and she knows that. Tamsin would never let her fall.
"Tamsin listen to me. It's not that I couldn't, it's that I chose not to."
And suddenly she felt herself being pulled up, and when she was safely on the solid ground, Tamsin was walking away again.
Tamsin did not want to have this conversation. She did not want to have to look Bo in the face when the Succubus told her she decided she did not want her after all. She wanted to be far away from Bo, and all the damn feelings associated with her.
"Fucking A, Tamsin just stop."
Bo grabbed her again, and spun her around, and pushed her up against a tree.
"I chose not to, because I'm hungry. And damn it, you're not just a feed to me. You never have been!"
Tamsin stopped struggling and looked at Bo. What?
Bo let out an exasperated breath and released Tamsin. She began to pace back and forth, and Tamsin just watched her.
Bo turned to face Tamsin and gestured back and forth between them, "This is not what you think it is. And fuck, I'm just not good at this saying my feelings crap. A lot better than you are, but still, not awesome at it."
Tamsin furrowed her eyebrows, "What are you trying to say, Bo?"
And then Bo was on her, with her body pressed firmly against Tamsin's, and her lips pressing against Tamsin's lips.
Bo kissed her hard, and when she pulled away, Tamsin felt breathless. Bo reached up to cup Tamsin's cheek. "I'm saying that I want you, Tamsin. A lot has happened in the last two days, and I need you to be patient with me. I need you to know that I want this, all of this. And I want it to be done in the right way. But I need you to trust me, and to trust that I want your fucking stubborn ass."
Tamsin couldn't wrap her mind around what Bo had just told her, "I…wait, what?"
"Tamsin, look at me."
Tamsin brought her eyes to Bo's. The blue was still there, but only a touch of it.
"Lauren and I were never going to work, with or without you. But it took coming to damn Georgia to have enough space to be able to see that. When I'm with you, sometimes I can't even breathe. You have taken up my every thought in my mind, and have found your way into my heart. But this isn't easy for me Tamsin. I don't like breaking hearts, despite what everyone else seems to think. I have no idea how I'm going to handle this with Lauren, and it scares me. So god, please, please be patient with me. I need… I need you to be patient. I am not playing with your emotions."
Well, Bo was definitely right about one thing, Tamsin wasn't very good with expressing her emotions. And although she felt something incredible happening to her, she had no words to give. She felt like she had a massive lump in her throat, and speaking just wasn't an option.
Bo was still looking at her, and Tamsin hoped to the high heavens of Valhalla that Bo didn't expect her to respond to that right now.
Bo rolled her eyes and pressed her lips quickly to Tamsin's before pulling herself away. "I can't believe you let me dangle off the side of a cliff for your own amusement. Who does that?"
Tamsin sighed with relief and chuckled, "I wouldn't have let you fall."
Bo rolled her eyes and grabbed Tamsin's hand. She squeezed it gently, "I know."
The walk back to the camp was quiet. Tamsin spent the majority of the time trying to help the Succubus from falling over every rock or tripping over every stick. Tamsin was thoroughly amused, and also very thankful for the quiet. Bo's words were slowly sinking in, and Tamsin felt like she could fly… metaphorically. She was happy. It had been so long since she really felt happy. She spent most of her previous lives solo, living for war and honor. She had forgotten what it was like to feel this for someone.
As they entered into camp, Tamsin saw that Zora was awake, sitting by the embers of the fire. Zora looked at Bo and smiled, with a quick wink. Tamsin furrowed her eyebrows and made a mental note to ask Bo about it later.
When they reached the entrance to Bo's shelter, Tamsin turned to say goodnight. Before the words left her lips, Bo leaned up to kiss her. "Stay with me tonight?"
Tamsin smiled, and nodded. She followed Bo into the shelter.
Bo situated herself so that she was lying on Tamsin's chest. The Valkyrie was playing with her hair while staring up at the branch-made roof.
Bo looked up at her, and Tamsin met her eyes.
"Lauren will be here in the morning…"
Tamsin nodded her head, "I know."
"You'll be patient with me, right?" Bo asked, a hint of fear in her voice.
Tamsin sighed, "I'm not going to like it if she touches you. But I'll try not to hurt the human."
Bo leaned up and looked down at Tamsin, her arms resting on the Valkyrie's chest. "Tamsin, I'm yours. Do you believe that?"
The words made Tamsin's chest tighten. She leaned up and pressed her lips against Bo's. Unable to reply to Bo's sentiment, yet again.
Tamsin laid her head back down and wrapped her hands tight around Bo. Tamsin was, most definitely, not one for sharing. She just hoped she would be able to control it in the morning.
"Bo we're here."
The voice sounded distant, and Bo was way too tired to open her eyes. She felt a warm body underneath her, and curled up tight against it. She buried her face into Tamsin's neck and kissed her there lightly. She heard Tamsin clear her throat, and Bo opened one eye. She looked at the Valkyrie, who was not looking at her, but at the entrance of the shelter. Tamsin had an alarmed look on her face that made Bo sit up straight. She already knew what Tamsin was looking at, and most definitely did not want to look herself. She just wanted to rewind to last night, when it was just her and Tamsin.
She sighed and looked at the entrance. Lauren. And a very pissed off and confused Lauren. She was staring at Bo, and the look she was giving her pierced Bo's heart. Guilt crept up into her chest until she was choking on it. Oh no. Lauren turned on her heals and walked away. Bo found herself scrambling out of the tent, apologizing quickly to Tamsin when she accidently kicked her in the face. When she was out of the tent she stopped and looked back at Tamsin.
And then she saw it, the usual mask that Tamsin wore when she didn't want to let anyone in. Her signature smirk was on her face as if none of this mattered to her. "No, Tamsin don't you dare put your walls up now. It took me a lot of effort to tear them down." She jumped back into the tent and grabbed Tamsin's face.
"You're the most stubborn woman I've ever met and I'm fucking crazy about you. You got that?"
Tamsin met her eyes and Bo saw the crack in her armor shine through. "Bo, do what you have to. I'll be here when you come back."
Bo kissed her, and then she was gone.
Tamsin sighed and fell back to the bed. She laid awake well after Bo had fallen asleep last night. She knew today was coming and that it could very well be the last time she would hold her like that for a while. But it wouldn't be the last time ever. Doubt filled her mind repeatedly, over and over, but Bo's words always came back to her. Trust me. And so she would, regardless of how hard that would be.
But she didn't have time to play this love- triangle game with Bo and Lauren. She had a battle to prepare for, and honestly it was a welcome distraction right now. She had to appear fearless when she left the comfort of this shelter. And so she took a deep breath, pushed her feelings and Bo and Lauren way down inside of her, and emerged from the shelter.
Her sisters were there, as she expected they would be. She had her carefree smirk plastered on her face when she nodded to them. She grabbed her armor from their man-made armory and dressed herself. Tamsin pulled her hair into a tight bun and left camp, with her sisters in formation.
She found Trick and Dyson seated with Azrael. Dyson's nose was scrunched, like he smelled something foul. Trick was listening intently to the words Azrael had to tell them.
When Tamsin and her squad approached, all eyes turned to them. The sun was barely rising, and Tamsin noticed the other Valkyrie squadrons emerging from their camps. She felt pride in every single Valkyrie in attendance, and suddenly she didn't have to fake it anymore, the troubles she had this morning faded away.
Tamsin sat herself among the three and her squad remained standing, as was customary. Trick looked at Tamsin with amazement, "Wow, Tamsin. You look great in your armor."
Dyson snorted, "Who would have thought my partner was so important." He smiled at Tamsin as she smacked his arm.
"Yeah yeah, down to business. Trick have you contacted the elders?"
Trick rubbed the back of his neck, looking anxious. "Yes, I have, but they weren't very convinced that a born again angel made his way to earth to warn us of an appending war."
Tamsin rolled her eyes, "Of course. So what do they want, a picture?"
Trick smiled tightly, "They demanded that Azrael return to Montreal to answer for his crimes."
Tamsin rubbed her temples harshly, incredibly irritated with the bullshit of politics that surrounded the Fae. "What exactly did happen with that Azrael?"
"I was looking for you. I was in the city, and a human tried to steal my clothes. I politely warned him that touching me would be his death. He took that as a threat and he and his friends tried to attack me. The first one grabbed my arm. When I awoke, they were all dead, including any bystanders." Azrael said, devoid of any emotion that comes with the murder of so many.
"Why did you leave?" Dyson asked. "You could have spoken to the Elders right then, I don't understand."
Azrael turned to the wolf. "It was not my objective to speak with any Elders. My only objective was to locate Tamsin. This idea to include as many Fae as possible is her doing, not my own. Once so many were killed, Sariel's minions would be coming. I could not stay."
"Why can't you just take care of Sariel's little beasties yourself?" Tamsin asked.
"Because they do not die by the scythe. I cannot take their soul, for they no longer have one that is in their own possession. If they find me, Sariel finds me. I would rather that not happen. The art of surprise is the only advantage we have right now."
"And a Fae army, pending the Elders comply." Tamsin responded.
Trick interjected, "I will tell them what I have learned here today. I still hold some persuasion with the Elders as the Blood King. Maybe I can make them see reason."
Tamsin nodded, "In the mean time, we must prepare. It is not often we fight in only our true form. And being that we will have no choice once we enter the realm of the heavens, we need to begin now."
Tamsin rose from her position on the ground, as did Dyson. "Let me fight with you, Tamsin. I need the practice. I have always been able to change at will, and I need to learn what it means to consistently live as a wolf. I have spent many years in my wolf form, but that was centuries ago. The primal instincts that come with it can be very hard to control."
Tamsin smirked, "Well then wolf boy, go ahead and shift."
Dyson laughed slightly. "Before I do, want to tell me what's going on with you and Bo, partner?"
Tamsin rolled her eyes, "Um, yeah, no. Now if you're going to do this, you will sleep as a dog, eat as a dog, and take a shit as a dog until this is over. Are we clear, soldier?"
Tyson huffed, "There are not many people I'd allow to describe me as a dog, and you know that. But due to the circumstances, as you say, Commander."
Tamsin smirked and patted his shoulder, to let him know she was only kidding with him. He responded with a nod and shifted to his wolf form.
He immediately took off into the mountain side. Tamsin knew that once he got the initial burst out of his system, he'd be back to train.
Tamsin turned to her squadron, all of them. "Valkyries, our training begins today. We will push our bodies to a point we've never had to before. Once we transform, no one is admitted to transform back. Control your ability to cast doubt, and control your wings to obey your mind. We all will eat, sleep, and fight in our true form. Is that understood?"
Every Valkyrie banged their sword against the breast plate of their armor, and began transformation. Tamsin took a deep breath and was about to release her true self when a thought entered her mind. Will Bo even look at me when she sees what I will become? She pushed the thought away as hard as she could, and allowed her true form to take hold.
When Kenzi had awoken it was well past noon. Trick told her that the Valkyrie's were already training. They weren't on the premises because Tamsin wanted to practice flight simulations or something like that. Apparently Dyson was out doing wolfy things, and when Kenzi asked about Bo, Trick looked uncomfortable.
Both Dyson and Trick had been standing a few yards behind Lauren when that whole mess happened this morning. Both men saw what happened, and Trick really would rather not talk about it.
Trick just told Kenzi that Bo was around here somewhere with Lauren, but he did not know where.
"Oh, Kenzi. When you find Isabeau will you tell her that I must return home to gather as many Fae as I can. I will return shortly."
"Will do, Trickster." Kenzi responded.
She figured she'd try to find Bo. If she knew her bestie, she knew Bo was probably not in a good place right now. The whole Valkyrie feelings and Doc problems, and such.
Kenzi searched around the camp for a good hour and couldn't find either one of them. She went back to where they slept and decided to try the trail Tamsin and Bo disappeared down last night. She tried really hard not to think about a half-naked Bo on top of a flustered Valkyrie when she passed by the area she and the other two Valkyrie's found them at.
After about 15 minutes, Kenzi found Bo seated on the edge of a cliff. The view made the human a little uneasy, but she approached anyway. She sat next to Bo.
"Okay, spill BoBo."
Bo looked at Kenzi and her eyes were red-rimmed and Kenzi immediately felt awful. She grabbed Bo and hugged her. "Oh, Bo bear, I'm so sorry."
Bo sniffed and laughed out a sob, "Ugh, Kenz sometimes I really hate being me."
"How can you hate being you? You're the most amazing person I know."
Bo nodded and let go of her friend. "She saw us like that Kenz. She saw me wrapped around Tamsin and the worst part was that at first I didn't even know Lauren was there. I wrapped myself around Tamsin and she watched it happen. How awful is that? I am literally the worst person you know, Kenzi."
"You can't help how you feel, Bo. Don't beat yourself up too bad. You and the Doc, well, let's be real. Relationships shouldn't require that much work. You're a Succubus. Lauren tried to understand and be supportive of that, but she never really can be."
"Ya know, I was actually just thinking about that. My grandmother was faithful to Trick, and I really didn't understand that, but now I think I do. Trick is a powerful Fae, and he was able to sustain her."
Kenzi furrowed her eyebrows and looked at Bo, "So, you think that maybe Tamsin can? Is that something you actually want, to remain with only one person like that?"
Bo smiled and looked back at her best friend, "Yeah, Kenz, I think she can. And yes, that's exactly what I want with her."
Kenzi's eyebrows shot up, "Wow, who would have thought the Valkubitch would make an honest woman out of you."
Bo laughed hard and wiped her eyes, "Yeah who would have thought." Bo bumped her shoulder, "Come on, let's go back."
Kenzi filled Bo in on what everyone was doing at the moment, and suddenly a shaggy black wolf came barreling out of the trees next to them. Kenzi shrieked due to the unexpectedness out of it, and Dyson began cackling, as if he were trying to laugh. Bo reached down and pet Dyson's head.
"Dyson, shift back, I haven't talked to you yet."
Dyson backed away and shook his massive fury head.
"Oh right, yeah so Tamsin commanded that everyone stay in their true form until after the battle. So, Dyson's stuck like this for however long." Kenzi told Bo.
"Wait, what? Including the Valkyries?"
Kenzi shrugged, "Yeah, well especially the Valkyries. You know them and their honor. Not a single one of them is going to break the command for fear they'll miss out on a Battle of a Lifetime."
Huh, Tamsin in her true form. All the time. Bo wasn't sure why, but she found the thought kind of hot. And suddenly she wanted to see Tamsin right now.
"Are they back yet? Come on." Bo grabbed Kenzi's arm and tugged her up the trail.
"Whoa, whoa, hold your horses BoBo."
When they got back to the parking lot, Bo was a little more than bummed that she didn't see a single Valkyrie. They must still be training.
The saw Azrael sitting with his legs crossed, in trance mode.
Bo walked to him and planted herself in front of him, crossed her legs as well, and plopped her chin in her hand.
"Uh, Bo, whatcha doing?"
"I'm waiting for him to come back from wherever he is. I'm going to the realm of the heavens, Kenz. I'm going to fight with Tamsin. I have to be there. She doesn't need me to protect her, I know that, but still, I have to be there. I feel it."
Kenzi sat down beside her, as did Dyson. And so they waited.
When Azrael opened his eyes, he wasn't surprised at all to see the three sitting across from him.
Bo spoke first, "I want you to train me, Azrael. If anyone can help me control the hybrid inside of me, it's you."
Azrael smirked. It was a weird expression to see on his face. He looked like a teenage boy. "And you don't want Tamsin to know of our training, is that correct?"
Bo sighed, "I just think if she knows what you know, and what you've told me, she will demand I stay behind. I don't want her to know that this is something that scares me, that I'm afraid I can't do."
Azrael clasped his fingers together and sat back, thoughtfully."I'll agree to train you, on one condition."
"And what condition is that?"Bo asked warily.
"If I feel that you are not ready, that you can't control your hybrid true self, you must stay behind. Going if you're not ready will not only endanger you, but every Fae in the realm. Once you enter our realm, your power will equal ours. Every Fae's power of this realm will be magnified, as ours is diminished in my home world. Do we have a deal, Succubus."
Azrael stuck out his hand for Bo to shake, which is an action Trick must have explained to him. Bo grabbed his hand firmly and shook it, "We have a deal."
Azrael stood up gracefully, "Perfect, because we are expecting a guest, and I'm going to need help with you."
Kenzi looked around and then up at Azrael, "So who's the mystery guest?"
Azrael smiled, "My younger brother, Dumah."
So, Surprise! Chapter update. Lol Merry Christmas, everyone