computers, complete with multi-monitors and keyboards.
“Now this, I can dig.”
For the next couple of hours they worked side by side. It wasn’t really training but a collaboration as they scoured search engine after search engine for anything they could find on the Sahidic. There was even an Immortal Search Database. ISD as Gabe kept referring to it and it was filled with everything any geek person could ever want. She was in heaven. It wasn’t until she pushed off her chair that she realized she hadn’t heard a peep out of Micah.
“Micah?” Nothing.
“Dude, seriously, stop fucking around.” Still nothing. She was about to panic when she felt something stir in the back of her mind.
“Micah?”
“Yeah, princess sugar britches keep your thong on. I’m just chilin. Now get back to work.” Xee couldn’t help but smile.
“What are you so happy about?” Gabe asked next to her.
“Just talking to my bro Micah.”
“You mean the Para-housed.”
“I mean Micah.”
“I’ve never heard of a Para-housed referring to themselves as an actual person.”
“Maybe because you’ve never taken the time to inquire.”
Xee watched his face, his brows scrunching, something she realized he did all the time when he was thinking.
“Maybe Blossom.” He shrugged his shoulders and turned back to the screen picking up where he had left off. She didn’t comment on the use of her name, but went back to her work on the screen as well. She’d found a particularly interesting page about the All Seeing Eye and how the keeper of the sixth hour may or may not have two pieces of the Sahidic. The information was outdated as the last entry had been over six hundred years ago. The ISD had been around for a long ass time, she thought as she continued to read the article.
“Gabe, Xee. Lunch is being served. You two coming up or staying down there?”
It was the other pregnant female Jesminda and her child Faith.
“Yeah Gabriel, come eat with me.”
Xee saw the smile on his face at the sound of the little girl’s voice.
“Sure Faith. You know I’d never miss one of our lunch dates. Jes we’ll be right up.”
Again, she watched as his tall, bulky body rose gracefully from where he sat. All that man, all that power and he commanded it so well. He stretched his neck, bent forward, and stretched his massive wings.
“Those things must get in the way.” Xee blurted as she stood and stretched as well.
“What things?”
“Your wings.”
He turned facing her fully, a strange look on his face.
“You can see them?”
“Yes, they’re massive.”
“Normally no one can see them unless I want them to.”
He nodded his head once before standing taller, allowing his wings to span completely out behind him. He rolled his shoulders and it caused a sweet smelling breeze to roll through the room, the smell potent and addicting. If she had to put a name to it she couldn’t, but the smell was familiar, beckoning.
Fish out of water. She reminded herself and took a step back.
“Well a perk about them is they’re fully functional.” He held out his hand and she stepped back again until she hit the edge of her desk.
“I’ll walk.”
“Suit yourself. See you in a half an hour. I left the lights on so you should have no problem getting back up. Nothing will bother you.”
With that, he was out of the door leaving her with the computers.
Chapter 6
“How are things going with Xee,” Jes asked while she twirled pasta around the twines of her fork.
Gabe didn’t answer right away. He was still trying to burn the image of what she was wearing from his brains. Apparently, she was more attractive than he had anticipated. Well, that wasn’t true, but fuck, he didn’t have time for this shit. There was a job that needed to get done. He didn’t need any distractions. The shorts she was wearing were short, but not too short. And the tats that adorned her skin were begging to be traced
“Now this, I can dig.”
For the next couple of hours they worked side by side. It wasn’t really training but a collaboration as they scoured search engine after search engine for anything they could find on the Sahidic. There was even an Immortal Search Database. ISD as Gabe kept referring to it and it was filled with everything any geek person could ever want. She was in heaven. It wasn’t until she pushed off her chair that she realized she hadn’t heard a peep out of Micah.
“Micah?” Nothing.
“Dude, seriously, stop fucking around.” Still nothing. She was about to panic when she felt something stir in the back of her mind.
“Micah?”
“Yeah, princess sugar britches keep your thong on. I’m just chilin. Now get back to work.” Xee couldn’t help but smile.
“What are you so happy about?” Gabe asked next to her.
“Just talking to my bro Micah.”
“You mean the Para-housed.”
“I mean Micah.”
“I’ve never heard of a Para-housed referring to themselves as an actual person.”
“Maybe because you’ve never taken the time to inquire.”
Xee watched his face, his brows scrunching, something she realized he did all the time when he was thinking.
“Maybe Blossom.” He shrugged his shoulders and turned back to the screen picking up where he had left off. She didn’t comment on the use of her name, but went back to her work on the screen as well. She’d found a particularly interesting page about the All Seeing Eye and how the keeper of the sixth hour may or may not have two pieces of the Sahidic. The information was outdated as the last entry had been over six hundred years ago. The ISD had been around for a long ass time, she thought as she continued to read the article.
“Gabe, Xee. Lunch is being served. You two coming up or staying down there?”
It was the other pregnant female Jesminda and her child Faith.
“Yeah Gabriel, come eat with me.”
Xee saw the smile on his face at the sound of the little girl’s voice.
“Sure Faith. You know I’d never miss one of our lunch dates. Jes we’ll be right up.”
Again, she watched as his tall, bulky body rose gracefully from where he sat. All that man, all that power and he commanded it so well. He stretched his neck, bent forward, and stretched his massive wings.
“Those things must get in the way.” Xee blurted as she stood and stretched as well.
“What things?”
“Your wings.”
He turned facing her fully, a strange look on his face.
“You can see them?”
“Yes, they’re massive.”
“Normally no one can see them unless I want them to.”
He nodded his head once before standing taller, allowing his wings to span completely out behind him. He rolled his shoulders and it caused a sweet smelling breeze to roll through the room, the smell potent and addicting. If she had to put a name to it she couldn’t, but the smell was familiar, beckoning.
Fish out of water. She reminded herself and took a step back.
“Well a perk about them is they’re fully functional.” He held out his hand and she stepped back again until she hit the edge of her desk.
“I’ll walk.”
“Suit yourself. See you in a half an hour. I left the lights on so you should have no problem getting back up. Nothing will bother you.”
With that, he was out of the door leaving her with the computers.
Chapter 6
“How are things going with Xee,” Jes asked while she twirled pasta around the twines of her fork.
Gabe didn’t answer right away. He was still trying to burn the image of what she was wearing from his brains. Apparently, she was more attractive than he had anticipated. Well, that wasn’t true, but fuck, he didn’t have time for this shit. There was a job that needed to get done. He didn’t need any distractions. The shorts she was wearing were short, but not too short. And the tats that adorned her skin were begging to be traced
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