He yanked it back and continued to massage it gently, raising his eyes to look at me, “you deserved it but maybe I could have been gentler.”
“Maybe,” I replied and he finished and let my wrist go.
“Kael,” I said, after a brief moment of silence, “Caelan's travelling back tomorrow. The station gets chaotic on Founder's Day and finding a hired car is nearly impossible. Could I borrow Fenris to take him? I'd feel better knowing he got there."
Kael was quiet for a moment. "We'll talk tomorrow."
The next morning I came out early, still rehearsing how to bring up the request again, and found him already up and dressed with the car keys in his hand. He looked at me in the doorway.
"Not coming?"
I came, and didn't slow my pace getting to the car.
He drove to a bakery in the central district
