’ ‘Should it have been?’ Anbay asked, her dark eyes moving to the pantheon of the Chinese gods in the front row of the stands, Morrigan’s accu...ers. Kuan Ti was the only one who met her gaze and didn’t stare daggers at Morrigan. A god of many things, revenge was his love. A god of death himself he’d been present at many poker games and Morrigan knew he was the one most likely to accept real justice. ‘Themis, I call upon you to recite the rules for our jury and those who may not be aware of. “Ems?” she asks when my eyes continue to just roam her body.“Sorry. Forget about the dead lady. There is no dead lady.”“OK, then,” she says with a small smirk. Apparently, she knows exactly what dirty thoughts had been going through my mind only a second before. “It seems like you two are doing better,” she adds, nodding her head towards the door.“Things are definitely moving in the right direction.”“I’m glad. I know you miss her.”I feel my body heat up at her words, but not in the same way it. They ran the 13 blocks to their church, figuring that their parents would pick them up there after the fog dissipated. That didn’t happen, and the fog continued to advance. They managed to stay ahead of the fog, and started to follow it back when it began to retreat. They spent the night in Sam’s house, which they had come to first.The house was empty, and the family car was gone. They ate some food they found in the refrigerator and spent the night in the bedrooms. For lack of anything better. Mum had checked with me, and I told her that Julie ate anything and everything. So we had one of our childhood favourites, broiled kidneys on toast with crispy streaky bacon on the side. The best bit for me was always mopping up the rich gravy with the toast, and I made everyone another couple of slices.xxxxxxxAfter lunch, Jen and I took Julie back up to Jen's room to sort out the put-you-up bed; no sooner was the door safely shut behind us than I took Julie into my arms, and attempted to kiss.