Page 32 of I Dated a Holiday Hero
“She doesn’t have a knot, hun, and I think that was something you asked for.”
“Oh. Damn.”
“Yeah.” Veradil wrapped an arm around her, and they walked to where their car was waiting. “Time to go home and gorge on the marshmallows.”
The driver took them home, and Hever sighed when she saw that Krix and Worro were waiting for her.
She looked at her mother.
“What? I didn’t call them. I wouldn’t want to wreck these nails.” Her mother laughed. “I will just take the candy inside. Don’t be too long.”
Hever got out of the vehicle and put her hands on her hips. “What? Zera hasn’t sent me anything, and you two don’t look like you hang out together.”
Krix frowned. “There was a notification. Your friend Keera was abducted during the lights tonight. Her brother called the defenders, and he is with their parents right now.”
“Why are you here? Why aren’t you looking for her?”
Worro said, “Because I can’t see her, and I don’t know why.”
“What does that usually mean?”
“Something is psychically shielded.”
“This is a weird coincidence. Worro, did you have a girlfriend?”
He frowned, and a hand went to his head. “No, of course not.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Fine. We will do it the old-fashioned way. You are looking for a woman wearing a long blue dress, black leggings, a scarf, black boots, and she has my scent on her. Find that scent.”
Worro’s eyes went distant. “Got her. Krix, can you carry us both?”
“Yeah, of course.”
“Great.” He projected a map and showed him where to go. “There.”
Krix nodded, picked Worro up, and rose in the air before they blasted away.
* * * *
Keera was ploddingalong toward home. Her body was scratched up and covered with blood, but most of the blood wasn’t hers.
She heard a roar in the sky and looked up. She froze. It was Krix and Worro.
She swallowed and kept walking.
The defender and the retired guy stopped near her. “Miss Keera?”
She nodded. “That’s me.”
“Where are you going?”
“Home. I should be there in eight days.”
Krix stood in front of her. “I can get you there tonight. That way, your family wouldn’t worry.”
