Page 11 of The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down
“That’s a good boy, Odie. You’re such a sweetheart.”
He rubbed my chest, then kept up the affectionate rubs and headbutts to Sola.
It took a few minutes, but finally, after what felt like an hour but was probably less than ten minutes, Sola started trilling and offering Odin her own rubs.
I blew out a relieved breath and snuggled the two of them for another few minutes before I finally decided I needed to get going and go to my first job of the day.
“You coming with me today, Sola?” I asked her as I set her and Odin on the table so I could stand, stretching and trying to wake my body up. This weekend really kicked my ass, and I was already ready to go back to bed.
If Winter hadn’t left already, I doubt I’d be able to get out the door at all. I really, really wanted him to wrap me in his arms again. A nice, long, peaceful nap sounded lovely right about now.
Ugh, and it was barely eight o’clock in the morning. Blech.
Sola chirped at me, and I somehow knew that meantyes, she was coming with me. Apparently being bonded to her meant I spoke firebird. Or at least, I spoke Sola.
I smiled. “Okay, cool. The first few appointments are follow-ups, so I just need to swing by and pick up my traps, then drop the faeries off at a sanctuary—not the one you came from.”
I kissed the top of her head. Bringing her along would be… interesting, and definitely wouldn’t hide the fact that I was technically a practitioner, even if every practitioner I’d ever met acted like being an empath was way below them.
“We’ll see how this goes with having a firebird with me.”
I snorted because even that sentence sounded weird. I couldn’t imagine how the customers were going to react. Hopefully, they’d all just fall in love with her as easily as I had.
She was certainly sweet enough for that to work.
I gave the top of Odin’s head a kiss too. “I’m sorry you can’t come with me.” What would I do? Put him in one of those baby slings like I’d seen other cat owners do? That would be ridiculous.
Cute. Definitely cute. But also ridiculous. I absolutely couldn’t work with him tied to my chest.
“Too bad Goliath isn’t here to keep you company,” I muttered as I grabbed everything I needed—firebird and file included—and headed for the door.
Hmm. Did Goliath get lonely at Winter’s house all alone? I wonder if we could trust him and Odin enough to leave them together unsupervised so they’d at least have a buddy?
It’d be weird if I asked him to leave his dog at my house, wouldn’t it?
Yeah. Super weird.
We’d only just started dating a couple of days ago, for crying out loud.
That was something I’d have to bring up in the future, though.
Probably way, way, way in the future.
The thought made me smile. The future. Could I really have a future with Winter Alexander Montgomery?
I wasn’t sure of the answer to that, but Ireallyfreaking hoped it was yes.
Chapter Four
Winter
Leaving Miles’s house this morning hadn’t been easy. I’d wanted nothing more than to curl around him, hold him tight, and sleep the day away with him in my arms. We could’ve had breakfast in bed, hung out for the day, and just… been together.
But obviously, that hadn’t happened. I had too much to do this morning, and I really wanted to tell my boss that I quit.
The thought made me smile a little bit.
After taking my puppers for a walk, showering, eating, and getting ready for the day, I gave Goliath a big hug and whispered,“I’m sorry I have to go to work, big guy. I’ll be home as soon as I can, okay?”
