“It was okay,” I said. “The Alpha King said we could stay until we get the results.”
Gideon hummed. “Well, I guess that’s better than telling us to hit the curb already.”
I nodded. It was nice, feeling a kind of comradery with Gideon like this. Here, we felt like a unit – us against a potentially hostile host. I was glad that he came with me and was supporting me now. This all would have been much more difficult on my own.
I wasn’t ready to tell him that yet, however.
As we were sitting there, I was surprised when George came outside.
“I hear children’s laughter,” he said, laughing himself. “Do you think I could get to know them?”
All of the standoffishness George had shown with me earlier vanished immediately as Gideon and I called the children over and introduced them to George. At
