“Goody!” Simi used her powers to conjure a crystal-encrusted, Hello Kitty hand mirror that she held up for him so that he could see the horns. Urian grinned at the silliness of it. “Perfect.” “Charonte!” She held her hand up for him to high-five her. “Charonte!” he said, and gently touched her palm with his. Alexion picked that moment to come in and burst into laughter. “Should I even ask?” Urian glared at him. “Not if you want to live.” Simi snorted. “Akri-Uri is a Charonte now. We’s adoptive him. He our baby now so if you make our baby cry, we make you cry.” Urian’s grin turned to straight
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