Lost in Amber (RELIC #4)

by Maz Maddox

“That sounds dangerous…” Lance fidgeted. “Wouldn’t it be better to handle this before he—” “They,” Xiang corrected. “I’m too prehistoric for genders.” There was a long pause while Lance tried to decipher Xiang’s tone. “I can’t tell if you’re joking.” “I’m not. You can use ‘your majesty’ if ‘they’ is too complicated.”

“Where’s Xiang?” “I locked them in the bathroom.” “What? Seriously?” I looked to the closed door with the knob fiercely secured from the outside. “Morning,” Xiang called from the other side. “We’re working through some trust issues.”

You never forget your first time. Having a small, forty-pound ball of angry feathers defend me from a couple of gangsters was definitely a first for me.