“Okay, I-I think we're good, now," Felix said, peering back the way they'd come. "We-" "Wife?" Vess asked, sharply. "Bold of you, Lord Navarre." "Oh," he chuckled awkwardly. "Yeah, sorry, it was-" "Mother?" Zara said, even more acerbically. "It was the first thing I could think of!" Felix said, frowning at the warbling giggle he felt through his bond. "Shut it, you. Everyone's a critic, even my magic bird-dog. We got in, and that's what matters, right?" Vess and Zara exchanged cryptic looks and, as one, began walking down the alley. Pit trilled in joyfully, high and loud across their bond. "What? It worked!” FunnyExasperatedFelix Navarre Book:Expanse Source: Expanse