Chapter 170: All In A Day's Work

Wilding Springs never felt so like home. I stepped out into the kitchen with my kids at my side to find Gram and Demetrius waiting for us. Sassafras stood on the table, tail thrashing, and I knew he was going to give me a lecture on leaving him behind. But before he could say a word I scooped him into my arms and bussed him on the top of his head with noisy lips.

"Oh, Sass," I said. "You're the bestest puddy tat EVER."

He snorted. And relaxed in my arms. "You suck," he said.

"So I've been told." I kissed him for real while Gram doled out glasses and frothing, ice cold chocolate milk. Within moments I was seated with Sass beside me lapping his own bowl of creamy goodness while Gabriel quite calmly informed me he'd been searching for other pieces of Creator all along.

Surreal, really. All in a day's work for the Hayle family.