"Miss V!"Jackson exclaimed as I walked up to the table. "Where you been, shug?"He drew out the endearment with a hint of New Orleans, so the shortened sugar came out sounding like shu-u-ug.
"Fighting Gods."I laughed and hugged him. "Oh, and one werewolf."
"You're never satisfied with the normal are you?"Jackson's boyfriend, Tristan, stood up to hug me next. "The rest of us just have demons to slay, but you get Gods. I wanna live in your world."
"No, you don't; trust me."I loved teasing the boys with the truth because even though they assumed it was just fun fiction, there were times when they got a sharp look in their eyes, and I knew they suspected it wasn't so fictional.
"Gods or demons"-Jackson sent me a penetrating look—"we've missed you. You should spare some time for us mere mortals."
"Hot stuff, you ain't a mere anything,"I settled down into my seat and picked up my menu.