Nathan couldn’t help thinking, like he had so many times already, that they deserved this, but when his eyes met Wally’s blue-grey ones over Sasha’s shoulder, still sitting on the countertop, her expression was more human than he had ever seen it.
And she didn’t look like she believed him for a second. 29
Later, when Nathan was called back to the bar, he found the twins cooing all over Jim and Alex.
“You know, I think the term saucy minx was invented just for the likes of you two,” Nathan said, grinning wide as he approached them.
The atmosphere had completely changed in the bar with the twins’ arrival, though maybe that was because Jim and Alex hadn’t yet caught their breaths from the blonde whirlwind that had swept through.
Epica’s eyes fell on Nathan first, but Attoinette squealed, “Oh my god,” and threw her arms around him. “Nathan! You’re gorgeous!”