"He ran away..." Aria muttered.
"Mom for the rescue~" Nyx was having a great time.
Vespera sat at her desk with an open folder in front of her. Her eyes went straight to his face, examining him closely enough that he found himself sitting up for her.
"Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine. Everything's healed."
"Your hand?"
He held it up and spread his fingers. "See? Good as new."
Her gaze lingered on his palm before returning to his face.
"And the others?"
"We're all here."
Kaiden propped the phone against a tea box, angling its camera toward the family. Alice detached from his head in a gathering of golden light and perched on the sofa's arm beside Alexandra, leaning forward to see their mother.
"I'm fine too," she announced. "Big Brother had me with him the whole time."
"I saw."
"Lady Vespera." Yunohana placed Kaiden's cup before him, then inclined her head toward the phone. "Your family is at our headquarters. They have been helping us understand what happened."
