“Do you think our race will make it?” she asked later, after the sun had set, the desert draped in pale gray. It was a promise of joy, and one they sealed with a lingering kiss. “Yes,” she whispered, almost able to hear the raucous laughter and mischievous glee of the children they would one day have. Her heart clenched at the odd poignancy of those words. “I want our children to grow up happy and wild and-” “But we’ll have to wait until things are more stable.” I’d like that, too.” It was a wondering statement, as if he’d surprised himself. He spread his hand on her lower back, eyes locked with hers. “Yes, with you.” It hadn’t been a subject she’d ever thought about before him. Tumbling him to his back in the sand, to Rabbit’s excited “woof,” she kissed him all over the face, sensing his startled delight.
“Have you ever thought of having children?” No curve of his lips, but there was light in the winter frost, a deep happiness in the bond that tied them together. “No, empaths and Arrows.” Me and you? We’re just beautiful. “It’s a strange, beautiful alliance,” Ivy said to her man as they sat on a dune in the desert under the golden rays of the setting sun, Rabbit’s warm body beside her as he dozed after an active day. While one-on-one partnerships were no longer possible, given the number of active Es, each and every empath had the direct contact details of at least three Arrows. The lethal group had quietly made it clear that anyone who wanted to take on the Es would have to go through them. It was as well they had the entire Arrow Squad on their side.
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