Safe For Now

[Nox]

Sterling interrupted. Raffe's laugh against his lips left him wanting more. He stayed where he was for several beats longer before he looked at Sterling to see what she had managed to conjure. A simple ball of light was held above her hand. Nox couldn't help the grin that spread across his lips.

But just as he was about to congradulate her a pounding on the doors sounded. There might have been one while his lips were entangled with Raffe's but he didn't want to think about it. There were only a few people who'd be pounding on the front door, and the cops would be yelling 'open up, it's the police' so Nox knew it had to be Sterling's parents.

Nox took a deep breath and let out a long sigh, "Let's get this over with."

He stood up and walked the short distance to the front door and unlatched the locks before pushing open the door. Two very Russian parents glared at him. "You must be Sterling's parents. I'm Nox." He pushed the door open so they could come in and he could finish the introduction. Point at each in turn. "This is Raffe, and that's Juliana."

Nox closed the door behind them, their glare had switched from him to their daughter and then it was like a string was tied to their jaws as they saw the orb of light floating above Sterling's hand. "Sterling came to see me in the hospital and I found out she could channel. " Nox stumbled over the last word - he wouldn't call the little girl a god to her parents. They didn't need to hear his views on the subject. "I only brought her here because Juls can teach her - so she doesn't succumb to the sickness and die."