01-03-2025, 03:03 PM
Nox had been pulled away on a secret mission. It wasn't Atharim, but he left none-the-same. Jacob was concerned but even the hacker boy had gone with him so it had to be important it wasn't just a trip home for the sake of going home.
Jacob knocked on Zephyr's door. He'd tracked her down, it hadn't been hard. Not that her place of residence wasn't listed in the Atharim files. Which Jacob was still getting used to. He fumbled through the systems but found his way around sooner or later. He was no hacker that was for sure. His old fingers barely finding the right keys to type with. Clerical work had never been his thing.
The pendant hung against his chest under the shirt and Jacob wondered if the boy would take it if it was offered. Now that he was doing his job -- even if he required some clean up work. He still went after the dangerous ones.
The pettite woman opened the door looking depressed and underjoyed. "Jacob." She said moving aside to let him in.
"Has your cousin located our godling?"
Zef blinked at him as if he'd spoken a foreign language and shut the door behind him. "Hayden tells me that Nox got a text and he and the hacker went on a trip to the US. Hayden was unable to follow."
"Isn't that his job?"
Zef nodded pouring a second glass of wine and offering it to Jacob before nodding for him to sit and make himself at home. "When we have a job for him. He's not a detective."
Jacob nodded. "And he shouldn't be sleeping with the boy either. Yet he has done that." Jacob couldn't fault either of them, he'd probably done the same thing given the choices they had now. He'd never have done it when he was their age. Being with Noah had presented enough problems as it was. And Nox reminded him too much of the man he had loved for so many years. "We have no idea where he is, or what he's doing?"
Zef laughed. "You Americans are harder to track in your homeland than you are here."
"I suppose you are right, he'll come back. He has nothing back there." Jacob didn't think Nox would ever go back, he'd made a life here -- a real one. As he thought about doing the same Jacob noticed the pair of spider like jewels sitting on the coffee table. "What are these trinkets? They look mighty dangerous for such pretty things."
Jacob knocked on Zephyr's door. He'd tracked her down, it hadn't been hard. Not that her place of residence wasn't listed in the Atharim files. Which Jacob was still getting used to. He fumbled through the systems but found his way around sooner or later. He was no hacker that was for sure. His old fingers barely finding the right keys to type with. Clerical work had never been his thing.
The pendant hung against his chest under the shirt and Jacob wondered if the boy would take it if it was offered. Now that he was doing his job -- even if he required some clean up work. He still went after the dangerous ones.
The pettite woman opened the door looking depressed and underjoyed. "Jacob." She said moving aside to let him in.
"Has your cousin located our godling?"
Zef blinked at him as if he'd spoken a foreign language and shut the door behind him. "Hayden tells me that Nox got a text and he and the hacker went on a trip to the US. Hayden was unable to follow."
"Isn't that his job?"
Zef nodded pouring a second glass of wine and offering it to Jacob before nodding for him to sit and make himself at home. "When we have a job for him. He's not a detective."
Jacob nodded. "And he shouldn't be sleeping with the boy either. Yet he has done that." Jacob couldn't fault either of them, he'd probably done the same thing given the choices they had now. He'd never have done it when he was their age. Being with Noah had presented enough problems as it was. And Nox reminded him too much of the man he had loved for so many years. "We have no idea where he is, or what he's doing?"
Zef laughed. "You Americans are harder to track in your homeland than you are here."
"I suppose you are right, he'll come back. He has nothing back there." Jacob didn't think Nox would ever go back, he'd made a life here -- a real one. As he thought about doing the same Jacob noticed the pair of spider like jewels sitting on the coffee table. "What are these trinkets? They look mighty dangerous for such pretty things."