Alexei smiled at the windshield, enjoying the playful tone to Sera's voice.
But she wasn't wrong… why go with one route when two was that much better?
He had enough cold left for edges and one more hard trick before he needed to start worrying about overdrawing his power.
He felt Psycho inside his chest cocking his head to the side as he looked out at the world from Alexei's eyes. Maybe next time you'll practice more. You don't need to hide things from a chosen family.
His words caused Alexei to freeze for just a second. Was that what he had? A chosen family? Not one chosen by fate, or by someone else, but by him?
If that was the case, then he was going to make sure that no one took that choice away from him again.
And the family revolved around Sera.
He glanced left. The flood licked the base of the levee. The wind would carry steam south if Zubair gave him heat.
