Chapter 54

• Chris sighed quietly and sipped his glass of mead. The Captain and three officers had come to collect Walt, and with their superior riding in the squad car this time—escape wasn’t going to be an issue.
• That didn’t mean it was over, and all involved knew this. There had been a short pause as they registered what had just happened and then it was gifts and yule as if none of it had happened. He supposed that was a good thing, they weren’t going to dwell on it and ruin the festivities. Knowing what his friends had gone through in the last year…their resilience no longer surprised him.
• He smiled at Kassandra, when she paused to seek him out and connect briefly. His Kassandra, his heart. Chris wasn’t sure which gods had deemed him worthy of her, but he would do all in his power to make sure that never changed.