Chapter 60

Rikash heard laughter as he approached his apartment and paused. Krithdeker and a woman. It came again, high, and bright. Amelia s end of the Bond glowed and danced golden and pink. Her laughter, he thought. He could not remember having heard it before, and that realization gave him an uncomfortable pain in his chest. He opened the door, and Krithdeker and Amelia turned on the couch towards him, their faces bright with their amusement. The telepath, Lilith, sulked at Krithdeker s side, her head on his lap as was traditional. "Ah, there you are Arken," Krithdeker said warmly, patting Lilith to get her to sit up and then rising to his feet and drawing her up with him. "I trust your battle today was victorious?" "Yes," Rikash was intrigued by what the older dominant male had spoken to his mate to make her laugh in such a way. "You were laughing?" "Ah, I was telling your mate stories from your childhood," Krithdeker was unrepent