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Pavel gave her a nervous glance.
She pointed to his head. “The mean ole lion cut it off before.”
I grimaced. “No more with that nickname.”
Lunita laughed. “The nasty lion cut your hair.”
“Nasty lion, well. . .” I shrugged. “I will take that.”
She laughed again.
I smiled. “I like when you are happy.”
She went silent.
“I did not like seeing you on the ground. . .crying. . .”
She lowered her voice to a whisper. “But. . .at least I listened.”
I tilted my head to the side. “You listened?”
“She told me to stay.” Lunita touched her chest. “So, I stayed.”
“My mouse?”
Lunita bobbed her head. “So now you can leave New Orleans. No more witch. Everything is fine.”
“Emily wants true healing.”
“We cannot heal. She saw when she was here.” Lunita let out an exasperated breath. “She wants to be the only person, and she isn’t even one of the earlier alters.”
“Emily wants to feel whole.” I tried to keep my voice as gentle as possible. “She wants to have control.”
The little girl spoke, “She is the Boss. She has control.”
Lunita rolled her eyes. “She wants all the control.”
“She wants you to stop coming out to kill people.”
Lunita fisted one hand and raised it in the air. “I come out for justice.”
What?
I blinked. “You create chaos.”
She lowered that fist. “I help. I kept us alive, just as much as she has.”
“You have.”
She swallowed.
“Thank you.”
Lunita put her gaze on the flowers.
“If not for my Lunita. . .I would have never met my mouse.”
She pouted. “I am not yours.”
