Rise of the Phoenix
“I was a foster kid too. Most of us were. We decided that it’s how the scientists found us, well most of us. I heard they killed Nova’s parents so no one would come looking for her. But most of us had no one our whole lives until we came here.”
I nod, wrapping my arms around him and letting him hold me. Ajax feels like home. He feels like the warm fireplace, the security of a roof over my head, and the safety of knowing I’ll never have to leave and start over again.
“You’re purring,” he says. His head is resting on mine, and his hands are rubbing up and down my back.
“Is it me, or Phoenix?” I ask him.
“You tell me,” he says, pulling back and looking at me.
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