"I bet she would have at that." Alastor laughed. "Your mother was one of a kind, just like her daughter."
Truth was, Alastor had gotten himself into something that he now wasn't sure he could pull off. And Vance questioning him about everything had cracked open what that morning's conversation had begun to fracture.
"Trips and sex sounds like a fair compromise for meeting your high standards of 'all right'." Tilting his head, he kissed her softly. "All in good time. I'll get there. We'll get there. I promise. But for now, I think getting back to work is a brilliant idea, before the others come hunting for us."