"Molly'll be fine for a while yet," Kendra declared, giving me a last head pat. "I should really get dressed, though. Somewhat inappropriate being dressed in just a towel."

I snorted at the line, but Kendra ignored me.

"I don't mind," Dak said.

"No, I'm very sure you don't. All the same..." Kendra leaned down to kiss me on the cheek. "Don't go anywhere," she instructed.

"Ha ha," I said.

Kendra left, somehow swooping elegantly out of the room in her towel-dress.

Then it was just me and Dak again. I honestly didn't know what to do with that. It was my own damn fault, sure, but I couldn't pretend...