Phoenix Maplewood the seventh horcrux

"Certainly," said Alya with a dip of her head, glad that someone around here was being pragmatic. She did not, of course, believe that she would have anything to teach him, but they would cross that bridge when they came to it.

What a small world. Sebastian was not a Redhawk sympathizer, but a mate to one of her own family. Admittedly, Alya did not know Andalusia very well, but her being an Ostrega was all the background she needed in order to accept the woman as one of her own. That made Sebastian family as well. "Well, nice to meet you, cos," she said with a soft laugh. "I might take you up on that - but I expect my sisters will be by soon enough to escort me home." That didn't mean that Sebastian couldn't come, but it was something to think about. Along with all the other things she'd had on her mind.

"If she is your mate, why do you live so far from her?" Alya asked then, curious about the nature of their partnership.