Page 61 of Raven's Instinct

Alan had kissed her gratefully, and it was the same lingering, lovely kiss that he offered her now. “You smell like horse,” he observed.

“STINKY!” Amy chimed in less diplomatically.

“How was the mission?”

“Easier than I’d feared, harder than I’d hoped,” Kendra said honestly. “The sting was set up really well, but one of the guys decided to fly for it. Literally.”

“And you got him?”

“Dropped him out of the sky like a lead weight,” Kendra said in proud delight. “The agency is putting me down for the arrest.”

“Your first arrest! I’m so proud!”

“Don’t you patronize me, Mister Peed Off,” Kendra said in mock offense. “I know I’ve got a few to go to catch up to you, but I will. Thank you for babysitting.”

“I have no doubts,” Alan said. “And it doesn’t count as babysitting if it's your own baby. It’s just parenting. Right, Amy?”

“STINKY!” Amy repeated.

“I’m going to take a shower and then a bath, to soak all the stink out of me,” Kendra said, rubbing noses with Amy.

“Maybe I can get her down to sleep and come join you,” Alan suggested.

“It’s a one-person bathtub,” Kendra reminded him.

“One person or two birds?” Alan countered.

Kendra laughed and went past him up the stairs.

This was her life now. A house, a partner, and everything exactly as it should be, with two bathtubs and the sky, limitless, above them.