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I explained the difference between the cheese in a cheesecake and the cheese on a cheeseburger, how french fries were made, and what I meant by unrecognizable meat as Kas and I sat on the couch, groaning through digestion. I was both glad and annoyed that I had ordered so much food. Glad because Kaspian ate like a teenage boy and annoyed because he inspired me to do the same. But the content look on his face was worth it.

“I must find a chef to take back with us to Serai.” Kaspian settled against the back of the couch with a sigh.

I stared at him. I had a few issues with his statement. First, there was the bit about him going home. Yes, I had assumed that he'd want to get back to where he belonged. He was a king, after all. But it still made me sad. Or it would have if he hadn't implied that I would be returning with him.

To another world.

Part of me shrieked in excitement at the prospect. Having Kas here was incredible. But going to his world? A world where magic existed? That would be beyond incredible. The ultimate adventure. Or maybe not. He said that humans were the lowest on the totem pole over there. How would they treat me? And why was I even thinking about this when I didn't know how to get him home in the first place? Plus, the other part of me shrieked too, but in fear, not excitement.

“Um.” I cleared my throat. “Do you know how to get back?”

Kaspian frowned. “I don't know how I got here. So, no. But you have science. Can't your human magic help me?”

“I don't think so, Kas.” I laid a hand on his knee. “We can go to outer space, but not to other worlds. Trust me, we've tried.”

“Outer space?” His expression went distant for a second, then cleared. “Outer space, as in the darkness beyond the sky?”

“Uh, yeah, I guess. We build rockets that can take people so high that they leave the planet and go beyond the Earth's atmosphere.”

“Atmosphere,” Kas whispered. Then he exclaimed, “You can send humans into the realm of the Gods?!”

I snorted. “Ain't no Gods up there, babe. Sorry to burst your bubble. Been there, seen that, got the T-shirt. There's a lot of beautiful stuff up there, but none of it is sentient.”

He rolled his eyes. “The Gods will not show themselves to you just because you stand at their gates.”

I blinked. “That was rather poetic. But how about this? Wouldn't we at least see the gates?”

“Doubtful.”

“All right. Believe what you want.”

“I find it hard to believe that you go up there. And I don't know why you would find it hard to believe that Gods can be invisible when you use invisible paths to connect your machines.”

“That's a rather good point.” I pulled out my phone, googled space flights, then turned it to show Kaspian a video of a rocket launch. “I concede the God thing. And here's proof that humans go to space. This is a vehicle called a rocket that takes humans into space, and this is how it gets up there.”

He gaped at the phone.

I brought up a video of astronauts floating in the rocket and showed him that next. “This is a video of humans inside a spacecraft in space. There's no gravity up there, so they float.”

“Flying humans.” Kaspian stared at the screen. “You keep showing me the impossible, Met.”

“Finally!” I waved my hand at him. “Thank you for using my name.”

He smirked at me. Then he made a sound that had nothing to do with outer space. I lifted a brow. Kas was staring at my lips. I looked down. Yup, he had an erection.

“Already?” I asked.

“I've waited hours! And you have yet to deliver on your promise of oral sex.” Kas yanked me into a kiss.

I may not believe in gods, but I thanked them anyway as I kissed Kaspian and unzipped his pants.