“Your mate?” I squinted at that. “Like age buddy?” I gave them a dubious look. “I know I'm not that familiar with you guys, but there's one thing I'm certain about, and that's how old you are. Last I checked, Blue said you were older than I gave you credit for. How then did we turn to age mates?” I scoffed, folding my arms as I watched them, waiting to hear their response, to know if they would lie their way out of this like they had been doing.

“Not that.” Blue rubbed the back ...