Sweet. Yup, things were sweet. Veti was all warm and friendly and Max didn't even mind the crowd he had to share her with. They came with her, he could figure that out. They helped her, or something. Just like the easy breezy goddess. Max noticed the mood creating, over the top good feeling dame, oh ya, she was one of those deities things never want to fuck with because she would slam him right back down there in Daisy girl land. Nope Max would just smile and accept the ride. Sweet.

In the warmth of Isis’s ride it was Thad who sought the healing goddess out. He knew it was her ankh. He felt that easily enough and for all the surprise it was Max who found it. With a turn from Veti, Thad managed to let his face break through from the darker tougher Max. “Wondrous Mother, Healer, and Patroness of Nature, I am in need of your skills.” He bowed formally and let his face show Max and then Thad one right after the other. “I played in magic I did not understand to win the love ( Max grinned thinking lust) of someone I decided I could not live without. Now I am two in one body. It is this one, (Max smirked again) that brought you Osiris ankh. We ask that you make us one, not two, that I might take what I have learned from him, from my foolishness, and be someone deserving of the love I sought.”

Max laughed. 

The Goddess Isis watched them both and it seemed she smiled. “In time you will be him and he will be you all in one.”

“In time?” Max shot Thad back, his tone not near as respectful. “Fuck time, I just sat in some dead ass tree for oh, time, and I am not playing that game again.” 

Isis did not respond. The warm sweet feel all around Max faded and he reached for Veti just as his feet hit the ground. Sort of pissed at the mother god it took Max a few minutes to realize where he was. Back there? Of all the goddamn places to end up they were back in that I will save the world asshole’s place. He got extra pay for this shit, right? 

Good thing it was Atticus that greeted him and not that head of the wolf pack that sent them out on errands lead guy. With a hand extended Max couldn’thelp but snort a smile and reach out to shake the dude’s hand. “Where’s the chaps? I leave and your wardrobe goes to shit.” As he reached to take hold of Atticus's hand it was Thad that appeared standing there smiling. He was tall, thinner, with light hair and blue eyes that contrasted Max, dark rough features. He shot a glance to Siya, “I have missed you too sunshine.” His voice smoother and softer than Max’s had ever been.

“Now,” Thad spun around and scooped Veti up in his arms with the power and confidence of Max. “I remember where that room was. Whatever is about to happen will have to wait. I’ve been dead and I know just how to feel alive.” 

He didn’t wait for objections. Not from anyone, even Veti. Thad felt Max yip with pleasure.