Thankfully for Peter, Svetlana didn't notice his downstairs response to her touch. She was much too focused on watching his interactions with their daughter, and she'd also shagged Ryn recently, so didn't have the desperation for it that Peter did. "I know," she said softly. "And you're here for it. I'm sure Deirdre will forgive you. Though she may expect a very epic phone call sometime soon..."

Tasha, however, did notice. Her eyebrows raised slightly from where she lay against her dad, but she didn't draw attention to it. It was weird, but she did flick her eyes over to see if he was doing what she thought he was doing. It was.

On some level, it was vaguely satisfying to Tasha. That was a detail she doubted Magnus would have thought to include.