Anya nodded as she listened. A small part of her brain was breaking at the thought of a Stark and a Hammer working together. There was some law of the universe being broken somewhere.

They were similar in some aspects and very different in others. They were both results of flings, but unlike Anya, the girl's mother cast her aside. Anya's mother wasn't around much, but Anya never felt unwanted. A part of her felt sorry for the girl.

"Another lucky one with fancy powers," Anya said with a small smile. "I didn't get so lucky."

"There's no sense in standing out here all night." New England autumns were cold, wet and windy and this one was no exception. "Come back to headquarters and you can talk to the team."