Chapter 11 Steph held her breath for a moment, perfectly balanced between wanting to know more about what might be going on in Lightning Gap and wanting to hold on to the blissful warmth of the day. The strangely familiar comfort of spending so much time with Kim, as if not a day had passed and nothing had changed between them. The fact that so many things had changed about them only made their connection stronger. Ivy gave her the same feeling of security and adventure with a thread of danger underneath as always. Even with Steph’s newly born desire to keep herself out of risky situations when she possibly could, Ivy still delighted her. Of course BeeGirl had won her heart from the first sweet wag. Her impression of Venus as so brave and confident, so exotic and worldly, hadn’t chang