bad for your dad. What'd he do to them?"
"What makes you think he did anything?" I asked, unable to keep the defensive note from my voice.
"Well, they aren't likely to have picked his name from a hat. Whether he did something on purpose or it's just because he is the man he is, they have a reason. Find that reason, then you find the way to break them."
Good point.
Logan ducked down to scan my face, took my chin in gentle fingers. "Nothing you say to me will ever be repeated beyond this room."
"Really?" I patted him down, shoulders, hips. Butt. "What if you're wired?"
He frowned, seriously considering it. "If I am, I actually have no way of knowing. So good point. Let me verify our security before you say anything you regret."
I frowned too. "I didn't mean--"
He shook his head. "Kai, it's got nothing to do with anything you said. If I'm bugged, something I hadn't even considered until now, then I'm a danger to us all. What we discussed at O'Hagan's could have incriminated us."
I shook my head. "I'm just not sure that either your or the djinn are buggable."
"What do you mean?"
"You guys are both hot."
He smiled. "What can I say?"
"Shut up." I smacked his shoulder, then skipped around him and headed into my room where I grabbed my messenger bag and returned as fast as I could.
"I meant your body temperature. I'm not sure any electronics can survive that kind of contained heat. Not unless it's the NASA kind. And that's bloody expensive."
"Both Sentinel and Omega have access to a lot of money."
I sighed. "Just great." There was a very real possibility that all my secrets were out there for anyone to see.
"So where are you off to?" he asked too brightly.
"The DeathTalker Estate. To see Kira."
Silence stretched between us as a flicker of flame flared in Logan's eyes. It wasn't often that his fire showed.
Not good.
"She collecting?"
"Yup. And something big is going down. Nerina was so jittery, she looked like she was about to explode into shadows."
"I'm coming with you."
I lifted my chin. "Not on your life. You saw how angry she was the last time you tagged along. How many hours did you wait outside for me?"
His cheek twitched, as if he didn't care that the high priestess had made him wait more than two hours outside her library.
"You're not coming."
Logan's eyes narrowed. "Fine. If you don't take me, then at least ask Lily to go with."
"Just to make you feel better?"
He almost blinked.
I grunted. "Fine," I said ignoring the surprised arch of his eyebrows as I dug inside my bag for my phone and texted Lily to come over.
Knowing her, she'd bring Anjelo and I'd have to kick him out before dragging her with me.
Fabulous.
Just fabulous.
CHAPTER 13
T HANK GOODNESS I' D GIVEN L ILY a key to my apartment. One more knock on the door and there was no telling how safe she would have been.
She flung the door open, kicked it shut and staggered in hunched under the weight of her rucksack.
"Did you rob a bank?" I asked, tapping my finger against my wrist as I leaned against the kitchen counter, arms crossed. I'd gotten tired of pacing.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Almost." She set the rucksack on the table. "I brought whatever I thought would be needed." She opened the flap and untied the mouth. "What do you think?"
I walked over and peered inside. Laughed. Shook my head. "We're going to see a high priestess, not to fight the whole wraith army."
Lily sighed, looking from the bag to my face then back again. "Can we fight the wraith army after we see the queen B-word?"
"Empty it and let's go. We don't want to keep the B-word waiting." It surprised me Lily had actually used a clean version of the term. She'd never been one to couch her thoughts in niceties.
"No Anjelo?" I asked.
Lily jerked her head. "Nope. He's otherwise occupied."
I stopped in my tracks and turned around.
I'd known Lily long enough to recognize when something was bothering her. Her inability to shift had always been a chip on her
"What makes you think he did anything?" I asked, unable to keep the defensive note from my voice.
"Well, they aren't likely to have picked his name from a hat. Whether he did something on purpose or it's just because he is the man he is, they have a reason. Find that reason, then you find the way to break them."
Good point.
Logan ducked down to scan my face, took my chin in gentle fingers. "Nothing you say to me will ever be repeated beyond this room."
"Really?" I patted him down, shoulders, hips. Butt. "What if you're wired?"
He frowned, seriously considering it. "If I am, I actually have no way of knowing. So good point. Let me verify our security before you say anything you regret."
I frowned too. "I didn't mean--"
He shook his head. "Kai, it's got nothing to do with anything you said. If I'm bugged, something I hadn't even considered until now, then I'm a danger to us all. What we discussed at O'Hagan's could have incriminated us."
I shook my head. "I'm just not sure that either your or the djinn are buggable."
"What do you mean?"
"You guys are both hot."
He smiled. "What can I say?"
"Shut up." I smacked his shoulder, then skipped around him and headed into my room where I grabbed my messenger bag and returned as fast as I could.
"I meant your body temperature. I'm not sure any electronics can survive that kind of contained heat. Not unless it's the NASA kind. And that's bloody expensive."
"Both Sentinel and Omega have access to a lot of money."
I sighed. "Just great." There was a very real possibility that all my secrets were out there for anyone to see.
"So where are you off to?" he asked too brightly.
"The DeathTalker Estate. To see Kira."
Silence stretched between us as a flicker of flame flared in Logan's eyes. It wasn't often that his fire showed.
Not good.
"She collecting?"
"Yup. And something big is going down. Nerina was so jittery, she looked like she was about to explode into shadows."
"I'm coming with you."
I lifted my chin. "Not on your life. You saw how angry she was the last time you tagged along. How many hours did you wait outside for me?"
His cheek twitched, as if he didn't care that the high priestess had made him wait more than two hours outside her library.
"You're not coming."
Logan's eyes narrowed. "Fine. If you don't take me, then at least ask Lily to go with."
"Just to make you feel better?"
He almost blinked.
I grunted. "Fine," I said ignoring the surprised arch of his eyebrows as I dug inside my bag for my phone and texted Lily to come over.
Knowing her, she'd bring Anjelo and I'd have to kick him out before dragging her with me.
Fabulous.
Just fabulous.
CHAPTER 13
T HANK GOODNESS I' D GIVEN L ILY a key to my apartment. One more knock on the door and there was no telling how safe she would have been.
She flung the door open, kicked it shut and staggered in hunched under the weight of her rucksack.
"Did you rob a bank?" I asked, tapping my finger against my wrist as I leaned against the kitchen counter, arms crossed. I'd gotten tired of pacing.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Almost." She set the rucksack on the table. "I brought whatever I thought would be needed." She opened the flap and untied the mouth. "What do you think?"
I walked over and peered inside. Laughed. Shook my head. "We're going to see a high priestess, not to fight the whole wraith army."
Lily sighed, looking from the bag to my face then back again. "Can we fight the wraith army after we see the queen B-word?"
"Empty it and let's go. We don't want to keep the B-word waiting." It surprised me Lily had actually used a clean version of the term. She'd never been one to couch her thoughts in niceties.
"No Anjelo?" I asked.
Lily jerked her head. "Nope. He's otherwise occupied."
I stopped in my tracks and turned around.
I'd known Lily long enough to recognize when something was bothering her. Her inability to shift had always been a chip on her
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