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.Tall, broad-shouldered,with dark hair he had tucked behind his ears since it was a bit too longand unruly.His eyes were pale blue and would seem cold if not for theglimmer of warm humor they almost always held.Yes, Darrak was admittedly gorgeous and seemed utterly out of placein Eden s tiny, plain apartment.Let alone in her tiny, plain life. Hungry? he asked, indicating the frying pan.An explicit clip from her erotically charged dream flickered in her mind. Not really. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you know. Followed closely by a steady stream of caffeine.Which I will grab atwork. Fine.More for me. He scooped the contents of the frying pan onto awaiting plate.Demons didn t have to eat, but Darrak enjoyed the taste offood anyway.He could shovel it in and remain the same size, notjeopardizing those mouthwatering abs of his no matter how many calorieshe consumed.Please think about something else, she instructed herself sternly.She squeezed her amulet, focusing on the coolness of the stone.Butthat only helped remind her of why she had to wear it in the first place.Black magic stirred under her skin.Ignore that, too.Tonight.They d go back to the club tonight.She wondered if Grahamhad ended up finding out any more about the missing women.Shegrabbed the newspaper Darrak had brought in earlier and flipped throughthe first few pages.Nothing stood out to her about the case.Of course,Graham was the only one who thought it was a case.To the police, it wasa half-dozen adult women who d wandered off without telling anyone.She truly wished she could channel her psychic abilities intosomething more practical than an unhelpful and unreliable flash ofinformation every now and then.Leena sat quietly on the sofa in the living room reading a copy ofCosmopolitan. So? Leena asked, glancing over at her. So what? How did it go last night? She waggled her eyebrows.Why was she waggling her eyebrows?Two weeks ago, Eden had allowed a small black cat to have someshelter one cold, rainy night.That black cat turned out to be ashapeshifter hiding from people she said wanted to kill her.After beingpossessed by Darrak, Eden gave off some otherworldly vibes that Otherswere able to sense.Because of this, Leena assumed Eden could protecther and wouldn t take no for an answer when she tried to get rid of her.Whether or not Eden could protect her was one thing.However, they dcome to an agreement.In return for temporarily living there, Leenawatched over Eden she was extremely distrustful of Darrak and demonsin general, and her presence helped ease Eden s mind a little bit when itcame to him.Besides, there wasn t much of a chance for forbiddenromance with a third party lurking about in the small apartment.Not that she needed a chaperone for that.It wasn t as if she couldn tkeep her hands off Darrak.Dreams were not indicative of reality. Well? Leena prompted after a moment passed. Uh, it went okay last night, Eden said, still disappointed they hadn ttalked to the wizard s assistant.But Darrak had been right to leave.Shedidn t want to meet any of his old demonic friends if she could help it.Anunpleasant chill ran down her spine. Could have been better, I suppose,but it was a start. And is there anything you want to tell.anyone? Leena s headbobbed in Darrak s direction.He stood with his back braced against thefridge, eating his breakfast, watching their conversation carefully.Eden glanced at the egg-loving demon. Uh.like what? You know, Leena said pointedly. About where you were going latelast night? Late last night? What are you ? Gosh, would you look at the time? Darrak interrupted, dumping hisempty plate into the sink. Eden, we really should go.Andy said hewanted to talk to you first thing this morning, remember? He used theword important, so obviously it must be important. Right. Eden shook her head, trying to clear the early morning fog.Normally she was much more alert than this. Hang on.I have to have myorange juice first.Her morning rituals were important to her.She might not be in themood for eggs, but she had to have her vitamin C.She quickly poured aglass and downed it in one gulp.Darrak eyed her. Beat the threat of scurvy for another day? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. She glanced at theshapeshifter. I ll talk to you later, Leena. Just remember that torch we talked about, Leena said meaningfully,with a sideways glare at Darrak. It needs to be extinguished ASAP.Trustme, it ll make it easier on everyone involved.What in the hell was she talking about? Had she been smoking somecatnip this morning?Best to play along or they d never get out of there. Right.Extinguishthe torch.I m totally on it.Eden grabbed her purse and headed for the door, which Darrak nowheld open. Leena, he said dryly. A pleasure as always. Bite me, demon. Is that an invitation?She morphed into her cat form, turned her back on him, and paddedinto Eden s bedroom.Eden rolled her eyes.The two despised each other, but they hid it sowell.When Darrak closed the door behind them, she turned to him. Whattorch was she talking about? No idea.You seriously need to get rid of her. His expression soured. I think she has fleas.And she s a trouble-maker. Takes one to know one. I don t have fleas.A glance down the hall showed that her new neighbor was leaving hisapartment at the same time.He fumbled and dropped a ring of keys onthe floor as well as a bag of something.Were those marbles?They scattered in all directions.He swore under his breath.Adjusting her purse strap, Eden knelt down and gathered up thesmall, colorful glass spheres that rolled toward her. This is embarrassing, the neighbor said.He was tall and attractivewith wire-frame glasses perched over light brown eyes.He wore a bluesuit and tie that managed to look more casual than businessy.He rakeda hand through his short, shaggy brown hair. What s embarrassing about marbles? Eden asked, smiling. I usedto play with them when I was.well, I was ten at the time, but I m nothere to judge. They re actually not my marbles.I m a teacher, and I ve found simplerewards like these help to motivate students.Since I m new here, I canuse all the help I can get. So every student who answers a question. Wins a shiny marble.You ve got it. He grinned. Welcome to the building.You just moved in, right? Two days ago [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]