“Thad. Jezebel.” Dain nodded. “How can I help?”
“Can you get us to Fane’s location?”
Dain nodded at Thad, extending his arm. Thad and Jezebel placed their hands on it, preparing for battle as warriors, not as history keepers. Their purpose had changed, but it was no less important.
Anna could feel Gustavo’s agitation at being unable to come into the building. She didn’t blame him. Her eyes widened as she saw the amount of skin that was on show and wondered why they even bothered to put on anything. It’s not like the tiny strings covered anything of significance.
“It’s not about what the outfits don’t cover, Anna,”Gustavo’s sensual voice filled her mind. She didn’t know if it sounded even more provocative than normal because of her surroundings. But it definitely had a magnified effect on her.
“What’s it about?”Oh, wow, do I sound breathy?
She felt a finger run along the back of her neck, and heat filled her belly.“It’s about what theyaccentuate.”
His words immediately made her aware of how the strips of fabric drew her eye to certain places. “Oh.” She dropped her gaze immediately.
Elle glanced back at her. The fae’s pink hair looked slightly fluorescent in the black lights. “You good?” she asked loudly so Anna could hear it over the music.
“Just getting educated.” Anna squeaked when she felt a hand on her cheek, a hand that wasn’t the touch Gustavo used through the bond.
“I’m going to kill them all,”her mate said in a dark, though quite calm, voice. He never seemed to lose control, but that was even scarier than an explosion of emotion.
“You can’t kill a female for touching my cheek.”Anna ducked her head away from the inquisitive woman and kept her eyes on the back of Elle’s head. She hurried forward and grabbed the back of the fae’s shirt. “Where are we going?”
Elle made a motion to a booth in the furthest corner. “A place where we can watch and keep everyone from being at our backs.”
Anna liked the idea of not having anyone be able to sneak up on them. She currently felt like they were being followed, and she kept looking over her shoulder only to find people dancing, paying them no attention once they’d gone past them.
When they’d finally made it to the booth, Anna slid around to face the room and take it all in. “What was Jewel doing in a place like this?” She didn’t really expect Elle to answer.
“Maybe she was curious,” the fae offered. “Or wanted to spice things up in the bedroom.”
Anna rolled her eyes. “Now you sound like Jen.”
Elle shrugged as her gaze roamed the room.
“What are you looking for?”
“Something that would attract a gypsy healer with witch blood running through her veins.”
“You think the magic in Jewel has become dark again and something is drawing her here?” Anna didn’t want to think that was the case. She didn’t want to think that Jewel still struggled with the awful things they had been through. Did she still look at the scar on her stomach and relive all that Volcan had put them through?
“Anna,”Gustavo called. “You are mine.The memories cannot have you.”
The warmth of his words flowed all the way to her toes. Gustavo never let the dark memories overwhelm her. He chased them off the moment they crept up. That meant he rarely left her alone for very long. It didn’t bother her. He was easy to be around. He talked only when he had something to say, but he seemed to enjoy listening to her talk, which was kind of funny because she didn’t feel the need to say much.
“Did you talk to Jewel?”
Anna frowned at Elle. “Of course we talked.”
“What about?” Elle didn’t look away from the room as she spoke.
Anna thought about it and then shrugged. “Sometimes, it was about mated life. Other times, about whatever crisis we happened to be in at the moment.”
“But nothing super personal? She didn’t confide or hint that something was wrong?” Elle’s eyes narrowed in on something, and Anna’s head turned to follow her line of sight.
There was a group of vampires, evident by the teeth they had sunk into the necks of other supernatural beings, dancing provocatively as they had their meal.Okay, that is disturbing.Did I really just think of those people as their meals?
“Should you do something about that?” Anna asked the fae.
