“Lovely.”
She gave me an impatient look. “If the demons had known we had one of their children— so rare and so precious— they would have burned our coven to the ground years ago.”
20
Danica
Ileft Kyla parked outside the hotel so she could keep an eye on the witches’ coming and goings.
My mind raced as I drove back to Samael’s tower. Misty was on my hip, and the dagger hadn’t glowed once while I was talking to Gemma. She’d been telling the truth as she knew it.
I nodded at the demons in the lobby and took the elevator to the top floor.
Lia rubbed up against my legs as I entered Samael’s penthouse. I crouched down and stroked her.
“You’ve got free run of this place, huh? And how’s Evie doing?”
I poked my head in her room. Still asleep. But she was tossing and turning some.
Lia let out a meow and jumped at my legs. I walked into Samael’s kitchen, where someone had set up her food bowl.
I gave her a hard stare. “I know damn well you’ve already been fed this morning.”
Her hard stare was better than mine. I sighed and poured a little dry food into her bowl.
A few minutes later, I slipped into the office Samael had designated for me, armed with a coffee and the cat, who’d clearly decided I was back in her good graces. I opened my laptop and turned on the computer on the desk.
Samael had arranged for Steve to load all of the programs I needed onto the desktop, too.
I sat behind the desk. While I was looking forward to setting up my main office, I had to admit Samael had hit the mark here. All because he’d seen me working with my laptop on his sofa.
Lia jumped up on my lap and I winced as she began kneading my thighs with her claws. I reached for my phone, hoping Steve had gotten lucky somewhere.
“Yo.”
“Did you find anything in the video Gary sent you?”
He let out a frustrated growl. “Nothing we can trace. They knew they were being recorded. One of them glanced up at the camera and smirked as they walked out. Smug bastard.”
“They’re not smug anymore.”
“There is that.”
“What about the hit and run? Any luck with the cameras?”
“We have the color and make of the car, but the license plate was covered. I’ll get back to you once we’ve narrowed it down.”
“Thanks.”
I ended the call and got to work.
Three hours later, I felt nauseous. There was no mistaking the recent transfers from one of the witch’s accounts.
I picked up my phone to call Kyra, then froze, turning my head at movement out the corner of my eye.
Lia jumped off my lap to wind around Evie’s feet.
“How are you feeling?”
