“No thank you.” He smiled at me, and the look in his eyes was both heated and intimate. Next to me, Evie fanned her face. I shot her a look and she grinned.
“How are you doing this morning Evie?”
The sparkle disappeared from Evie’s eyes but she took a deep breath. “I’m doing okay,” she told Samael. “It helps to know that I’m safe here.”
Samael nodded. “Gloria is currently refining a spell she believes will work to keep the device in your neck inert for long enough to remove it without alerting whoever could be tracking it,” Samael strolled over to the table, stole my coffee and took a sip.
“Get your own,” I snarked.
“Yours tastes better,” he said, and I narrowed my eyes at him. Evie snorted.
This was just weird.
“Nothing is happening before I talk to Harriette,” I declared. “There’s a chance she’ll know what the device is.”
Evie nodded. “I’m coming with you.”
Samael glanced at me. “I will come as well.”
I raised my eyebrows. “Don’t you have work to do?”
He simply gave me a look and I shrugged. He knew no one tracking Evie would dare attack if he was with us.
My phone vibrated and I glanced at it. Gary.
“Hey.”
“Danica. I heard about the attack. Are you both okay?”
“Yeah, we’re fine. Thanks for checking in.”
“I heard they used a darker-than-night spell.”
“That’s right.
“I sold one a few days ago.”
I froze. “You did?”
“Yeah. It didn’t seem like a big deal. Humans come in here all the time, looking for allergy charms and shit like that.”
“Dad!” a little voice said in the background. “Bad word!”
“Sorry, Zip.” Gary gave a long-suffering sigh and I chuckled.
“What did they look like?”
“That’s why I called you. Three human men.”
“Tell me you have camera footage.”
“After what happened to my store? I have the best setup money can buy. Your man arranged for that.”
I glanced at Samael. He merely smiled at me. My heart flipped in my chest and his smile widened.
“Can you send it to Steve? He’ll check it out.”
“Of course. Make them pay, Danica.”
