“For being such a good Samaritan.”
I flicked the other ear.
“You’re very violent, you know?”
I bared my fangs. “Vampire, remember?”
He grumbled, looking almost adorable, cupping both ears to protect them from being flicked. Too bad that innocent face hid someone who’d just as soon rip my throat out as spit on me.
I yanked open the door. “Out.”
To make sure he didn’t try to come back in, I wheeled my bike out after him and used it to herd him down the stairs. Swiping my phone and keys off my kitchen table, I stuffed them in my messenger bag and put the strap over my head. I propped the bike against the wall as I finished getting ready.
The sorcerer watched with his arms folded over his chest. “I’ll just wait here until you get back. You can’t make me leave.”
I wonder what the police would do with a trespasser. Taking in his surly teenage face, I had to ask myself if they deserved having to deal with him. Probably not, but it was sure nice to imagine.
My phone rang.
I answered without checking the screen. “Hermes Courier Service. We come to you.”
“Get over here right now.”
“Caroline?”
The sorcerer dropped his arms and edged closer, doing a pretty good job of pretending not to be interested.
I grimaced at him. Short of jumping on the bike and riding one handed down the street there wasn’t a lot I could do about my eaves dropper. I was pretty sure he would just jog after me.
“Get over here right now, Aileen.” Stress threaded through her voice. “I don’t know what I’ll do.”
“Ok, I’ll be right there. Are you at the OSU library?”
“Yes. Hurry.”
I hung up, my stomach a mass of knots. She wouldn’t have called me if she wasn’t in trouble. From the amount of stress in her voice it had to be bad.
Perhaps supernatural bad. My stomach pitched.
No, no. It couldn’t be that. I didn’t need to jump to conclusions.
What I needed was to get over there. Fast.
I threw my leg over the bike and pushed off. Peter stepped in front of me and grabbed the handle bars. I jolted to a stop.
“Move. I have to go.”
“That was Caroline, wasn’t it?”
The two had met after I asked Caroline to do some research for me after he set me on the draugr’s path.
“Move.”
“She sounded like she was in trouble.”
I didn’t ask how he knew what she sounded like. I had no time for this.
“Move.”
