Logan was right outside the door. “Sloane, we gotta get this spell done. Especially now that your dragon scent is out in theopen.”
I assumed I couldn’t wear any of Eva’s clothes either, because her scent would get stuck on me. The only scent I had was that of a Chinese sweat factory. The plastic I pulled this brand-new uniform out of smelled of cheap chemicalclothes.
Logan grew impatient. “Sloane…”
“Alright!” I threw the door wide and strut out into the apartment, blowing past Logan and giving him a view of my ass. “I didn’t want to touch the old clothes for fear I would smell again, so I left them on the bathroom floor.” I couldn’t bear to look at him, to see hisreaction.
Logan didn’t speak. I was halfway across the loft, headed for the staircase, and didn’t hear him following me. Finally, I risked a glance over my shoulder and saw him watching me with green dragon eyes, no mistaking the desire in his gaze. When he saw me looking at him, he cleared his throat and charged afterme.
“It’s fine. She’ll burn theclothes.”
I smirked, enjoying the effect I had on him. It was probably the same effect all decent-looking women had on him, but still, a girl could dream. As we made our way down the staircase, I decided a joke was in order. “You know this uniform is growing on me, and after seeing those full tip jars, I’m thinking of applyinghere.”
Logan’s husky voice sounded behind me. “You would bankrupt every man in thisplace.”
I couldn’t help the grin that spread across my face. Logan Sharp was a charmer. I would give himthat.
When we walked back into the office, it was empty of the pack. Only Eva remained and she was hunched over a table full of jars and crystals, grinding something into a mortar and pestle. I approached her slowly, unsure, and she must have sensed me, because she set down what she was doing and turnedaround.
She scanned up and down my body. “If you’re ever in need of a job, you can dance here.” Shewinked.
“Never gonna happen,” Logan’s serious voice boomed behindme.
I laughed nervously and Eva smiled. “I’m Eva, sweetheart, and I’ve taken an oath long ago to protect the skyborn. You can trust me, but only me. No one else in my club knows what Logan is. They think he’s a wolf because I have given him a wolf’s permanent scent. I’m going to do the same to you. This will allow you to go out in public without fear of hunters or druids smellingyou.”
I sighed in relief. “That would have been super helpful two weeksago.”
Eva smiled. “You’ve had a rough time, I’m sure. Keegan told me you transformed for the first time after falling off the ledge of the GrandCanyon?”
I nodded. “I was plummeting for the ground when a burning broke out on my skin. I … didn’t even think. I just … transformed. It was crazy. I’m still not sure that I’m one hundred percentsane.”
Eva frowned, stepping closer. “Oh, sweetheart, you’re sane, but I need to find out how you have lived your whole life thinking you’rehuman.”
I shrugged, and she stepped even closer to me. She took a deep breath in through her nose and her eyes flared copper. She took a second breath and her brow furrowed inconfusion.
“The black soap should have worked,” shemuttered.
“What’s wrong?” Logan called from behindme.
Eva brought her hand up to her chin. “Nothing that I can’t fix for the spell, but she smells like a supernatural mutt—Druid, dragon, sorcerer. It might be too soon after coming into contact with heavy druid magic. Was hepowerful?”
Logan shrugged. “I’ve foughtworse.”
Eva rolled her eyes and looked at me. “Did Nadine warn you not to fluff hisego?”
I smiled. “Shedid.”
Logan scoffed behind me. “That is completelyunfair.”
Eva winked at me. “Alright, first I’m going to do the scent-bindingspell.”
Nerves suddenly clamped down on my belly and sweat broke out on my palms. I had always been a nervous person, socially or with school projects. It was like the second the spotlight was on me, I forgot my name and my palms becamewet.
“It doesn’t hurt,” Logan whispered from right behind me. I could feel the warmth of his body heat as his scent wrapped around me, causing my dragon to purr inside ofme.
“Is she in heat?” Eva asked Logan, and I nearly choked on my ownembarrassment.
Logan cleared his throat and I heard him step back a few feet. “She was. I put her in a sleep until she got through it. I didn’t want to call and tell you about her for fear the phones would be tapped. I was going to bring her to you tomorrowmorning.”
