“Okay, this won’t take too long. I’ll come find you guys as soon as I’m done.” He plants a kiss on my lips in return.
When I hear a gasp, I twist my neck to see Ash. The gaping of her mouth would make me assume she’s surprised, and the fact that her eyes are cast down has me running a hand over my ass.
I’ll keep an eye on her.Percy’s voice snarls through my mind, and my eyes find him immediately. He’s on the low coffee table with his back all hunched up like a pissed off cat, giving Ash a murderous glare.
At least I know she wasn’t shocked by my butt.If she makes a move on the big one, I’ll chew off her nose.
Remy makes a stunned sound, but I just reach forward and give Percy a soft stroke down his spine. I’m not worried, but that doesn’t mean I can’t show my appreciation for his loyalty.
“Damn, that’s a lot creepier when you hear shit like that coming from him,” Remy whispers.
“Hear what? What did you hear?” Ash asks, stealing glances at Remy, but never really taking her eyes off Percy.
The doorbell rings through the house, and I bolt upright. “Nash is here. I’ll leave you three to it.” My steps are extra light when I leave the room—confidence can put a pep in your step.
Gray beams at me when I reach the door. I nearly trip over my own feet, but Felix reaches out and catches me before threading his fingers through mine.
“He’s funny.” Gray nods toward Percy. I don’t know about funny, but he sure is faithful. I have no illusions that Percy is joking. I think he would go after someone he saw as a threat in a heartbeat.
“Come on, I don’t want to keep her waiting.” I tug on Gray’s arm with my free hand when I start moving again.
Once we’re far enough away, and I don’t have to worry about being overheard by Ash or Remy, I nudge Felix. “Sheesh, you had me worried I was going to walk in on them kissing or something.”
He does a double take of my face. “What? Why would you think that?” I just roll my eyes and tug on his hand to speed him up. I don’t have time to get into an explanation right now.
I’m huffing when we finally reach the foyer. Nash has her back to us when I open the door as if she’s looking over the property. Slowly, she turns toward me with one brow tipped up. She says, “Nice digs,” then steps over the threshold, entering the house.
“Felix designed it,” I blurt out, unsure how to take the compliment I had nothing to do with. “This is Felix, by the way.” I move a little closer to him. “And this is Grayson.” I gesture to Gray, who closes the door behind Nash.
“Lisa.” She gives them both a soft smile in greeting.
“Remy’s in a meeting, he’ll be out later,” I tell her, even though she didn’t ask and probably doesn’t care. It’s a little strange having her here helping me with personal crap when we don’t know each other well. I’m flustered, and it’s showing.
“I will need to see him to invoke the charm for him, but there’s no hurry. Do you have a place where we can chat?” Nash questions, ignoring how strange I’m being.
I try to shake off my oddness and just be myself. “Sure, come on, let me show you around.”
Nash and I walk side by side while Felix and Gray trail a few paces behind us. I lead her to Felix’s spell room. The salt I put down this morning should still be good so we can conserve what we have. I haven’t had a chance to place an order at the apothecary for more.
Nash dutifully avoids the salt barrier, then peers up, getting her first good look at the room. “Oh,” pops out of her mouth when she notices the live tree.
“Felix again.” I smile. This time I’m bragging a little, but a girl can be proud of her man.
After sweeping her gaze around the room, Nash gets right to the point. “Are you sure you have an attachment? I’m not sensing anything unusual.”
“I’m not positive, but I don’t have any other explanation. Yesterday, a chair slid across the floor in the kitchen, and that’s the same thing that happened at the Dobys’. Then last night, there was an unexplained crash when we were watching TV. I checked on Percy, my familiar, and he recognized the presence as the same one that was at the Doby residence.”
“Has anything else happened since then?” Nash watches me intently, taking in all the information.
“I salted the door when we went to bed, but this morning after I swept it away, some coins were pushed off the bedside table.” It’s the first time Felix has heard the story. He clears his throat in a way that makes me think I should have told him and Remy sooner.
Nash nods. “Are you sure you didn’t pick it up on the last case? We spent a lot of time in cemeteries,” she reminds me.
“No, I’m pretty careful. I actually thought you guys were a little reckless, and I trust Percy. He said it came from the Doby house.”
Nash nods. “I figured, but I wanted to ask just in case. You’ve mentioned the Dobys. That’s the same people your dad has a connection to, but you didn’t know, right? What about you guys or Broussard? Do you know them?” It’s not lost on me that she used Remy’s last name. She’s a fan, and that’s what he’s known by.
“Only in passing,” Gray admits. “He comes to some town events and meetings.”
