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“How long since you’ve seen them?”
“Three weeks and four days,” he replied Faults he ht have, but Don was , I’d assume he was on an undercover job, but all of them?”
Yes, that was strange even for members of a covert Ho members of undead society When I was a est undercover job I’d been on was eleven days Rogue vahouls tended to frequent the sah to act out so overnment’s attention
Still, I wasn’t about to assume the worst Phone calls were beyond Don’s capabilities as a ghost, but I had no such hindrances
I pulled a cell phone out of ot his voice an was responsible, he’d be checking Tate’saround
“No answer,” I told Don Then I set that phone aside and took another cell out of the drawer, dialing Juan next After a few rings, a e I didn’t, again hanging up and reaching for another phone from the drawer
“Howover my shoulder
“Enough to give Madigan acalls, he won’t find my location in any of these, much as he’d love to knohere I am”
Don didn’t accuseparanoid As soon as he’d taken over an had made it clear that he had it out for me I didn’t knohy I’d been retired froan knew, there was no longer anything special aboutfrom a half-vampire into a full one had come with unexpected side effects
Dave’s phone went straight to voicethean h taps on those lines to locate nals to be rerouted
“Okay, now I’m worried, too,” I said at last “Maybe it’s tian’s house for a little chat”
“Don’t bother,” my uncle replied “He rarely leaves the compound”
That was also news, and it only added to my unease
“Then when Bones gets hoet a closer look at the compound”
Don regardedto them, he’ll expect you to show up”
Once again, ht I’d show up Tate, Dave, Juan, and Cooper weren’t just soldiers I’d fought alongside for years when I was part of the teaan was responsible for so to them, he’d soon be sorry
“Yeah, well, Bones and I had a couple s up again”
My cat Helsing jumped down froed with tiny, invisible currents Emotions rolled over my subconscious Not my own, but almost as familiar to me Moments later, I heard the crunch of tires on snow By the ti black tail twitching with anticipation
I stayed where I was One cat waiting at the door was enough, thanks With a whoosh of frigid air,stor hiar He sta Helsing to jump aith a hiss
“Clearly he thinks you should pet him first and deal with the snow later,” I said
Eyes so dark they were nearly black met mine Once they did, my amusement turned into feminine appreciation Bones’s cheeks were flushed, and the color accented his flawless skin, chiseled features, and sensually full o shirt that clung to hisin all the right places, highlighting a taut sto up his coat, an ass that could double as a work of art By the tiht srin More emotions enveloped my subconscious while his scent—a rich ar—filled the room
“Missed me, Kitten?”
I didn’t kno he ed to make the question sound indecent, yet he did I would’ve said the English accent helped, but his best friends were English, and their voices never turned my insides to jelly
“Yes,” I replied, rising and co over to him
He watchedwhen I slid my hands up to lace them behind his neck I had to stand on tiptoe to do it, but that was okay It brought us closer, and the hard feel of his body was al as the swirls of desire that curled around h they were ing raded o Then his head lowered, but before his lips brushed mine, I turned away
“Not until you say you missed me, too,” I teased
In reply, he picked les Smooth leather met my back as he set me onto the couch, his body a barricade I didn’t want to dislodge Hands settled around reen filled up his irises and fangs slid out of his teeth
My own lengthened in response, pressing against lips that I parted in anticipation His head bent, but he only brushed his
“Two can play at teasing, luv”
I began to struggle in earnest, which only h kill count had earned me the nickname of the Red Reaper in the undead world, but even before Bones’s startling neers, I hadn’t been able to best hiainstit
The zipper onfrom my head My clothes accounted fortelekinesis Then the front clasp on hter changed to a growl that sent delicious tingles through me But when the buttons popped open on his dark blue shirt, its color reminded me of Tate’s eyes and the news I needed to tell him
“Soasp
White teeth flashed before Bones lowered his mouth to my chest “How clichéd, but true nonetheless”
The baser part of me whispered that I could postpone this talk for an hour, but concern for ave rabbed a handful of Bones’s dark brown curls, pulling his head up
“I’ information”
It seemed to take a second for the words to penetrate, but then his brows rose “After all this tian?”
“No, he didn’t,” I said, shaking my head for real this time “He wanted to let me know that Tate and the others haven’t been hoot voiceDon about his past with Madigan”
Bones snorted, the brief puff of air landing in the sensitive valley between my brsts “Clever sod kneould I doubt it was an accident that he gave you this information while I was out”