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"Daisy" Stefan’s taut voice made me jump "The situation appears to be under control Your intervention was tireat harht I took one look at hio! And, Stefanuave me one of his courtly nods "You did well, Hel’s liaison I thank you for your trust"
Stefan beckoned, and one by one, his ghouls trooped past me and out the door, clad in denied lieutenant, the one he’d called Cooper, was the last to pass He gave inary hat in rin He had a narrow face with a spray of freckles over the bridge of his nose
Hell, I hadn’t even known there was an Irish Rebellion of 1798
For the next forty-five minutes or so, Cody and I dealt with the after sent a shell-shocked Bart Mallick back out on patrol, which ood idea
An EMS vehicle sat in the parking lot A few of the participants got themselves checked out for minor cuts and bruises, but as Stefan had said, no one seeather their clothes and slink into the darkness No one was especially eager to give a stateer to take one Under the circu anyone with public indecency Obviously, Rainbow’s End would be closing early this Friday
Okay, so, crisis averted
That left the unspoken
After the last patron had departed, I glanced sidelong at Cody "Soabout what happened between us?"
Ahappened, Daisy"
"About what alreen flashing behind his eyes "What about it?"
I looked away "Nothing It’s justyou know genuine desire can’t be co entle "Daisy, I never said I didn’t find you attractive But attraction’s easy" He gestured toward the nightclub "You sahat happened in there Most of those people were strangers And I have an obligation to my own clan, to my own people Youyou’re not a potential mate You know that And I care about you tooGodda I fished it out of the pocket of o to voice irl!" He sounded affectionate, only a little worried "Hope everything’s okay Stop by, all right?"
Cody may have wanted me, but he didn’t want to want me And that made all the difference in the world
"The fake Jae to his voice Well, too bad
"Ha ha" I put et back to"
"After this?" Cody raised his brows "Do you really think that’s a good idea?"
No, of course it wasn’t I’d just been doith satyr-funk and had a brief, intensein the parking lot eyeing me skeptically, his uniform shirt half undone because I’d torn off buttons when I ripped it open "I don’t think it’s any of your business," I said, walking past hi"
"Daisy!"
"What?" I turned around to glare at Cody
"Justbe careful, okay?" He gavehis hands on his utility belt "Because I knohen I get off duty, I’"
Sure, that’s healthy And yet the thought of Cody hunting in wolf forhtclub, the staff werea cursory effort to clean up Now that the place was empty, you could see how trashed it was There were spilled drinks, crushed cups, and broken glass everywhere, abandoned flip-flops, discarded boxers, briefs, and panties that no one had wanted to reclaier, Terry Miller, was still in a state of shock He nodded absently when I told hi "I just don’t understand what happened," heto tell the owners?"
I patted his arm "Tell the you could do about it"
He turned his stricken gaze to me "But as it?"
"A satyr in rut," I said patiently I’d already explained it to hiht Most mundane huht "Big naked guy?"
"Right" He sounded uncertain "What if there are lawsuits? Are we liable?"
I shook ainst eldritch influence, can you?"
"Nooo"