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I shook
"Oh, stop," he said "You’re going to led and slapped his bicep playfully "Don’t listen to her," she said, sending me a mock frown "You’re a total stud"
He smiled at her "Don’t try to charirls operate"
Vinca batted her eyelashes at hi you I prefer hed out loud and even I cracked a s I shook my head at Adam "She’s a piece of work, isn’t she?"
He chuckled "I pity the poor hts on He won’t stand a chance"
I grabbed e in subject, but walked to the door I didn’t like the green spike of jealousy I’d had when Vinca had been flirting with Adaht to it, but there it was It didn’t seem to matter that their flirtation had been a joke
Adam opened the door foraze as I passed However, I couldn’t help taking a deep breath of the pleasing scent of spicy soap mixed with sandalwood Soht we’d take my car," Adam said as he followed me down the ay to the street The beep of a car alarht my attention A black SUV sat across the street
"Nice wheels," I said
"It gets me around," he said I frowned at his understateed-out rims When he opened the door for me, I noticed soft Corinthian leather and burled wood on the dash
His ain as he pulled away from the curb I tried to breech the silence "So, you’re from New York?"
He nodded as he turned onto the freeway, heading north "Manhattan"
"Where is the Hekate Council headquartered?"
"North of the city"
At that point, I figured out he wasn’t in a sharingthe city speed past
When we crossed over the Golden Gate, I started to get restless "Where are we going?"
He julanced at me out of the corner of his eye and shifted in his seat "Muir Woods"
"The national park?" I asked "Isn’t it closed this tiht?"
He shot htful "What? Are you going to teach ht Vinca"
"No, not plant life"
I frowned, wondering at his ht "Ada to meet a faery by the name of Briallen Pimpernell Sound familiar?"
His question seemed a tad too casual "No," I said "Should it?"
He pulled off the 101 where a sign directed us to Muir Woods "Yeah," he said finally "It should"
"Why do I have a feeling this isn’t just soht and turned to me "Because it’s not Briallen was there when you were born"