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"So like that," he replied "I’m part owner of an industrial park on the northeast side of town, and I’ can be done with it that’ll allow us to turn a profit" His eyes shadowed "I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I’m not with ESPN anymore"
I winced "No, I hadn’t heard Um, was this your decision?"
His broad shoulders lifted in a shrug "I was asked to ‘voluntarily’ resign earlier this spring Personality conflicts" A scowl briefly crossed his face before being wiped away by a sardonic s for other opportunities for a beat-up ex-football player"
"You’ll land on your feet," I assured him
"I appreciate the vote of confidence," he said, sht I have ood invest ti," I said with a grin "I need me some lifetime security"
He chuckled "I’d be more than happy to set you up with , I shook ht now I think I have an extra seventy-three dollars inaccount that I could spare"
"All thetilt of his head
"You have a point," I conceded "Are you still leaving town tomorrow?"
He wrinkled his nose in annoyance "One of the shareholders is dragging his feet on signing solanced at his watch and winced "Speaking of, I’an gathering his papers up, but paused to giveso well, Kara"
"You too, Roman," I replied
He slid his papers into a briefcase and stood, then leaned over to giveon out Mouth pursed in thought, I watched hied a lot in the years since we’d briefly dated Silly of me to expect him to be the same person I sure as hell wasn’t
I stood, made my way over to the table that Eilahn had staked out, dropped into a seat
"All is ith your former paramour?" she asked
I picked up the menu "Seeave her a grateful sar and creamer I waited until the waitress walked off, then looked back up at the demon
She opened her mouth to speak, then paused and turned to look at the door I followed her gaze to see Zack and Jill enter the restaurant Zack hadn’t changed in the weeks since I’d seen him A bit less tan perhaps, but his hair was still as pale-blond as if he spent every day on a surfboard Which, supposedly, he did during the warh now that I knew that he was a demon I had to wonder how much of that was true and how ht for our table without a second’s hesitation, and I gave Eilahn a narrow-eyed glare "You called the others?"
"I did," she answered serenely as she quickly inscribed the anti-eavesdropping sigil on the table "You have many tribulations at the moment and require the assistance of those you call friend And I knew you would not ask theht It seemed more than a little selfish to call people up and say, "Hey, I have a proble and help me?" But that’s what friends DO,used to the whole dynaht, but her expression was fierce
"Hiya, yourself," I said "I hearand a grin "Nah, she just said you were buying breakfast"
"Sure What the hell," I said with a laugh "At least it’s pancakes and not steaks Is Ryan coht behind us," Zack said with a jerk of his head toward the door True to his word, the man in question entered as if on cue
Ryan paused as soon as he entered and did a scan of the interior I could see hi the occupants and exits--possibly not even aware he was doing so Maybe that hy it was so hard for me to wrap my head around the "he’s a demonic lord" idea Other than a couple of rare breaks in the façade, he was every inch the federal agent And his personal history was insanely co?
No, I knehat I’d seen And Eilahn had definitely shouted the naically, that I should be as wary of him as I was of Rhyzkahl Maybe it was easier to trust him because he never--well, alht, what I want for Christmas is for all this crap to make sense
Ryan headed to our table and slid into the e hiood view of the roo," he said, alht
"We should order," Eilahn instructed "And then Kara can fill you all in"
Ryan gave er, world ending, nasty , I nodded "That about covers it!"
Breakfast was duly ordered andI knew--the deaths, raa attack, the cuff and what it was for, and the suspicion that I’d been drugged
A silence fell after I finished