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"I’ for you"

"Oh, let me checkto give Dunea thorough job of checking him out "Never mind I’ll look later"

I stared at her for a couple of seconds before she startled and began flipping through a stack of papers

"Certainly And you’ll be staying in one of our signature Saint Ann balcony loft suites I do hope you’ll enjoy it It’s very romantic" She shot a look of approval over my shoulder

"Roinal reservation over ain the hotel alone, and Poe popping in and out No need for two roo else?"

"We’re booked for the weekend, but the suite is one of our nicest I’m sure it willon Dune, as leaning intently toward the glass case and talking to a hotel e to the crystal on the top shelf

"I’m sure it will be lovely Where’s the elevator?" I asked with forced cheer

Olga pointed "Right that way"

I gave her a sh heel and approached Dune, grabbing his ar him away from the case

"Thanks for the info," Dune called out over his shoulder to the bell his cap

"I’m sure I will"

"I wouldn’t count on it," Ihim toward the elevator

Dune

"You don’t have to squeeze so hard" I stifled a yelp "Or pinch"

Hallie pinched ood measure "Could you have been any more obvious?"

"There was a plaque with tiny, tiny print that covered the occult in Victorian tie And sory look on her face "I’ood excuse to ask the bell to the plaque, the Bourbon Orleans had lived throughas the home to the Orleans Ballroom in 1817 It had seen masquerades, carnival balls, and quadroon balls, and then turned into a convent and a school In 1964, it became a hotel, with a reputation for excellent service and nus

Froh the yellow fever epidemic to a Civil War soldier to a dancer hirled under the ballroohosts, or a terrifying rip or two

"You didn’t need to ask questions You were talking to an e"

"You said ere retrieving, not stealing"

She pinched ot on the elevator

"You’re bossy," I said "Maybe a little bit ot ere here"

"Maybe I was a little thrown off when I overheard that we’re staying in the ‘romantic’ loft suite" Or a lot thrown off

The elevator doors dinged open "It just worked out that way Don’t worry, Saint Dune, I don’t plan on cority"

"No, of course not, because stealing has nothing to do with integrity" The words were a whisper, but they echoed down the hallway