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"Which aze drifted off for a moment until it snapped back to his face "I don’t want to talk about work Isn’t that boring? I bet you hate to talk about bodyguard gigs You probably have soh, huh?"

You have no idea He lifted an eyebrow "So what do you want to talk about?"

He hoped she wasn’t thinking about co on to him That was destined to end badly, then she’d call her parents--or whoever she thought had hired hi inconvenient questions

"Are you Turkish? You don’t have the same accent as most of the people I’ve met"

He could actually be honest about that one "I am, but I’ve traveled a lot Lived in a lot of other places I iirl"

"They write songs about your kind, you know"

She laughed "My kind? That’s a good one I can pretty ood ones, anyway Have you been to the States?"

"I lived in Chicago for a ti her chin in the palm of her hand as the breeze pulled dark hair into her eyes "And what did you do in Chicago?"

I helped kill the upper echelon of Grigori soldiers belonging to a fallen angel who preys on the wos He was pissed about the dogs

"The sa"

"It has its uard Oprah?"

"I don’t think so" He frowned "Not directly"

"So, Malachi…" She shifted again, leaning back and lifting her face to the sun It poured over her, war the red in her hair She tilted her head back, closing her eyes behind her sunglasses "Are you an independent contractor, or do you work for one of Carl’s usual co for inforure out why He decided to play along for now It would be less suspicious

"I’er coine Mr Matheson was referred fro a lot of work in Eastern Europe lately Low production costs"

Her stepfather was a fil about her spoke of boredom Jaded expression Cynical quirk to her h

Lonely The woman was desperately lonely

"Do you like to travel alone?"

She seemed surprised that he’d asked a question Her head tilted forward and she looked at him "What?"

"Am I not allowed to ask you questions?"

"It’s unusual"