Page 63 of Marked By Moonlight

“He said he’s coming,” Roux finally said in a muted tone.

Four words, not a lot of context. What was going on?

By then, we’d reached Gordon’s building. Bene bounded up the stairs and held the door open.

“Ladies first.”

“Safety first,” Roux muttered, squeezing through to enter before Mina.

The tiger annoyed me in a hundred different ways, but damn, could the guy be counted on to fulfill his brief. When he’d called me to pass on Gordon’s orders, I’d made him swear to watch over Mina.

Which made me just as guilty offew words, no contextas him, I supposed. But I had good reasons, dammit. What were his?

The past week at been hell, and though I’d put the fear of God into a number of old enemies, I’d come no closer to tracking down the source of the threatening message I’d received. My primary suspects, Etienne and Szabo, were nowhere to be found, and now, I’d had to put my search on hold and respond to Gordon’s summons.

I cursed under my breath, counting down the days until I was free of my obligation to him.

Six weeks,my dragon grumbled, picturing a happily-ever-after with Mina.

I jutted my jaw, knowing it wasn’t that simple.

The doorman waved us upstairs, and minutes later, we all filed into Gordon’s living room — the formal living room, not the private one on the top story of his two-level penthouse. Mina had probably been up there, but I’d never been invited up the stairs that divided Gordon’s work and personal life.

My dragon grumbled inside.Mina shouldn’t be here at all.

No, but there she was, marching in ahead of Bene and Roux to kiss Gordon on both cheeks.

“Good to see you again,” she murmured.

And, whew. He didn’t seem to notice her rosy glow or the perfume masking my scent.

“Always lovely to see you, sweetheart,” Gordon replied.

Funny how a guy could order a dozen cold-blooded hits, yet love his goddaughter.

The thing was, the bastard used her too. Mina was starting to catch on, but obviously, old loyalties were hard to break.

Behind us, the door opened, and Henrik breezed in, along with a slice of cold air. Mina tensed.

Henrik’s dark eyes met hers, then hit the floor.

I bristled, ready to grab him by the collar and shake him hard. What the hell had he done?

Bene dug an elbow into my ribs.Not now, man. Not here, he barked into my mind.

What did he do?I demanded.

Bene’s lips quirked.Nothing we couldn’t handle.

Now, I was really alarmed.What happened?

Roux sighed into my mind.Henrik lost control, but Bene stopped him.

My stomach lurched.

None of that would have happened if you’d stuck around, champ, Bene grumbled, brushing by me to greet Gordon.

I bit back a growl. He was right, and that killed me. No matter what I tried, I couldn’t win. Mina was in as much danger at home as she was with me.