Page 92 of Touched By Moonlight

“He didn’t want you unprotected.” Kara glanced at me. “He’s paying a hefty fee for me to be here, too. Twenty thousand dollars. Ingold.”

I didn’t know whether to feel secretly pleased or pissed as hell that he’d assigned abodyguard.

Forget Grayson. We had a much bigger problem in thebuilding.

“Where’s Lavender?” Iasked.

“She left, probably to join her master, Kallan. He must have planted her here to watch you, just as Grayson hired me to do thesame.”

A little knowledge would have been great foresight. “Now you’re telling methis?”

“Only just found out. I’ve had my doubts about her, but today when I saw those runes, I had evidence. Grayson gave me strict orders to merely keep an eye on you as protection, and to blend in, not use any magick. Until it wasnecessary.”

I flicked a hand at the door. “I’d say that mist makes it necessary. It’s the same mist that attacked me at my second job. Makes it hard for a girl to earn aliving.”

Kara’s mouth quirked upward. “I like you, Sienna. You’re funny. Grayson said you had a good sense of humor. So you’re hislover?”

Ishrugged.

“He’s cute. Not my type, though.” She pressed her ear against the door. “Seems to begone.”

“What is your type, anyway? You never talk about yourdates.”

Red suffused her cheeks. “I don’t know. I’ve never slept with a guybefore.”

Hard to tell which was more shocking, the fact that Kara was a virgin or that she was a dragonshapeshifter.

“Haven’t found the right oneyet?”

Her turn to shrug. “Sex can complicate matters. I’m trying to save money to buy my own place and get away from my people. Dragons can be demanding. Especially maledragons.”

Not as much as werewolf alphas, who proved mightyprotective.

“Where is everyone today? Randall noticed something funky with Lavender. Shouldn’t others have noticed?” Iasked.

“The humans are clueless, thank the goddess. Every last one, even Randall, has left for a meeting in another part of town. Building is empty. Lavender must have cast a spell on them to wipe out memory as well. No one in HR can remember hiring her, let alone giving her a boss to reportto.”

Kara checked her phone again. “When I caught that stench, I knew something was going down soon, so I came downstairs to make safe areas. Used my powers so you don’t have to useyours.”

She knew what I was. But not how much power I held. Few did, and those who did were alreadydead.

I recalled the odd symbols she drew. “What were thosedoodles?”

“Witchrunes.”

The ache in my stomach turned to bitter nausea. I fought it. Not a good time to be sick. I’d been sick enough over what I’d done to mypeople.

“I’d have been better off alone, instead of him dragging you into this,” Imuttered.

Her expression softened. “Have a little empathy for the guy, Sienna. Hecares.”

“Cares orstalks?”

She shrugged. “He’s a wolf. They’re pretty possessive when they know what woman theywant.”

Right.

“And how did he find you? Googlesearch?”