Page 23 of The Devil and the Dancer
But only if he had guards on Chloe.
He called the bodyguard he’d used for Chloe in the past. “Audra?”
“Yeah, boss, what’s up?”
She didn’t comment about the hour. He tried to respect his employees’ time, so if Gavin called in the middle of the night, they knew it was important. “I need you to guard Chloe today.”
Audra’s voice immediately grew sharper. “Threats?”
“No.”
“Special circumstances?”
“Not really.”
“Where will she be going?”
“I’m honestly not sure. She’s not scheduled to work. Be available at the loft.” He could tell from the silence that the normally unflappable Audra was a bit confused. “Just… consider yourself assigned to her for the foreseeable future.”
“You got it, boss. I’ll be there by sunrise.”
“Thank you.”
Gavin hung up the phone. Was he being an asshole? Possibly. Did he care? No.
He went back to the bedroom and knelt next to her. He needed to lock himself in a light-safe room. The sky out her window was already touched with pearl grey.
He didn’t want to leave.
“Chloe.”
“Hmm.” She rolled over, the sheet draped over her perfect breasts.
They truly were perfect. Or he was a sentimental sop.
No, they were perfect.
“Chloe, I have to leave.”
Her eyes flickered open, and she gave him a sleepy smile. “Hey.”
The smile caused his dead heart to thump. “Hey.”
She blinked and looked at the window. “You’re still here.”
“I didn’t want to lock myself in without saying good morning.”
She wrinkled her forehead. “Are you staying here?”
“If you don’t mind.”
Chloe smiled again. “No, I don’t mind. That means I’ll get to see you at sunset.” She stretched and the sheet slipped down.
Gavin’s fangs dropped. “I really don’t want to leave you right now, but I’m going to appear mostly dead in roughly half an hour. I don’t think you’re quite ready for that bit yet.”
She shook her head. “So weird.”
“I’m actually the normal type for my kind. Tenzin is the weird one.”
