Page 65 of Insidious Monsters
He brushed the pad of his gloved thumb across my bottom lip. “It’s not goodbye, August. But it is the last kiss we’ll share until we know for sure. It must be. For both our sanity.”
“All set,” Victor said from behind me.
I turned to find him striding toward us. “The Order’s sending a clean-up crew and they’ll coordinate with the PD.”
“Thanks, Victor.”
“I have to admit, I was iffy about you when Keswick told me about your aberrant infection, but I have to hold my hands up—if it wasn’t for him, we’d have been fucked today. Thank him for me.”
My heart sank and I didn’t need to look behind me to know Telarion was already gone.
* * *
My phone rangas I got into the car.
Devyn’s name flashed on the caller ID. I strapped in before answering. “Hey.”
“August, Milo wants to meet tonight at seven. Can you make it?”
Straight to the point. No chit-chat. I liked it. “Sure, where?”
“Pendergrast. The guards will be expecting you. But you can’t take your handler.”
I glanced at Quentin, who was busy steering us into traffic.
“Okay… Can I ask why.”
“You can ask, but you won’t get an answer. It is what it is.”
“I’m with Quentin now. I’ll ask him to drop me off.” I pulled the phone away from my head. “Quentin, I need a drop-off at Pendergrast.”
He nodded. “No problem.”
“I’ll be there in thirty.”
“Nandi says they’ll save you some food for when you get in,” Devyn said.
I heard voices in the background, the ambient sound of office noise.
“Nandi’s there?”
“She was here with Archie. They came to help with the interviews but no joy. They left about ten minutes ago.”
I bit back a groan. “More Chinese takeout.” I loved Chinese takeout but not when it was theonlytakeout we ever got.
She chuckled. “Yep. Look, Nandi will fill you in. I got to go. Drop me a text and let me know how you get on with Milo.”
She hung up.
“What was that about?” Quentin asked.
“Milo wants to see me.”
“He has answers on the tattoo and inscription?” He sounded excited.
“Hopefully, but he wants to see me alone.” I smiled at him. “I think he’s shy.”
Quentin frowned. “I should be there with you.”
