Page 37 of Magic in His Arms
He grinned.“That should be my line.”
“Yes, well, you need the rest more than I do.I have all kinds of fun meds hooked up to me.My bullet wounds are turning into funky marks as we speak.”Cora looked at him and decided to ask him how many other lovers were hurt by the psycho another time.He was asleep, but his hand was firm around hers.She smiled and gave him a little of Never’s endless energy.He settled in and began a deep sleep.He would be better in about an hour.
Cora got a text and grinned.Stop feeding him the extra energy.It’s for you, not him, and you need him to have more masculine energy, not feminine.I was boosting your sticking power.
Thank you, Never.What are you doing?
Apparently, being nice to your friend Vaia and her irritated dragonborn husband.
Cora laughed.That would be funny.Funnier still if Krys had Reynal over.Cora leaned back as the nurses checked her vitals and told her that today’s special would be barely edible but would be there in half an hour.
Cora smiled and leaned back, answering texts with her thumb.She didn’t want to let go of Abel-ur’s hand for some reason.It was like watching a green, sleeping great dane.
Across the city, her sister was on a mission.
* * * *
Never stood in themansion foyer and looked at the woman with dark hair and flickering eyes who stood wrapped in a robe.“Wait, so you need a seer and someone who has access to the evidence lockup at the XIA?That is weirdly specific.”
Never nodded.“I am aware, but I would like to hunt down the attacker.Axa has waited long enough.”
“Axa?This is for Axa?”
“Yes.Axa Dorning.”
Another woman with brown hair that shone blue in the morning sun came into the room wearing a fuzzy robe.“What about Axa?”
Never introduced herself.“I am Hunter Kibra, and I am looking for the perpetrator of the drugging and subsequent coma of Axa Dorning.I am also Bella’s sister.”
She had never seen people warm to her as fast as after that sentence.One woman was introduced as Krys, and she nodded.“I will call Amy; she can call Jennel.You might have to pick her up, though.”
“Which one?”
“Jennel.If her guys just got to sleep, it was under duress, but Jennel is on-call as seer for the XIA, so if we go through an agent, we can get the whole thing done on the XIA cold case budget.”
“That isn’t necessary.I can request the seer and access while I am hunting.”
Vaia nodded.“So, you are ahunter, Hunter.”
“Yes.Internationally licensed and authorized.”
Krys finished texting and grinned.“Amy will be at work in half an hour.She’s in charge of the evidence lockups.She’ll pull the box.Jennel is awake but can’t drive.”
“I drive a motorcycle, so she just has to hold on.”
“One of her partners is an orc, so she’s going to hold on tight.This is the address.”
Vaia held out her phone, and Never noted the address, putting it into her own phone.“I apologize again for disrupting your morning, but I don’t know how long it will be before I am called away, and Axa needs answers.”
Krys nodded.“No, we get it.Thanks for looking into it.It was worth a few minutes before I had to shower and get my ass to work.If you can find the marketing and PR department, let me know how things are going.”
“I will make sure someone gives you an update when this is solved, one way or another.”
Azreen frowned.“One way or another?”
“He is either dead already, or he’s about to wish he is.”She bowed shortly and flicked her visor down.She got back onto her bike and drove off to the minotaur mansion to get her passenger.
The morning drive away from downtown was actually nice.She pulled up in front of the expansive steps of the mansion, getting the spare jacket and helmet from under her seat.She walked up the steps and fogged her appearance.She opened the door, and a young orc was on the way to her and froze.“Whoa.What the hell are you?”
