A Rogue About Town by Rebecca Connolly

Author:Rebecca Connolly
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: 0
Published: 2018-07-31T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

"I'm good at this. I am. I’m a spy, dammit. I’m the best bloody investigator in England.”

“If you say so.”

Gabe glared at Rook, who leaned in the doorway of his office. “Shove off, peacock.”

Rook smirked easily, striding into the room and closing the door behind him. He was dressed less finely than usual, which always was appreciated in these offices, as finery had no place here. And it was easy to forget that Rook was just as impressively skilled as the rest of them, and possibly more so when he was all frills and airs.

It didn’t make Gabe any more pleased to see him, but it did bear remembering.

“What’s the trouble?” Rook asked, taking a seat without invitation.

Gabe hesitated, unwilling to let anyone else in on his hunt for the goddess, and embarrassed that he was struggling with what ought to have been a simple enough task for him. And then there was the fact that it was completely unrelated to any of his professional interests, either for the Crown or otherwise, and he was not supposed to have a personal life.

Besides all of that, it was Rook. There was no way in hell he would tell him anything remotely personal about himself. Or the woman he wanted.

No way.

“Rogue, I’m not about to intrude upon your privacy or make you divulge secrets,” Rook announced with a snort of indifference. He crossed a muddy boot over his knee and gave him a wry look. “You’ve been a right bear these last few days and now that Gent’s back, I’ve lost my traitors. I’m bored out of my mind, and nothing is happening in my finer circles. Give me an occupation, I beg you. Or I’ll be reduced to going to Weaver for suggestions, and I hate begging.”

Gabe scoffed and sat back in his chair, feeling himself relax a little. “Boredom is not something we are accustomed to here.”

Rook smiled without humor. “I am not accustomed to it at all. Not in my nature.”

“Nor mine.”

There was a long pause that felt oddly companionable, and then Rook spoke again. “It’s too quiet, Rogue.”

He nodded once. “I know.”

“I don’t like quiet.”

“Nor do I.”

Rook drummed his fingers against the fabric of his trousers, his brow furrowed in thought. “Why the quiet?” he asked carefully. “We hardly thwarted their grand scheme by removing Castleton’s source of funds, yet everything has gone silent since then.”

Gabe shook his head, an odd shiver starting down his spine. “I honestly don’t know. My contacts have not had new intelligence for ages, and there doesn’t seem to be any movement in any other quarter. It doesn’t make sense, but we only ever had a small glimpse into various pieces of their plans.” He sighed and rubbed his brow hard. “And it doesn’t help that my life is getting ever more complicated. I cannot go undercover as I have done before, and it drives me mad.”

That drew a chuckle from Rook, who slung an arm over the back of the chair. “Well, I am very good with complications.

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