Marked by Passion by Kate Perry

Author:Kate Perry [Perry, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2009-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

Something occurred to me as I was serving a cosmopolitan to a preppy girl who had no call being in the Pour House (but that was another story). If Wu was tied to the scroll, how was I going to get it away from him long enough to destroy it? And was he capable of stopping me? I imagined he could, since he could vibrate my furniture.

Dilemma.

Vivian sauntered over after I finally finished serving the preppy girl and her friends. "A man came by earlier looking for you."

My life was suddenly overly full of men. Jesse, Rhys, Paul.. . Who now? "When?"

"Earlier." She shrugged.

I recognized the shrug for what it was: something to annoy me. But I couldn't call her on it, because I was guilty of the same with Wu. I had the urge to tweak her nose, but reverse psychology worked better with her than brute force. So I turned my back on her and cleaned up some of her mess.

"Aren't you going to ask who?"

I grinned at the exasperation in her voice, only because my back was turned to her. Even though I was damn curious, I shrugged and put away an unused martini glass. "I figured you'd have told me if you knew."

She huffed, her hands on her hips. "Well, if you aren't interested..."

I looked at her, blinking innocently. "Oh, do you know more?"

Her eyes narrowed. "Not really. He just asked if you worked here. But he called you Gabrielle Chin."

My heart skipped and then began again, beating fast. The last time someone called me by that name I got a ball and chain in the form of a scroll slapped on my ankle. I tried not to show any emotion at hearing my real name, but I don't think I was successful, judging from the gloating expression on Vivian's face.

She went on in an unassuming way, but I could tell she was doling out information just to see what my reaction would be. And to see if she could gather anything to use against me later. "I told him there was a Gabrielle who worked here, but that your last name was Sansouci, not Chin. Though you're part Chinese, aren't you? That's why your eyes are squinty, isn't it?"

Oh, please. Vivian wasn't the immediate problem, though—the person looking for Gabrielle Chin was.

Tu ch’i rippled through me, echoing my unease. Only one reason someone would look for Gabrielle Chin: the scroll. Otherwise why would anyone from the past have cause to look for me? Mom was dead, Wu's ghost knew exactly where I was, and Paul would have called my cell phone if he needed me.

I knew if I showed any interest in the man, Vivian would clam up or simply tease me with scraps of info. But what choice did I have? "Did he say who he was?"

"Hmm." She tapped a finger to her mouth, pretending to be in thought while being careful not to smudge her siren red lips. "I can't remember if he did.

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