Southwest Days (Semiautomatic Sorceress Book 2) by Kal Aaron & Michael Anderle

Author:Kal Aaron & Michael Anderle [Aaron, Kal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781649716378
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2021-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Lyssa decided to cut Damien a break by arranging for a meeting at her home later that day. It might have been fun to harass the employees at the federal building, but she didn’t want to create too much trouble for the EAA, especially in the middle of a sensitive investigation.

She also had no reason to mess with anyone else at that building. Lyssa didn’t mind poking people, but she liked to confine it to people who messed with her first. That was how she distinguished between feistiness and bitchiness. Not everyone agreed, but it let her sleep at night.

True to his word, the agent showed up without his government car or suit, though his glasses and hat were a Clark Kent-level attention-drawing disguise. Anyone looking at him would assume he was a fed.

There wasn’t anyone around, so Lyssa didn’t worry much, but she ushered him inside and to the couch before taking a seat herself. He’d learn. She just needed to help him understand.

“First things first,” Lyssa said. “Do you smell anything?”

“Do I smell anything?” Damien sniffed the area. “I’m kind of getting a hint of strawberry.”

“Oh, that’s my shampoo.” Lyssa gestured around the room. “Anything else?”

“No.” Damien shook his head. “Should I? Are you cooking something?”

“No. I’m just checking if I’ve still got monster stink on me after taking another long soak with the help of an enchanted herbal bath bomb. I think I finally got most of it off.” Lyssa shuddered and gestured at her face. “I am trying to figure out how much of it is in my head.”

“You smell nice.” Damien shrugged. His eyes widened, and he swallowed. “Not nice. Not bad either. You smell normal. That’s it. Normal. But normal is good.”

Lyssa smirked. She had to take the bait. “Oh, you sweet-talker, you! Do you tell all the girls they smell normal? Sexy!”

Damien coughed and averted his eyes. “The job. We should talk about the job. From what you sent to me, it’s not over. Please bring me up to speed so I can do my best to help you.”

“Fine.” Lyssa huffed. “Be boring.”

“It’s what I’m best at.” Damien winced.

“Let’s drop it, Damien.” Lyssa grinned. “We have something more important to do.”

She related her progress on the job without mentioning Eclipses, Tombstone, or the OK Corral. Samuel hadn’t been clear about who knew what about that incident, and while she hated politics, she couldn’t escape them. She needed to land this assignment to earn favor, not screw up her chances of getting to Last Remnant.

And she didn’t need to be as pompous as Aisha to care about her Torch duty. Anyone who would make something like the queen she had fought needed to be taken down, especially if they’d set up some stupid college kid to die.

“It does come down to a rogue at the end,” Damien said after Lyssa finished the explanation.

“That’s the most likely explanation, but it’s not concrete. I’d be lying if I said it’s impossible for them to be old holdovers, but I don’t think so.

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