Yasmine Galenorn - 13 Autumns Bane by Yasmine Galenorn

Author:Yasmine Galenorn [Galenorn, Yasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightqueen Enterprises LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

We made it to work by eleven-thirty, and found everyone there except Rafé, who had a dentist’s appointment. As we stepped out of the elevator, Talia, who was sitting at Angel’s desk, let out a loud whistle.

“Well, thank you, but you’ve seen me in a dress before,” I said with a grin.

She snorted. “That wasn’t for you. Herne wanted to know when the two of you arrived.” She straightened some papers, then yielded the chair to Angel. “I fielded several calls already. Mostly just inquiries about how much we charge, things like that. Also, one former client who’s worried that their goblin problem has returned. I took their name and number so that you can return their call and do whatever it is that you do.”

“Thanks,” Angel said, sitting down and glancing through the notes. “I’ll call them back in a while. Do you know if we’re going to have a morning meeting as usual, considering it’s almost noon?”

“Herne said no—we’ll be meeting with Ashera at four, and we might as well just use the time until then to get organized and finish up paperwork.” Talia glanced over at me. I was slowly headed down the hallway. My head wasn’t hurting anymore, but I was still a little dizzy and my side burned. “You really got the stuffing beat out of you, didn’t you?”

“Yeah, I did.”

Herne popped out of his office at that moment. “Hey, love.” He kissed me quickly, but there was a distracted light in his eyes and he looked concerned about something. “Talia, we’re having the morning meeting after all. I just learned something that is…rather disconcerting.”

I groaned. “We don’t want disconcerting. We don’t need disconcerting. The world is disconcerting enough.”

“Toughen up, cookie,” Herne said, kissing me again. “I wasn’t the one who brought this issue to light, by the way. It was you and Yutani, so blame yourselves.”

Frowning—for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out what he was talking about—I slowly inched my way to the break room. As I sat down, Talia immediately veered toward the coffee pot. Without asking, she poured me a cup of coffee and brought the cookie tray over to the table.

“I know you probably just ate, but…here.” She winked at me.

“Hey, how’s that boytoy of yours? What’s his name? Tanjin?”

She smiled and that told me about all I needed to know. “He’s good. We’re good. Nothing serious, but I have to admit, I’m having a lot of fun and he seems to be, as well.”

“Are the two of you exclusive?” Viktor asked, leaning over my shoulder to snatch a cookie off the tray. He gave me a pat on the head. “How you doing today, Ember?”

“Sore but alive. That’s the most important part.”

“The stitches pulling on your muscles?”

I nodded. “They’re right where I bend to the side.” I motioned to my waist. “So they hurt like crap every time I turn.”

“That sucks,” Yutani said, coming into the room. “I’m glad to see you up and around, though.”

“Me too. By the way, Herne’s blaming you and me for whatever it is he has to tell us.

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