Ilona Andrews - Kate Daniels 04 by Magic Bleeds

Author:Magic Bleeds [Bleeds, Magic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-11-05T13:49:09+00:00

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“Yes, at five in the morning.” He just kept going and going, and at about five o’clock, my body gave out. “I had to have sleep. But I’m nice and rested now.” Why did that just come out of my mouth?

He looked like a cat who’d gotten into a pantry and had himself a cream and catnip party. “Is that a hint?”

“Would you like it to be?” I just couldn’t stop myself.

He grinned and slid into the bed next to me. “Yes.”

Half an hour later, I escaped and started looking for my clothes. The air smelled of java—he’d made coffee for me.

I got dressed and went into the kitchen to fry an omelet and call Andrea for updates.

“You’re two hours late,” she told me. “Are you okay? You’re never late. Do you need me to come and get you?”

“No. I’m fine. Just tired.”

Curran loaded bread into the toaster.

“Any news of my Mary?” I asked.

“Nothing.”

We dodged the bullet. “Thanks.”

“Wait, don’t hang up.”

“Yes?”

Andrea lowered her voice. “Raphael found out more gossip about the gym thing.” Curran glanced at me.

I had to head her off at the pass before she said something Raphael would regret. “Now isn’t the best time . . .”

“Look, you, I’m hiding in the armory with the phone, watching the door, and whispering so nobody will overhear me. I feel like a kid cutting class hiding in the bathroom with a joint. The least you can do is hear me out. Raphael says that Curran lay there on the weight bench for fifteen whole minutes trying to lift the damn bar, even though it was welded on there.”

Curran’s face took on an inscrutable impression.

“Aha,” I said. “Aha” was a good word. Noncommittal.

“He broke it.”

“I’m sorry?”

“He broke the bar off. And then he smashed the bench with the bar. Bashed the thing to pieces.” Just kill me now. “Aha.”

“He must have a lot of frustration. The man’s unstable. So watch your back, okay?”

“Will do. Thanks.”

I hung up and looked at him. “You broke the bench.”

“You broke it. I just finished the job.”

“It wasn’t one of my brightest moments.”

He shrugged. “No. I just didn’t get it until I saw the catnip. I thought you were taunting me. It was unexpected.” He growled under his breath. “I’m going to muzzle Raphael.”

“He just wants his financial machinations approved.”

“Are you asking me to do this for him?”

“No.”

I turned the gas off and got out two blue metal plates. I’d given up on breakable plates after the last time my front door got broken and demonic mermaids wrecked my kitchen. I split the omelet between the plates and stopped when Curran’s arms closed about me. He pulled me against him, pressing my back against his chest. I heard him inhale my scent. His lips grazed my temple. Here we were, alone, in my kitchen, holding each other while breakfast cooled on the table. This was some sort of alternate universe, with a different Kate, who wasn’t hunted like a wild animal and who could have these sorts of things.

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