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Harker rolled his eyes. “Love has made you foolish, Nero.”
“I’m not the one dropping everything to go on a treasure hunt just to spend more time with a certain witch.” Nero’s green eyes twinkled with amusement.
“You are dropping everything to go on a treasure hunt.”
“To spend more time with my best friend, you goon.”
Harker’s smirk faded, replaced by a genuine grin. He thumped Nero heartily on the back.
“You’re a good friend,” I told Nero.
Nero nodded smugly. “I know.”
“And so modest,” Harker added.
“There are qualities in an angel that are more important than modesty,” Nero declared.
“Hold on a moment there, Nero. Don’t give Leda all the answers before she goes to her remedial angel course.”
“Shh,” I growled. “Not so loudly, or everyone will find out about it.”
“Nyx sent you to angel manners school.” The expression on Harker’s face was pure merriment. “I think it’s safe to say everyone at the Legion already knows about that, Leda.”
I sighed.
Nero set his hand on my back and began to massage it.
I forced a smile to show him I appreciated his sign of support. “Any chance that you’ll ditch Harker and hang out with me today instead? We can play footsie under the desks.”
“Tempting as that is, Pandora, I think that would distract you from the mission at hand,” Nero chuckled. “Nyx might be trying to keep you busy, but she isn’t wrong that you could use some lessons in dealing with angels.”
“You’re an angel, and I deal with you just fine.”
“Pandora, if you dealt with all angels as you do with me, I would have no choice but to kill every last one of them,” Nero said, his eyes smoldering with barely-contained volcanic fire.
The sharp jealousy, the fierce devotion in his words…I had to admit it sent tingles up and down my spine.
“Do you two need a few minutes? Or a room,” Harker added in a mutter.
Nero and I stared into each other’s eyes.
He stroked his hand down my face. “No, we’re fine,” he said quietly to Harker.
Then he leaned in and kissed me. His kiss was light and soft, but it left a hot brand on my lips. He stepped back. I touched my lips. They still buzzed from his kiss.
You know, we might still have time for a little fun in my office,I communicated telepathically.
Nero’s face was blank, but his chuckles echoed in my mind.
We just have to find a way to ditch Harker,I added.
“These lessons are important, Leda,” Nero said aloud. “You must take them seriously. Angel politics are not for the faint of heart. Or for the inexperienced.”
“Or the unarmed,” Harker added.
“You’ve survived earlier encounters with other angels because they were under carefully controlled circumstances,” Nero told me. “The gods’ challenges, various Legion assignments. But you have ruffled quite a few angels’ feathers, Leda. Your pregnancy protects you from their retribution. But only for now.”
“Pregnant angels are off limits,” Harker explained. “Other angels aren’t free to do to them what they usually could.”
