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“Acker? No.”
“So that’s why he was placed in the servant’s quarters at Thanksgiving, too?”
I take the empty container of food from her hands and set it aside on my bedside table. “They weren’t servant’s quarters. I told you that before, Windows. I wanted you as far away from me as possible because of your scent.”
“What about it?”
“It drives me insane.”
She blinks at me. “In a good way?”
“In an insane way. Like an itch I can’t scratch.”
“I’m an itch you can’t scratch?”
“You’ve been the worst kind of temptation to me, Madison Evans. Sassy and smart with this citrus and spice scent that makes me want to devour you.” I fist her hair in the back to pull her face to mine for a kiss.
The scent of her arousal blooms between us.
“What about Genevieve?”
“What?” I’m thinking about kissing those lips until they’re swollen, but of course Madi’s still putting everything together in that genius brain of hers.
“Is she a wolf?”
“No. Just a well-paid HR exec.”
I watch her as her mind turns. “Jerry!” She lifts her gaze to mine in triumph.
“The janitor? Yes. How’d you guess?”
“He doesn’t follow the same rules as the other janitors. He doesn’t wear the uniform. Indira said there are certain people who seem like they get special treatment at Moon Co.”
“That’s because I trust wolves more. Jerry is the only janitor I allow on the executive levels to clean. There’s too much at risk to trust a human.”
“I’d like to unpack that prejudice with you at some point, but I have too many immediate questions.”
I stack the uneaten food containers on the floor beside the bed. “Ask away, Windows.”
“Does it hurt?”
“What? Shifting? No. I mean, it’s not always comfortable, but it doesn’t hurt.”
“Will you show me your wolf again?”
I smile indulgently and stand up from the bed to remove my clothes. Madi sucks in a sharp breath when I shift, drawing back. I jump up on the bed beside her. She tentatively reaches for me and strokes my fur.
“My what big teeth you have,” she murmurs, but when I smile, showing more fang, she yanks her hand back like she’s afraid.
I shift back, chuckling.
“Does the government know?”
“There are some incidences of government captivity and testing on our kind. An attempt to create super soldiers or something. There are also private collectors and crazy scientists who have captured shifters for their personal gain. There’s a clandestine group called Venators who capture shifter juveniles to hunt them when they first shift.”
“That’s…horrible.”
“Yes. Two more questions, and then I’m going to ravish you again.”
