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To taste her.
Talk to her.
Make her mine.
“Was my backpack still there?” she asked, her gaze going straight to Brynn.
I wanted her to look at me.
My sister smiled. “Yep. One of my baristas is on her way here with it right now.”
Elodie’s shoulders relaxed. “Thank you. I’ve been working on a big project and didn’t want to lose everything.”
“What are you studying?” Brynn’s gaze flicked to me, almost… challenging me.
I ignored her challenge.
I couldn’t let myself get any more attached to the woman than I already was.
“Software engineering. It could end up difficult to get a job, but I love it,” she admitted.
I couldn’t help but be intrigued by her admission, even if I wasn’t allowed to show it.
Brynn waved her toward us, and Elodie reluctantly stepped out onto the porch. My sister shooed me away with her hands, so I scowled, but made space between Brynn and I for Elodie.
My female reluctantly sat down on the porch beside me.
It took everything I had not to wrap an arm around her back and pull her to my side.
“I know a guy who might be able to get you a job. My brother-in-law. As long as you’re not against tracking down violent vampires so a group of demons can kill them,” Brynn offered.
Elodie’s eyes widened. “That’s a thing?”
“Keep it on the down-low, but yeah.”
“I’m definitely in. If he’s interested in me, I guess.”
I couldn’t stop the growl that vibrated my chest.
“Not romantically,” she added hastily. “I’m not looking for—that.”
Brynn smiled. “He’s happily mated, as August already knows, but I’ll talk to him. Give me your phone number?”
“Of course.”
Brynn finished putting it in her phone just as a tiny white car pulled up to the house. A high-school-aged girl got out just long enough to hug Brynn and give her a simple, gray backpack.
As the car drove away, Brynn handed the bag over to Elodie, who accepted it with a grateful expression.
She checked a few of the bag’s pockets before pulling her phone out and looking at the screen. “I need a minute to call my friends.”
Brynn squeezed her arm lightly. “Take all the time you need, El.”
Elodie slipped back inside the cabin, shutting the door behind her that time.
My whole body clenched as I fought the urge to go after her.
“How hard is it to keep your distance?” Bash asked.
