Still, what then? The rest of my enemies wouldn’t need a photo to know Mina meant everything to me. Inadvertently marking her would make that just as obvious.
Simple. We protect her to the end of our days,my dragon vowed.
Mina sighed. “Too bad asking Gordon to help trace that picture isn’t an option.”
No, it wasn’t. But that did bring us to why she’d traveled to Paris.
“What did Gordon want?” I asked.
“Nothing sketchy. It’s totally innocent. Maybe even fun.”
My dragon paced and swished its tail.Innocent? Gordon? Not a chance.
She must have picked up on that, because she raised that commanding finger again. “Oh no. Do not even think of interfering.”
“Wouldn’t dream of it,” I lied.
“I mean it, Marius. Don’t ruin this for me.”
“Ruin what?”
She crossed her arms firmly. “Need-to-know basis.”
Ouch.
“The question is, what did Celeste want? I saw you with her outside Gordon’s,” she demanded.
I cursed the succubus for the hundredth time.
“She called me, claiming to have information about Etienne,” I explained.
“Lucky her to have your number.” Mina’s voice dripped with sarcasm. Then she frowned. “Wait. Why would Celeste know about Etienne?”
I grimaced. “Because Celeste keeps tabs on anyone who might prove useful to her someday.”
“Useful…how?”
I ran a hand through my hair. Where would I begin?
Then I looked around. We were still out in the open. Time to move.
I stood and held out my hand. Mina took it and rose. “Meeting adjourned?”
I nodded and led her back to ground level. “Where are you staying?”
“Gordon’s guest apartment, around the corner from his place.”
We hopped the fence and hurried across the street to the darker sidewalk. Minutes later, we reached the corner closest to her destination.
“Do you want to come in?” she asked.
I shook my head. “Too risky. Gordon has the place wired with cameras.”
“Cameras?” she hissed. “Like, in the bedroom?”
I doubted it, but I shrugged. “Maybe there too.”
She thought it over, then flashed me a saucy look. “Then I guess I shouldn’t touch myself and cry out your name, huh?”
