“No, they wouldn’t, and we both knowthat.”
His aqua eyes perused her from head to toe,but she didn’t sense any sexual interest from him. However, theintensity of his gaze made her shift uncomfortably.
“Can I get you anything?” she asked.
“No, I’m good,” he said.
“We have a TV downstairs, and the electricityis working right now; I can bring it up so you can watch it. Therearen’t many channels left, but sometimes they air somethingdecent.”
“I’m good. Cole gave me this book to read.”He held up the first Harry Potter book for her to see. “Have youread this?”
Lexi bit back a laugh as she stared at thecover. “A few times.”
“It’s really good.”
This time, she couldn’t stop herself fromchuckling. “I told your brother the same thing.”
And he’d liked it enough to recommend it tohis brother, which meant she’d turned him into a Potter groupie.Now she had someone to discuss the books with as Sahira refused toread books about wizards. She claimed she had enough witches andwarlocks to deal with without reading about them.
“I can’t tell you the number of times Colehas been wrong over the years, but he wasn’t wrong about this,”Brokk said.
“He may have been wrong a lot over the years,butI’malways right,” she said.
Brokk laughed. “Over the years, I’ve learnedmost women are always right.”
Lexi glanced around the room, but there wasnowhere for Cole to hide in here. She couldn’t stop herself fromasking. “Where is Cole?”
“He decided against spending another nightsleeping on the chair, so he’s settling into the guestroom you gavehim.”
Lexi clasped her hands before her. “Are yousure you don’t need anything?”
“Some company,” he said and waved at thechair. “My brother’s not exactly a barrel full of laughs.”
She strode around the bed and settled intothe chair Cole often occupied. “I’m not sure I’ll be muchbetter.”
“You have to be better than a pissy lycanwith the arrogance of a dark fae.”
A burst of laughter escaped her. “You’reright; I’m a lot better than that.”
“I thought so,” Brokk said. “So,Elexiandra—”
“Call me Lexi.”
“So, Lexi, has my brother been driving youcrazy?”
She leaned back in the chair. One of hisbrothers had infuriated her, but she couldn’t tell him that. Theother one had been…. Well, she wasn’t entirely sure what Cole hadbeen doing to her, but yes, he was making her a little crazy.
“It’s been nice to have some company,” sheadmitted. With his dazzling smile and twinkling eyes, Brokk wasincredibly easy to talk to. “Though I wish you’d come here underbetter circumstances.”
“So do I.”
His eyes ran over her, and he studied herwith that strange intensity again, but she still sensed onlycuriosity from him. Unlike Cole and Orin, he was easy-going, whichwas odd considering he’d nearly died.
“It looks like you’ll be good to go soon,”she said.
“I should, but I don’t think Cole’s in anyrush.”
Her forehead furrowed, but before she couldrespond, Cole stepped into the room. His massive frame took up mostof the doorframe as he gazed at them with an expression shecouldn’t quite figure out. He looked annoyed but also amused and alittle shocked.
