“Six. And you wear these beauties under your suit. The gray one. I want to think about what’s underneath all that refinement for the rest of the day.”
I met his gaze. “You pay attention to my suits?”
Ossy seemed offended. “Of course I pay attention. You’re hot no matter what you wear.”
“Well, okay, but today I’m not wearing that. I’m tired. It doesn’t feel like a suit day. It feels like a sweatpants-and-T-shirt kind of day.” I laid my head on his shoulder.
“Deal, as long as you wear lacy panties under your suit sometime this week.”
I grabbed his arm, pulled it around so I could shake his hand, then let it go again. All without lifting my head off his shoulder. “Thank you for getting my clothes.”
“You’re welcome.”
“Please don’t go by yourself again. Take me with you.” The last thing I needed was to lose Ossy the way I’d been lost. I didn’t want to go to Tech Duinn again. That place might not have beenthat scary, but it was definitely for the birds. Going alone was scarier than my last experience.
I kissed him one last time before climbing off his lap. Digging through my clothes for something comfortable was challenging, so I chose the first pair of jeans I found and a sweater.
Ossy patted me on the ass as I pulled my pants on. The panties worked like a charm. “This is mine later.”
“It’s yours all the time.” I kissed him again, then pulled on my sweater.
I smiled and winked at him before leaving the room.
Morgana leaned against the wall. When she met my gaze, tears welled in her eyes. I’d never seen her so emotional before. Not once in all the years we’d worked together.
I pulled her into a hug. “What happened? Are you okay?”
She let out a watery chuckle. Her grip tightened to the point of being almost painful. “I should be asking you that. I’m so sorry, Phin. I thought keeping you in the dark would keep you safe.”
“It did, actually. I think Donn must like me or something, because it wasn’t that bad. He just doesn’t know what to do with beloveds.” I pulled out of the hug so I could meet her gaze.
Morgana’s eyes widened. “You spoke to him?”
“I sort of got a promotion right before I escaped.” I smirked. “It’s not as great as it sounds. He did it to keep me close. I think he knew Ossy was on his way.”
“He suspected Ossy was in the building.” She seemed certain of it. There was just one small problem with the theory.
“I got a memo the night before.” The promotion had already been in place long before Ossy and Ezul stepped into the building.
She stiffened. “How could Donn know when Ossy would arrive?”
Ossy leaned against the doorjamb. “Ezul, most likely.”
He kept his hands in the pockets of his pants. I hadn’t realized he’d put any on until that moment, but he must have put them on while Morgana and I were having our moment.
“We’ll talk about Ezul later,” she told Ossy.
I turned back to her. “Next problem. Since we have a bit of a reprieve from Donn, I think we need to protect the property. So how do we do that?”
Morgana smiled and seemed to sigh with clear relief. She drew me into another hug. “I’m so glad you’re back. We really need you.”
Chapter Twenty-One
Phin
Breakfast was the most chaotic experience I’d ever had. The reapers had written the book on chaos, which wasn’t surprising, even a little. I sat next to Ossy at one of the two tables in the dining room.
Azriel and Elliot cooked. Miles managed the schedule. He seemed to be the household's Morgana, and he seemed anal but pretty good at it, considering how many people lived there.
