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And I would be again.
“This isn’t exactly keeping a low profile,” I answered, more to myself than to Ash, but my friend was unbothered by the observation.
“That was Abby’s suggestion,” he reminded me. “Now that you have resources, you don’t need to hide the fact that you’re back. Orson should be very aware that you’re here to claim what’s rightfully yours—and end the slave trade that he’s running.”
I glanced to my side.
“I still can’t believe that bastard went so dark with the Verity Gang,” I retorted, disgusted to think about it. “I wouldn’t have believed he had it in him.”
Ash frowned. “I’m not surprised. Humans are more second-class citizens now than ever, and females…”
He turned away, but I could see that the subject bothered him more than he was letting on.
“You have a daughter?”
Ash tensed more, but he responded before I could change the topic. “That’s why we need to change things for all females.”
I thought of Abby, working under Orson, and wondered what else he had her doing for him. The notion infuriated me, jealousy blinding me for a moment.
“Come,” Ash said. “We have work to do.”
He led me back into the suite, where Royce had brought several bags inside, one of which was mine.
“Did you see Abby?” I asked, but the driver shook his head.
“I waited to ensure she was gone before I went in.”
I wanted to ask him how she seemed, but I stopped myself. I’d go to her myself when the dust settled. I didn’t need to get my information about my mate from Ash’s driver.
“What’s all this?” I asked, eying the odd devices the driver pulled from the cases.
Ash looked at me skeptically. “They’re computers,” he said. I stared at him blankly, and he snorted loudly. “You’re joking, right?”
“I’ve heard of them?” I offered, but that was a lie.
I’d heard vague passings of this technology, like the mobile telephones, but I hadn’t the faintest idea how to use them or how they worked. But as Ash sat me in front of the numbered and lettered keyboard at the dining table, I had no idea what I was looking at.
“This is your new best friend,” Ash explained, pulling up a chair beside me. “The computer.”
He slid a cellular phone over the table.
“And this is a cell phone for you, too. I assume you don’t have your own.”
“You assume correctly.”
“Do you know how to use it? Avalon said you were screaming at him when you called.”
Heat crept up my neck, but I managed to hide my embarrassment.
“I wasn’t screaming,” I denied haughtily. “He’s old. I wanted to make sure he could hear me.”
Ash snickered.
“Right.” He turned toward the screen and fired up the laptop in front of him, and I tried to hide my exasperation.
“I should be out there reclaiming my territory,” I grumbled, not understanding how any of this was helping my cause. “Not sitting here…”
I gestured vaguely at the screen.
