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I smirk. Good luck, buddy. You’re going to need it.
“Hello, Calix.”
Everyone back home thinks Calix is out and hunting me but I knew better. I’ve been keeping an eye on the man for years and there is no way they’ll let him leave, not without a little help.
No, if my source is right, then I’m looking for askia–meaning shade or shadow but in this case, I’m thinking they mean ghost. And that’s where Calix comes in. If the murmurings are true then I won’t need to hunt the ghost down, the ghost will come for Calix.
“Do I know you?” Calix frowns, his voice deep and gravelly, making a weird feeling roll through me.
“No, but I know you.”
“Is that right?” He looks around the room and squints just a little, a sign that he’s noticed that the cameras are off.
“I’ve come to make you a deal.”
“Lady, go home. Guard,” he yells. The guard ignores him, having been given strict instructions not to respond to anyone calling him but me.
I lean back and cross my arms under my chest. His eyes drop briefly before they come back to my face. When he realizes nobody is coming, he looks at me differently, sitting up a little straighter when he realizes that I’m more powerful than I appear.
“Who are you?”
“I’m your guardian angel.”
He smirks at that, and damn, the man has a nice smile.
“My angel, huh? Tell me, angel, where have you been the last twenty years of my life?”
I cock my eyebrow. “Keeping you alive.”
He throws his head back and laughs. The sound coils around me, stroking me like a caress.
“Jesus fuck. If you’re the best the man upstairs has got, I’m screwed. Do me a favor, lady. Get the fuck out of here before someone takes a liking to you.”
“I’m good where I am, thanks.” I smile, then look down with a frown, wondering if I also need a pedicure.
Calix breaks the silence first, an aggravated sigh leaving his mouth, and I look back up as he leans forward as much as his restraints will let him. “You think you can waltz in here dressed like that, looking like every man’s wet dream, and there not be consequences?”
“Oh, I’m counting on it.”
“And they say I’m fucking crazy. You take the cake. Okay, angel, I’ll bite. What do you want from me? But know, I charge a steep price for favors.”
“I want you to marry me.”
He stares at me for a second before he starts laughing again.
I don’t smile. Don’t look away. I keep my eyes on him and wait for him to calm down.
“Who put you up to this?”
“Nobody put me up to this.” I roll my eyes at the infuriating man. “You don’t have any friends, and somehow I don’t see your enemies punishing you by marrying.”
“You clearly don’t know my enemies, little girl.”
I stand up, slide off my blazer, and toss it on my chair before walking around the desk until I’m within touching distance. I reach up and drag a finger across his jaw.
“I know exactly who your enemies are. I know them better than you could even imagine.”
I move closer and grip the hem of my dress, shimmying it up to just under my butt, revealing my garter belt. His breath hitches as I straddle his legs and sit on his lap.
