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Angels hadn’t been around in a while, though. They were a non-entity to us at this point, since they’d decided they were better than this world and fucked right off.
We didn’t need them. We played our games, we lived by our rules. We did everything just fine without them.
So, she wasn’t a shifter, a vampire, a demon, or an angel. Could she be a fae? No one really knew where they came from, or how they operated. They kept to themselves, and they were travelers, never resting in one place for too long.
Maybe Liv was a fae, and she didn’t realize it.
Whatever Liv was, she had to fall into one of the categories of creatures that lived all around us. I just couldn’t put my finger on it.
The door opened, and Jerry returned. He looked a lot better—he’d pulled himself together, splashed water on his face that had seeped into his collar, and he’d tightened his tie again.
“Sorry about that,” he said and sat down. “Where were we?”
“I want a schedule drawn up. We need a timeline. Testing and results, release, marketing… I want it all.”
“Of course,” Jerry said. “I know the drill; this isn’t my first rodeo.” He looked at Liv. “She’ll draw it up for us.”
Liv sighed.
“Is that a problem?” Jerry challenged.
“No, I wasn’t doing anything tonight, anyway,” Liv said. “I guess I can work late.”
“Good,” Jerry said and stood. “We’ll revisit this tomorrow once we have that outline.”
“Sounds good,” I said. “You can go.”
Jerry nodded, happy that he was dismissed, and left again. Liv sagged a little.
“Do you work late often?” I asked.
She shrugged. “It’s part of the job, right? I don’t have anywhere else to be, anyway.”
What does her life look like?The moment I thought about it, I shoved the thought away. I didn’t care what her life looked like.
Liv’s stomach rumbled. The sound wasn’t audible, but with my acute hearing, I picked up on it.
“Are you hungry?” I asked.
She blinked at me. “I’ll get something to eat once I’m done with this.”
“It’s going to take you a while.”
She shrugged. “I won’t die before then.”
She was snarky, and I liked it. And for some reason, she wasn’t scared of me. I wasn’t sure whether I liked that.
“I’ll stay late with you,” I said.
The words surprised us both.
“What?” she asked.
I shrugged. “I don’t have anywhere better to be, either.”
“If you’re staying because you think I can’t do my job, you’re wrong. I know what I’m doing.”
“It’s not why I’m staying.”
