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Thank God other shifters couldn’t pick up on magic like foxes could, or she would have known what I was.
After Amy showed me how to log into the system where I would find everything I needed, she walked through a door that led to her office. She was part of HR, apparently. I wasn’t sure what exactly HR did around here—I always thought they were people who handled inappropriate sex in the workplace, but around here, that concept was ridiculous.
I dove into my work, trying to figure out what I was supposed to do.
At midnight, Amy came out from her office.
“I’m out,” she said. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“You’re leaving?” I asked.
“Yeah, I have the early shift. I started just after lunch this afternoon, and I’m dead on my feet.”
“Okay,” I said.
“You’re fine, right?” Amy asked. “If you didn’t need something until now, it’s not like I have to keep holding your hand.”
Because she’d held my hand until now?
I didn’t say it.
“If you get stuck, call Serena. Her extension is on the list, she’s upstairs taking care of Felix… and all that implies.” She offered a smug grin. “Later.”
She left the door, and I was alone.
I stood and popped my head out the door. The hallway and its sex was quiet—the couple was gone, and so was the group of people who’d gotten off staring.
I let out a breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding, but a small part of me was disappointed. This world was very different from the one I grew up in, but I was curious about it. I wanted to know more. What was sex like? Being that connected to someone… I’d played around, done oral, played with myself a shit ton, but I’d never actually fucked someone.
Thankfully none of my dad’s friends had ever caught me, or I would have known in a way I didn’t want to know.
I left the office in search of the restroom. The hallways back here were a maze, and in no time, I was lost.
I found a staff kitchen with state-of-the art coffee machines, a fridge and microwave, and comfortable couches. Further down was a row of offices, most of them empty. They all had large windows looking out over different floors in the club. Some of them had dancers. Some of them had people all over each other.
I backed out of them. How did anyone work when there was so much sex all around?
When I pushed through another door, I stopped in my tracks. I was in a large office, with a huge desk dominating the room and shelves covering one wall. Books and ornaments lined the shelves. This office didn’t have a large window looking out over some kind of sex scene. Instead, photos hung on the wall. They looked like family photos.
I glanced down at the desk, and a dagger caught my eye. It was pinned into the desk, the blade sharp, light glinting off it. Underneath it, with the blade slicing through the face, was a photo of my dad.
Terror flooded me, and my blood turned to ice.
A toilet flushing sounded, and then a rush of water, before a door to my side opened. I spun around, my breath coming in shallow gasps.
A male stepped out.
His magic preceded him. It was thick and warm, spilling into the room, filling it out until the room pulsed with power. It was the magic of a bear shifter, and it was incredibly powerful. My fox cowered, and I fought the urge to mimic her with my human body language.
Magic aside, this man was agod. Six feet four inches at least, light brown skin, broad shoulders, a square chin with a dimple in it. His dark hair fell over his forehead in a Hollywood-esque swoop.
Helookedyoung—shifters aged differently than humans—but the power that rolled off him suggested he was an older shifter.Mucholder.
I could see why women tried to seduce him. To be in bed with a man like that… heat washed over me, and a shiver ran down my spine.
I was turned on immediately.
What. The. Fuck.
