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power?” I tapped the side of my nose.
     
    “ There were two hundred people in that room, believe me it was hard to smell anything. And that was probably for the best. Chanel no. 5 and salmon don’t mix.”
     
    I wanted to say eww again. “Eww. Then how did you know she was there?”
     
    He leaned back against his desk, legs crossed at the ankles. “I felt it.”
     
    For a moment it seemed like he was talking just to me. I found myself walking closer, stopping a foot away from his crossed ankles, close enough to smell his cologne. It smelled really nice. “Hey, why do you wear cologne, I thought you didn’t like smells?”
     
    “ I’m used to it. I don’t notice it. And she’s here now.”
     
    “ Really?” I looked around, expecting some tall leggy blond with red nails like claws to jump out from behind the door or something.
     
    “ Not in here , out there” He made a waving motion. “In the office.”
     
    “ Well then why are you here? Go get her. Atta boy. Fetch.”
     
    He looked at me with cold patience. “Do you know how many people are in this building?”
     
    “ No. I don’t work here, I have no idea,” I said reasonably.
     
    “ Three hundred.”
     
    “ You’re right. That is a lot.”
     
    “ I have no idea how to narrow it down. But I have to find her. I can’t risk her leaving.” His gaze slid away from mine and I felt like there was something he wanted to say but was trying not to.
     
    “ I can’t locate her. I would need something that belonged to her. We’d have to know who she was first. But here is a thought. What if you pulled the fire alarm, like as a test, and as people filed out the door you’d know when she left the building. We could watch on the surveillance cameras.”
     
    He looked at me in shock. “That’s a great idea!”
     
    “ Do you know how often people tell me that? And they always look just as surprised. It’s really irritating.”
     
    He gave me a small smile, and we headed down to the first floor security office. The security officer was named Chuck and he had a gut the size of a basketball. He also worked with a gal named Heidi. But, boy, was she misnamed. She was the female version of Chuck.
     
    And I was pretty sure they batted for the same team.
     
    They made an announcement that they were going to test the fire alarm and have everyone gather at the very edge of the parking lot, about five hundred yards away.
     
    Hopefully, it would be far enough. We watched them file out of the building, Zack and I were staring at the screen, a few feet apart, arms crossed, leaning in as though that would make the image clearer. As the minutes ticked by, my shoulders started to ache with tension and I forced myself to relax. Finally, everyone was out of the building and shock— nothing had happened.
     
    “ Well?” I asked, desperately curious.
     
    “ She’s still here. I didn’t feel any change, she hasn’t disappeared or gotten closer or anything.”
     
    I had a horrible urge to giggle. “So either she’s out there and we missed her, she’s in the bathroom with stomach poisoning and hasn’t left yet. Or it’s Heidi.”
     
    Heidi didn’t know what we were talking about but she gave us an evil glare. I bet she had a mean softball arm.
     
    Zack looked at me, giving me a quick once over, voice soft and intense. “Those are the only options you came up with?”
     
    Gulp.
     
    “ You better go outside,” he said in a low tone.
     
    “ Heidi is coming too!” I said.
     
    “ Fine. No offense Heidi, I’m sure you’re a lovely woman but I suspect you’d be just as surprised to find I was your mate as I would be.”
     
    She grunted and left, hitching up her pants as the door closed. Chuck chuckled and talked about being in a pickle or stuck in a sandwich or something. I was frankly so shocked my ears were ringing a little and I didn’t catch it.
     
    “ It’s not me.”
     
    “ Go outside so we know for sure.”
     
    “ There is