this?” Sierra asked.
I smiled and caressed her arm, “Yes, I haven’t changed my
mind.”
It was true, I suppose a part of me was stressing the change
of such a big step, but I didn’t have doubts about her, or us, so what I said
was true, mostly. I was ready to just move in with her and the pack, soon.
She nodded, “Send me?”
I stole a light kiss first, but when I let go and tried to
step away, she pulled me back against her for a more lingering one before she
deigned to released me. I was tempted to make us both late after that, but
knew it was a bad idea, although not why.
She looked great in jeans, boots, and a light shirt, all
ready for work. No one was in the trailer yet, I checked, and I had my magic
take her straight there. I verified she arrived safely and grabbed another cup
of coffee from the kitchen in my travel mug.
I’d been experimenting with my travel spell, and it seemed
my magic was very good at picking locks, and relocking things as it moved me.
But there were limits. For instance, if I tried to travel into a highly
secured bank vault, it wouldn’t work at all.
It was time for me to go as well, and I went out the door
into the sunshine. It wasn’t as hot as yesterday, back to the normal June temperatures
in Chicago, it also wasn’t nearly as humid. It occurred to me as I started
toward my office I’d probably be spending a lot more time there when I moved to
the suburbs, well, not necessarily, I could always hang out at the house and
only come in when I needed to still.
Another thing I worried about was if anyone would notice my
quick movements, it had occurred to me that my phone was hopping towers almost
instantly whenever I jumped around the city and especially when I left the city.
So far it hadn’t been noticed as far as I knew but I had to exercise a little
caution.
One thing that changed over the last ten days was the walk
in business side had picked up a little bit, thanks to all the press I’d gotten
from Kira Downs. That was most likely why I felt the need to head over there
this morning. I opened up the office and started some coffee going.
Aitheria sent, “ Be careful today. ”
“Is it going to be that bad?” I asked wryly, she never
warned me about anything. Which is why I went to high alert for a moment.
Today did feel weighty, I was hoping I wouldn’t have any
more crazy days like the werewolf pack invasion for a while. Last time the
crap really hit the fan I’d gotten nine months of relatively easy work. It was
a nebulous feeling though, and I couldn’t see what it was. That meant whatever
happened, it would be supernatural in nature if the information was blocked.
Aitheria shrugged, “ I can’t get a lock on the information
either, so just… be careful Ben. ”
I smiled, “Yes dear.”
She scowled, “ Not funny. ”
I frowned.
She actually sounded worried, and I was sure her power to
gather information was more powerful than mine was. It wasn’t like her to warn
me either, but there wasn’t much I could do about it except keep my eyes open
and be cautious. I felt the person approaching as soon as they entered my
sphere of connected air, and then my sphere of fire as they came in my office.
Whatever had her worried, it wasn’t this, the person coming was human, and one
I knew well.
“Are you nuts?” Aiya asked in exasperation, as she walked
through the door.
I replied dryly, “The jury is out on that one, I’ll let you
know.”
She surprised me with a tight hug, despite our lack of
chemistry it felt pretty damned nice. She studied me for a moment after she
stepped back, maybe she was trying to gauge my mood.
“I don’t think Mike… he was a little freaked out after you
left. I don’t think he’s going to tell anyone, but he gave me the damned third
degree after you ran out like your ass was on fire. So thanks for that.”
I frowned, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to throw you under