Page 119 of Tempest’s Torment

I frown. "What do you mean?"

"The apartment was bugged."

Every muscle in my body goes rigid. I didn’t want her to have that knowledge, not yet.

"He had Marcus put something in there about a week ago. He was listening to us in my apartment."

"Where?"

"I don't know. Evan just told me Marcus put it there."

"Did he say what he heard?"

Her eyes drop and I understand. This morning. Last night. Every fucking thing.

My jaw locks. That motherfucker.

"Kai." I look at her. "Don't."

I breathe through my nose and force the anger back down because she doesn't need it right now. I knew he had ears in the apartment, but I didn’t realize how much he was privy to.

"I'll call Rogue. Nobody goes back in there until he's gone through every fucking inch of it."

"Okay."

"And when he says it's clean, I'll check it again."

That gets the smallest smile from her. "You know you won't know what you're looking for."

"Don't ruin it."

Her smile grows. There she fucking is. I brush my thumb carefully beneath the bruising on her cheek.

"Let's get you checked out, then I'm taking you home."

She looks at me for a long moment. "Home sounds good."

Yeah, it fucking does.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

lilah

Three Weeks Later

"Those are mine."

Kai doesn't even look up from his plate. He cuts into his eggs and drags a piece through the yolk like he hasn't heard me.

I point my fork at the last two pieces of bacon sitting beside them. "I cooked those."

"You cooked all of it."

"Exactly."

"That's not how breakfast works."

"It is in my apartment."