Page 24 of Demon Unleashed

“What the fuck, Enya?” Aiden cursed. “When were you gonna spring that on us?”

“How about never?” She crossed her arms over her chest. “I don’t have to tell anybody if I’m dating someone.”

“You do, if that someone becomes a witness to what we’re doing,” Hamish said, though he seemed much calmer than Aiden. “What did you tell him? Did you reveal who you are?”

Somewhat pacified by Hamish’s calm tone, Enya shook her head. “Of course not. I told him they were evil guys and that we can’t go to the police. I sent him home and told him I’d talk to him tomorrow and explain everything.”

“We have to check him out, see if we can trust him,” Aiden said. “Pearce should run a background check on him.”

“I did that already,” Enya said. Well, not a full one, but a cursory one, and together with a search of his condo that had turned up nothing odd, she was confident that she could trust Eric.

“When?” Aiden asked.

“A few weeks ago, after I met him.”

“You might have overlooked something,” Aiden said. “Pearce can run another one.” When she opened her mouth to protest, he cut her off. “He’s the best. If there’s something to find, he’ll find it.”

“There’s nothing to find. He’s just a guy, okay?” And after what Eric had done for her tonight, she trusted him. How close to death she’d come because of her stupid high heels, she didn’t even want to tell her colleagues.

“We’re just looking out for you,” Hamish said. “Let Pearce run the background check the moment you get back to the compound, and tomorrow morning we’ll discuss how much to tell this guy and how to proceed. Agreed?”

Reluctantly, she nodded. It didn’t mean she had to do what he said. After all, none of her brethren had asked her opinion when it concerned their love life and how much to reveal to the women they’d fallen in love with. So why should she be restricted to how much to tell the man she…

She stopped herself. She wasn’t in love, of course not. She was in lust. Yes, and she enjoyed Eric’s company. Plus, she trusted him. And now, she also owed him her life. That was why he deserved to hear the truth from her.

“All right if I let you out here?” Hamish asked, pointing at the next stoplight. “We’ve gotta get these bodies burned ASAP.”

“The stench is unbelievable,” Aiden groused.

“Yeah, let me out here. It’s just a few blocks. I’ll be all right,” Enya said.

Moments later, she hopped out of the car and walked to the compound. She covered the green bloodstains on her dress with her leather jacket. Ten minutes later, she was back in the compound.

Pearce was still in the command center. He swiveled in his chair when she entered. “Hey, you’re back. Where are the others?”

“Incinerator. Got three bodies to burn.”

“Good job.” He turned back to his computer screens.

“Yep.” She hesitated.

Pearce looked over his shoulder. “Something else?”

“Yeah, I need you to do a background check on a man named Eric Vaughn. I’ll write down his address for you.”

“What are you looking for?”

She sighed. “He was there when I killed the demons tonight. In fact, he helped me.”

“You—”

“Yes, I’m dating him, okay? Damn it, why is everybody so curious about my love life?”

“I wasn’t asking about that. But thanks for filling me in.”

She felt her face flush.

“You wouldn’t know where he works, would you?”