Free Finding Faerie by Laura Lee Page B

too.”
    I waited until he was out of the building before I asked, “How did he know you’re a werewolf?”
    Leo once told me that he could sense other supes but he never explained how he did it. Was this yet another ability that all vampires had?
    Takk grabbed my elbow and started pulling me towards the door. “Let’s go.”
    I tried shrugging him off, but my strength was no match for his. Leo’s sedan pulled up as we stepped outside. Takk opened the back door and not so gently pushed me in. “Hey!” I whined.
    Leo was watching our exchange through the rear view mirror. “Takk.”
    One word was enough to make him heel. “I’m sorry,” he grumbled.
    Once Takk was inside, Leo took a deep breath. I watched him and could see his nostrils flaring. I could also see that his fingers were clenching around the steering wheel. “Leo, you okay?”
    He met my eyes in the mirror. “Buckle up.”
    I glared at his reflection as I complied. He rolled down his window, which caused the rain to splatter in my face. “Hey, can you put that back up, please?”
    He ignored me as he stepped on the gas. Seriously? We raced through the streets until we were back at the hotel a few minutes later. Leo pulled up to the valet and stepped out of the car. As Takk joined him he said, “Take her up. I’ll be there shortly.”
    “What? Where are you going?” I asked.
    He took another deep breath. “I need to take care of something. I’ll be up soon.”
    Takk tried grabbing my elbow again, but I sidestepped him. “Don’t touch me.” Leo was obviously in a foul mood, and I wasn’t going to stand on the sidewalk trying to figure it out. I stepped around both men and made my way towards the lifts. Takk was two steps behind me the entire time. As we stepped into the suite, I said, “As you can see, I’m fine. You can leave now.”
    He shook his head. “Nope. I’m apparently on babysitting duty again.”
    I rolled my eyes at him. “I’m going to bed.” I briskly walked into my room and locked the door.

 
    I walked into the common room the next morning and found Takk sitting at the table, looking at something on his tablet. It was chilly, so I flipped on the switch to the gas fireplace.
    “What are you doing here?”
    He took a sip of coffee. “Apparently the only thing I’m good for nowadays.”
    The drapes were wide open, with sun shining into the room through a break in the clouds. “Where’s Leo? It’s not like he can exactly be out taking a stroll right now.”
    “Belfast.”
    Belfast was a city in Northern Ireland, at least a two-hour drive from Dublin. “What? Why is he in Belfast? And when did he leave?”
    “He left about thirty minutes after you went to bed last night. As for why he’s there, I don’t know. He just said that he had something to take care of.”
    What was going on with that man? He was behaving so strangely. It wasn’t like him to leave me in the middle of the night without a word. “When’s he coming back?”
    He shrugged. “Don’t know.”
    I rolled my eyes. “Do you know anything?”
    He smirked. “Enough to know that he’s pissed at you.”
    “What? Why would he be mad at me?”
    He raised an eyebrow. “Do you want me to make a list?”
    “Cut the shit, smartass,” I snapped. “What exactly did he say to you when he left?”
    He took another leisurely gulp from his mug, seemingly in no hurry to answer. “I don’t answer to you.”
    My vision blurred until I saw nothing but red. I charged him, taking a fist full of his shirt in my hand, ready to knock some sense into him. He stood up from his chair, eyes glowing like a dog’s when you catch one in your headlights.
    With a growl, he warned, “Little girl, if you would like to keep that hand, you best remove it from my body right the fuck now.”
    I didn’t know why I was being so ballsy right then, but I wasn’t about to back down. “Oh yeah?” I sneered. “You and I both know that you wouldn’t risk Leo’s wrath by