Free Tempting Gray - Untouchables 02 by T. A. Grey Page A

else. Sissy
understood what it meant to be different. However that did not keep her from
being nosy.
    “What is that?” Sissy asked, pointing at the
velvet box in Arabella’s arms.
    “Just a box,” Ara hedged. When Sissy got a hold
of juicy information she wasn’t prone to keeping it to herself. Arabella
doubted that Zeke Hunter wanted Sissy of all people to know about the special
hairbrush in the box. “It’s nothing. Just another job.”
    “Bologna! I know for a fact you were called to
the alpha’s tent twice. Dish now or forever hold your piece,” Sissy
said.
    Ara slipped past Sissy’s snatching hands. “I
believe I’ll forever hold my piece then.”
    Sissy sucked in a breath, aghast. “You wouldn’t
dare! I am your breast friend and as someone who’s like a sister to you, I
demand to know why my best girl was called to see the alpha twice in a day .”
Sissy crossed her arms, both dark eyebrows cocked. She’d wait all night in that
pose if she had to. Ara sighed. She’d have to give her something or else she’d
never hear the end of it.
    “I may have taken a job.”
    “I knew it! What’s in the box?”
    “Oh this? Just a hairbrush.” Ara thought
quickly, then opened the box. The silver brush must not look particularly
spectacular to Sissy because she didn’t look impressed.
    “So what? It’s a brush. Tell me about what he
said. You know Zeke’s been teasing me for years. It’s only a matter of time before
I get him in my bed.”
    “Bragging does become you, Sissy.” Ara laughed
and took the box into her bedroom, sliding it under her bed for good measure.
Sissy followed closely, her hot pink high heels snapping against the wood
floors.
    “Don’t gotta tell me, girl. I know.”
    Laughing, Ara faced her friend seriously, “I
got a job. From the alpha and president. Sissy, I’m the most scared and excited
I’ve ever been in my life.”
    Sissy’s eyes widened. “Well hell, girl, spill
already. I’m dying to know!”
    “I have a tracking job working with Grayson
Blackmoore.”
    Wide, sparkling eyes narrowed. “The vampire boy
you, like, kissed or something a long time ago?”
    Ara slapped Sissy’s arm playfully. “Shh! It
wasn’t like that. I shouldn’t have even told you.”
    “Too late now. You already started telling me.
Now you must finish. You may begin,” prompted Sissy.
    “He was such a jerk, Sissy! You wouldn’t even
believe it. Cold and mean and why? I didn’t do anything to him. The second he
saw me it was like he hated me.”
    “Damn shame, ’cause that man is fine. He’s got
that gruff manly thing going on.”
    Now it was Arabella’s turn to glare. “He is not
fine.”
    “Girl, you can lie about all kinds of things,
but don’t lie about this. Every Were, vampire, and human with an Internet
connection knows how hot the Blackmoore family is. I think it’s that exotic
dark hair and golden skin. Just makes a woman shiver.” Sissy did in fact
pretend to shiver. Arabella rolled her eyes at her friend.
    “You’re silly. Every time you see a pretty face
you get all addled in your brain,” Arabella said.
    “I know,” Sissy sighed dreamily. “So tell me
about the job.” She hopped onto Ara’s bed making, bouncing.
    Ara grabbed a duffle, then decided against the
bag and went with a backpack. She had a feeling this special assignment would
involve some hiking and lugging around a heavy duffel did not sound pleasant. “I
have two jobs, actually. Alpha Zeke wants me to find the owner of that
hairbrush.”
    “Why?”
    “I don’t know,” Ara hedged. “I suppose because
that person it important to him.”
    “He probably wants to kill whoever’s behind it!”
    Arabella smiled even though she didn’t agree. “Possibly.”
She didn’t want to let on to the alpha’s secret assignment. Though she hadn’t
been sworn to secrecy, she had a feeling Zeke would not like Arabella sharing
news of the assignment to anyone.
    “What does Grayson Blackmoore want? You