Full Moon Rising (Riley Jenson Guardian 1)
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"They are, which was why Rhoan was so pissed at having to go undercover and investigate."
At least Quinn hadn't lied about that part of it. "Any idea what he was investigating?"
Liander shook his head. "You know he never gives away stuff like that."
I sighed and leaned back. "Then you haven't any idea where he might have gone?"
"I know he was checking out the street directory before he left."
I raised an eyebrow. "Don't suppose you know what address?"
"No. But I was sitting beside him and know the page number was sixty-nine."
I grinned. "No wonder you remembered it. Bit of wishful thinking there, huh?"
Amusement touched the corners of his silvery eyes. "In the end, there was nothing wishful about it."
"Lucky you."
"Indeed."
"There's a street directory at my place," Misha said. "If you want to check out what's on that page number."
I leaned over and kissed his cheek again. "Thank you."
He smiled into my eyes. "I can think of better ways to thank me."
The slow burn of passion ignited again. It wasn't the fierceness I'd felt earlier, but it was certainly a warning that this moon phase would be a bad one. And for the first time, I wondered if Talon and Misha were going to be enough to keep me satisfied
I said good-bye to Liander and let Misha escort me downstairs to reclaim my bag and coat. Once outside the club, he pressed me back against the wall and kissed me. It was a slow, sweet possession that was so very different from the fierceness that Talon offered but just as arousing in its own way. Which was why I liked being with them both. In the two, I had my ideal man
"I'll go get my car," he said, after a while
"I'll wait."
He grinned, and walked off whistling. Five minutes later, we were roaring into the city at warp speed in his shiny red Ferrari - which he lovingly called his "bound to get a shag" wagon. Though why a werewolf, armed with an aura that could sweep all objections aside with little effort, needed a "shag wagon" was beyond any sort of reasoning
Misha lived in the penthouse suite of a tower apartment building he'd recently purchased. It stood next to the Casino and the South Bank entertainment complex, and from what he'd recently said, the rent was making him huge gobs of money. His apartment, like him, was silver, but the coldness of it was offset by the brilliant views offered by the floor-to-ceiling windows and the splashes of vibrant colors tucked into odd corners. I never went too near the windows. Though I loved the view, I had a weird fear of heights that kicked in around twenty stories high. Fifteen was close enough to twenty to be cautious
I dumped my bag and coat on the nearest chair and looked around. "Where's the street directory?"
"In the kitchen."
I raised my eyebrows as I headed that way. "Strange place to keep a street directory."
He gave me a grin as he walked around the bench and grabbed a couple of mugs from the cupboard. "Not when you have a business meeting to attend and are studying where the hell it is over breakfast."
I opened the directory and flicked to page sixty-nine. It didn't provide any immediate revelations
"Do you know if there's anything of interest around here?" I slid the book across the bench toward him
"The Moneisha Research Center is there." He indicated a spot surrounded by green
I frowned. "Why does that name ring a bell?"
A smile tugged his lips. "It's only been in the news for the last week."
It wasn't that. I'd seen that name somewhere else, somewhere recently, but I'd be damned if I could remember where. I waved a hand. "You know I never read the headlines."