scalp—God, that felt good.
“Eleanor only told you about it because she’s trying to make you feel that I keep shit from you. She wants you to feel unsure of me.” He briefly brushed his mouth over hers. “Forget about her. Ignore the crap she says. She’s not important. Okay?”
Devon gave a slow nod. “Okay.”
“Good girl.” He gave her ass a pat. “Let’s go get your things.”
*
As she didn’t have an awful lot of stuff and plenty of people pitched in to help, it didn’t take long to move her things into his building. In terms of furniture, she only took her bed and a few other pieces, since her stay would most likely be a short one. Her helpers also assisted her in unpacking once she arrived, which was very much appreciated.
As a thank you, she later bought a takeout for everyone, which was quickly demolished. People slowly began to leave over the following hour, until only Devon and Tanner were left. It was while they were cleaning up the kitchen that Finn called her, and it quickly became apparent that he wasn’t happy with her for not calling him about the second attempted kidnapping.
“Jolene told me that she’d call you with the entire story,” Devon told him.
“And she did. Five minutes ago. I should have been told of it immediately. I’m your father. You think I wouldn’t want to know that you went through hell yesterday?”
Her father? Biologically, sure, but that was all. “I did send a text message to your phone last night,” she reminded him.
“Oh yeah—Finn, some shit went down between me and a group of demons but don’t worry I’m not dead.”
She shrugged. “I thought it was pretty succinct.”
“You know it can take me a while to sift through my text messages—it’s why I tell you to leave a voicemail if it’s urgent. This counts as urgent. Look, I can understand if you’re upset with me for not handing Asa over to Jolene to be interrogated, but I shouldn’t have heard about the attempted kidnapping from her. I should have heard it from you. And I should have heard of it straight away.”
A growl rumbled out of Tanner, who was bagging up the trash, totally eavesdropping. “If he yells at you one more time, I’m ending that fucking call.”
No, Devon would do that herself. “Finn, you’ll be kept in the loop, but Jolene isn’t going to be in any rush to call you with news, because she feels that you’re not invested in finding out what’s going on here. If you were, you’d have given someone else a shot at Asa.”
A brief pause. “It’s not that simple, Devon. I’d make myself look weak if I surrendered him to another Prime for questioning. No Prime can afford to demonstrate weakness.”
“She said you didn’t need to hand him over; she said she’d be content enough with going to wherever you’re keeping him and having a chat with him.”
He made a sound that was close to a snort. “Jolene is an imp. Imps can get in and out of anywhere. If she knew Asa’s location, she’d send some of her lair to retrieve him. We both know that.”
Okay, that most likely would happen.
“Believe me when I say we’re doing everything we can to get answers from Asa.” He paused as a female voice spoke in the background. “In a minute, Reena, I’m on the phone.”
An acidic smile curved Devon’s mouth. “I’m sure she’s devastated that I got free.”
He sighed. “I know you two don’t get along well, but she wouldn’t like to see you dead.”
Devon snorted. “Don’t kid yourself.”
Another sigh. “Devon—”
“Look, I have to go.” Because, really, what more was there to say?
There was a long pause. “All right. If something else happens, I’d like it if you could notify me immediately.”
As she couldn’t make him any promises, she simply said, “Take care.” Devon rang off and took a deep breath.
“I don’t like the way that asshole speaks to you,” said Tanner. “Like he’s entitled to know what goes on in your life when he’s never made himself a real part of it.”
Devon shrugged. “He’s a Prime. They’re spoiled and used to having their way. Kind of like you.”
“I can’t even deny that.” Sensing that she didn’t want to talk more about Finn, Tanner prowled towards her and said, “Cleaning’s done. Did you manage to unpack all your things?”
“Yes. I had some help.”
“Good.” He hauled her close, loving how her heartbeat instantly kicked up. Just that easily, hunger slammed