I pointed my eyes straight ahead too and muttered, “I’m sure I’ll find something I can do.” I felt Frey’s eyes on me, kept mine aimed at the hall then I heard Frey sigh. “Indeed, you will and this terrifies me,” he muttered back and that was when I allowed myself to giggle.

“He was pressed up against me after kissing me and being all… I don’t know… inte…”

“Babe, advice. A man expresses his gratitude, you do not throw attitude. You kis…”

“I figured the Nightingale Investigations job application form had the question …”

“It was a shit time for you, the worst, but you were there and you saw 'em doin'…”