By the time I rushed to work later that day, I was desperate for some caffeine. It was one thing that I’d forgotten inventory earlier and left Jane to do it alone, but more than that, I hadn’t gotten anywhere with Malachi at home, either.
Malachi had refused to leave. I didn’t know what I expected considering he’d been stalking me in the shadows for months. Even if he did leave, would he really be gone?
I still had more questions than answers. So far, I still didn't know what Malachi was. He sure as hell wasn’t human—at least not completely. He looked human and a delicious one at that, but that was beside the point. One second, he could be smoke and shadow, the next, a beautiful man.
I figured since I made Jane do inventory on her own, I’d let her leave early and close the store in he
