Chapter 16
Eager to get some answers, Mira rushed though the prepping routine before meeting with her patron. Even cuffed and escorted, Mira managed to quicken everybody’s pace up to the suite, and when the door opened and Lucian greeted her, she almost ran him down to get into the room.
“Someone is eager today,” one of the handlers laughed as he uncuffed her hands and feet.
Mira smirked but did not rise to the taunt.
As soon as the door closed behind her handlers, Mira turned on Lucian. “You want to tell me what happened back there?”
“Well now, you’ve certainly gotten bold, haven’t you?” His tone was a precarious balance of annoyance and amusement, but Mira wasn’t in any mood to play the ‘nice’ game. She wanted answers... real ones.
“Don’t screw with me.”
His usually congenial smil
