Page 2 of His Lucky Moon Mate

Shannon snorted and shook her head. What riddles was this man talking in? She rolled her eyes at the sexy stuffed shirt and turned back to Ollie.

“You already talked to everyone?” she asked, worrying her bottom lip between her teeth.

Shite. Even with her savings she couldn’t cover everyone’s payroll.

“Yeah, they’re having a meeting right now. They want your dad’s head, er, or yours,” Ollie said, breaking the tension with even more good news.

For feck’s sake! Couldn’t the universe give her a break just once? She started digging through drawers, opening and closing them before slamming her hands down on the desk.

“Dammit, Ollie, there is nothin’ here. Look, can you stall them?”

“For you Shannon Rose? Of course I can,” the Mole Shifter said with a smile.

“You’re just smiling cause you had your hands on my tits not five minutes ago,” she remarked and rolled her eyes.

“I did at that, and what glorious tits they are!” Ollie said, eyes round as he lifted his hands and pretended to squeeze.

Eejit.

The sound of a very loud growl interrupted their banter and Shannon lifted her cerulean gaze to the Werewolf lawyer who suddenly looked as if he wanted to chew on poor Ollie.

“Um, I better get going, Shannon,” Ollie mumbled nearly falling down as he squeaked and ran past the snarling Werewolf.

“What is your problem?” she asked the man.

“My problem? Do you always let your employees feel you up or was today special?” he grunted, angry and having no qualms about letting her know it.

Shannon could hardly contemplate the reasonings of a mad Werewolf, so she just ignored him. Even trusting her Da not tobe a total fuckup, Shannon had put some safeguards in place. First, she had to initiate the spell using her fae magic that would set a sort of time freeze spell on the casino itself. Last time the employees did so much damage it cost a fortune to repair. With her magic, they would not be able to wreck the joint.

Second, she needed her paperwork, ID, and that sort of thing. So rarely did Shannon venture into the normal world, she never carried the stuff.

“Look, I know now that Da didn’t get the proper license to set up the casino here. I promise the paperwork is all legit as far as the Ethical Code for Supernatural Work Act as set forth by the Council. And I would love to help you with that, but if I don’t get my fluffy arse out of here in the next five minutes, there’s going to be an entire team of angry supes. That includes a particularly volatile set of Ogre brothers who vowed to rip any O’Doyle limb from limb the next time Da failed to pay them?—”

“Your father took off leaving you to deal with this mess?” the lawyer asked, incredulous and even angrier than before.

Shannon stuffed her ID, bank card, and other things she needed into her purse and turned back to the handsome man.

What was his name again? Oh, Balvinder. Interesting.

“Aye, it’s not the first time. Anyway, we best leave before the spell begins or we’ll be frozen too!”

“What spell?”

“The one I just set into motion when you saw me press that button. Come on!”

She grabbed his hand, ignoring the tingles shooting up her arm from the contact, and ran out the back door.

“Don’t you be going anywhere, O’Doyle!” the sounds of shouting started, and Shannon grimaced.

“Hurry! We must get out of the circle before the spell settles, otherwise we’ll be stuck, too!” she told the Werewolf, and cursedherself for being stupid as she tripped over something on the ground.

“Hold on to me,” he growled, picking her up and cradling her to his chest before her body could come in contact with the unforgiving ground.

He sprinted with her in his arms, following her directions. Shannon saw the casino employees spilling out the back door a couple of dozen feet away.

“Go, go, go,” she murmured, clinging to him tightly.

Feck, he smelled grand. Like the ocean breeze on a sunny day with hints of coconut and lime. She clung to him a little tighter, burying her nose in his neck as he ran them both to safety. The barrier between the woods surrounding the casino came into view and Balvinder stepped through it with the tiniest of shudders, indicating he felt the magic that was created to hide their location.

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