Page 24 of Shadow Warrior
Seven
Kash was waiting in the foyer, no bags, no cases. He was dressed in dark denim jeans, a black T-shirt, and a sexy leather jacket. I dragged my gaze down to his boots, steel-toed and dangerous-looking.
He looked … hot.
“Where’s your stuff?” I joined him by the main doors.
He looked amused. “I don’t need to take stuff when I go home.”
“Oh, yes, you probably have duplicates of everything.”
“Nope, upgrades.”
He obviously wasn’t embarrassed about being wealthy; heck, I’d been one of the wealthy once, still was, but I’d spent so long in the supernatural slums, living like a pauper, that opulence was a distant memory.
“What about you?” He glanced at my unimpressive backpack. “Is that all you’re taking?”
I shrugged. “I should hope that as my fake boyfriend, you’ll be providing me with all the stuff I need for a comfortable stay.”
He bit back a smile. “Ah, diamonds and pearls.”
“Nope. Blood bags and burgers. I’m pretty low maintenance.”
“Just the kind of woman I like.”
“Lazy.”
“Not when it counts,” he drawled.
“And when would that be?”
“In the bedroom.”
“Just the bedroom? How uninventive.”
His eyes lit up. “Silk sheets, champagne, the right soundtrack, and a few extra touches …” He narrowed his eyes, sucked his bottom lip into his mouth, and then slowly released it in an action that made my breath catch. Those lips … fuck. “Trust me,” he continued. “Bedroom sex with me will take you places.”
I dropped my gaze and shrugged to cover my fluster. “Well, good for you, Raj, good for you. Now, can we leave?”
He pushed open the main door. “The port awaits.”
I followed him out into the sunlight. In the mist, the brightness was muted, but here it was unfettered. It stung my eyes and made them water. It was hard to remember that there’d been a time when the sun had rendered me as weak and vulnerable as a human.
Kash bounded down the steps and made a beeline for the fountain that rose up like an impressive guardian at the front of the Academy. This was the main port. The one that brought students here from all over. It didn’t spew water because it was a transport device.
Kash pulled a pass from his pocket. A gold card that shimmered in the dawn light and then climbed into the fountain. I joined him.
“You ready?” he asked.
My gaze dropped to the card. “You sure you have the correct coordinates?”
He slid a smirk my way. “Afraid I’ll kidnap you, take you to my secret lair, and do wicked things to you?”
I blinked in surprise. “No. Just that we’ll end up miles from where we need to be.”
“Oh.”
It was my turn to bite back a smile.
