Charlotte was asleep beside me, the sheets wrapped around her naked body. She was stuck to me like glue, calling me all the time because she claimed she needed my body on top of hers. I was lonely, so I never said no. If it wasn’t her, it would just be someone else, so what difference did it make?
Hades called me. The phone vibrated on the nightstand.
I grabbed it and headed into the hallway so I wouldn’t wake my guest. “What happened?”
“Security at the Tuscan Rose contacted Sofia.”
“Okay…”
“Anna checked in thirty minutes ago. Paid for a room.”
I stilled at his words and stared at the windows that lined the hallway. It was dark outside, and since I was on the top floor, I didn’t get any glare from the streetlights outside.
“Since you enjoy sticking your nose in her business, I thought you should know.”
Liam must have asked her if he could return to death fighting. And she gave her answer…loud and clear. “Thanks…”
“Are you gonna go down there?”
That was my first impulse. Grab my coat and leave. But being in a hotel room with her alone… Nothing good could come from that. “I don’t know…”
“I can take Sofia instead.”
They were good friends, but the idea of someone else comforting her didn’t feel right. I wanted to be there for her, to be the friend I said I would be. “I’ll go.”
There was a really long pause. “Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Damien—”
“Nothing is gonna happen.” I wouldn’t do anything stupid again.
Hades let it go. “Alright. Good luck.”