Blind Destiny: Grimm's Circle, Book 7 [retail mobi] by Shiloh Walker

smart-ass, pithy reply waiting. I knew it. I opened my mouth, ready for it.
    But nothing came out.
    Sighing, I shifted my attention back to the house. Focusing instead of the noise I could hear even from a street away, I listened to the cacophony of voices. “Something else happened.”
    “A woman killed herself.”
    Closing my eyes, I rested my head against the building behind me. It would be hypocritical of me to wonder why . To mutter about how it was such a waste. At least, I was given another chance.
    And this is how you spend it , a sly little voice whispered in my head.
    “I’m going in the house,” Luc said, unaware of my inner turmoil. “You enjoy doing whatever it is you came here to do.”
    Going in—
    Long, agonizing seconds ticked by and then I turned my head to look at Luc, but he was already moving through the throng of bodies gathered on the street, letting Krell lead the way.
    Absently, I thought about how blind the people around him were.
    Some of them were staring at Krell, then Luc, with expressions varying from pity to curiosity.
    At least he tries to see , Will had said.
    Shit. They shouldn’t look at Luc with pity.
    Out of the two of us, I was the pathetic one.
    Swallowing the nasty, bitter knot that had lodged in my throat, I took off behind him.
    I’d come here to do an assignment. It shouldn’t even be that hard , damn it. But if it was, so what? I was coming up on two thousand years old. There were more tales based off my legend than I could count. There were very few creatures in existence who could hold a candle to me, and I was standing there afraid of a house ?
    Maybe I had truly gone mad.
     
    Krell yipped.
    Luc ignored him.
    He knew she was trailing them.
    She could damn well catch up on her own.
    He was too busy winding his way through people and trying to figure out the best way into a house when there was a veritable circus going on outside.
    He circled around the block, coming up from the other direction, at the back. Most of the fun was taking place on the opposite corner and nobody could see him or the dog from here. All he needed to do was get inside and if he had to—
    “We could wait until night to do this,” Sina said quietly.
    Resting his hand on Krell’s head, he edged closer to the house. “If I wanted to wait until night, I would.”
    “You’re tired. There are dozens of people just yards away and—”
    Turning around, he tore his sunglasses away. He was tempted to throw them down, snap them into pieces. Anything to keep from doing what he really wanted. Which involved things like hauling Sina close and kissing that soft mouth of hers, tasting her, listening to her moan as he made her climax. But then he’d have to listen to her caustic remarks again, and he just didn’t have the patience.
    “I’m fully aware of this,” he said coolly, locking in where she stood and glaring at her. Her aura wasn’t as abrasive to him as Will’s. When she wasn’t pissing him off, she wasn’t abrasive at all, he realized. He actually rather liked the feel of her, liked the vibe she gave off—the very essence of her was—unique. It felt right, he decided.
    Which was a bitch, because there was nothing right about this.
    “Are you under the impression you have me back in training, Sina?” he asked, taking a step toward her. They were close now, close enough that he could feel her body heat and he could so easily reach out and pull her against him. Taste her again, the way he wanted to, the way he needed to…
    No. Just no. Get your head out of your pants .
    But even as he tried to make himself focus, Luc found himself remembering what Will had said. Screw her already —
    What in the fuck did Will know?
    “I haven’t been your pupil in a very long while and I’m not here to be instructed ,” he bit off. “I’m here as a partner and since you’re dead set on sitting in your room and sulking, I’ll do the assignment as I see fit.”
    Without saying anything else, he