Chapter 30

She questioned after a protracted quiet, "Where is he?" Kaiser. Enoch did not reply straight immediately.

Then a slow smile pulled at the edge of his mouth. "You mean your husband?"

She let her eyes roll back. "Don't start"

He dropped his voice and leaned in just a little. He's behind you.

Her heart shook.

She felt him even before she turned. Her arms started to show raised hairs. Heat pressed across her spine; she could not ignore this presence. A weight here. A shadow.

She turned.

Kaiser was right next to her. More closely than he ought to have. His grey eyes lacked blink action. They drank her as though she were something he had been wanting to see all evening.

That appearance is great. The one whose knees battled to remain firm and whose gut twisted. The one she forgot every sentence she practiced before the mirror.

"Enjoying yourself?" he asked, voice a husky whisper between silk and steel.

Izora cleared her throat, suddenly conscious of how tight her ga