Chapter 28

“I paid your scientist a little visit,” Cerie said as she gracefully lowered herself onto the end of the Chippendale sofa.

“What do you think?” Rowan asked.

Running her slender hand along the edge of the sofa’s curved back, she made note of how well preserved it was. 

“I remember when you first acquired this piece so long ago.  It has remained in fine condition,” she mused.

“Stop playing games, Cerie,” Rowan grumbled.  “This is serious.  Is he a threat?”

She allowed the silence between them to build up to a point of being almost unbearable for him before she smiled and said, “I think not.”

“Is he vampire?” he asked.

She leaned forward and gave Rowan a studied look as she asked, “What type of research was he doing before he came to you?”

“He is a geneticist,” Rowan offered.  “He was loo