”“That’s good. Some men are a little slow on the uptake.”Rachel looked across the parking lot in the direction Dillon had gone. “If you’re...talking about Dillon, and thinking that man doesn’t know you love him then he must be really slow on the uptake, but he doesn’t strike me that way. Somehow I think he knows, and it’s obvious that he loves you.”This time it was Pamela’s turn to look in the direction Dillon had gone. “Obvious?”“Pamela, you introduced Dillon as your personal assistant, but he. "Shanna."Godko's greeting was less formal than usual. More, there was a tone she was not used to from the man. She paused, frowning, arms crossed over her chest."Evening. Piotr here?" Yup." His head motioned towards the closed door. Again, his tone. She nodded."Thanks." You're welcome." His eyes never met hers. Not liking this, she moved across the room. Now it felt like the teen's eyes were on her. Shanna had a crazy desire to whirl, catch him in the act. That would be childish, though.. For a week, he had heard nothing from her. He had heard nothing concerning their progress in stopping Okeke. Then all of a sudden, she wanted a meeting. Not tomorrow, but right now.Unfortunately for him, ‘right now’ was well after midnight. He should have been in bed sleeping, although sleep had been slow to come ever since signing that contract. Not for the first time, he wondered if he had signed a pact with the devil. It sure seemed like it.One of his biggest regrets was that he had given. They all trooped into the main house at Hickory Hill shortly after that.We were all amazed to see that they had two extra men with them. Men who appeared to be very thin and quite tired, but who had strong Talents."Sorry to be late,"Sererena apologized. "But we needed to make an extra stop to rescue these two gentlemen. This is William Banister, a printer," she finished. William was a man of medium height at about 5'-8" tall. He was quite thin at around 135 pounds with blond hair and gray eyes..