He had that natural musky sweat smell that just drove her crazy. ‘I think that’s it then,’ Deke said, and he chanced to put his hand on her uppe... back, between her shoulder blades. Hannah closed her eyes and took her lower lip between her teeth as warm current passed through her. It felt so nice, so perfect, so…Hannah’s’ eyes snapped open and she turned, smiling uncomfortably. She took the details for the sale and rang it up back at the register, safely behind the counter. ‘You can pick it up. Big nasty secret like this? Made sense to keep it secret, even from me. I can be a loud person, I know that. Must have been tough on ya.”“So Jack—”“Needed me to cover his six until Damien was healed up. And Eric”—she gestured to her boyfriend, who stood in the kitchen—”is slowly learning more about it, too. Cause, ya know, werewolf. Spirits and shit. There’s a connection somewhere there, between Black Blood, who Jack is convinced isn’t a normal spirit, and the Shadow Realm and all that. "Poor Briony!"They both laughed.A few minutes later Clive stuck his head round the door. "Thanks, Tom," he said."No problem," replied Tom cheerfully."Brownie Points," teased Susie.Tom made a rude noise.The next day Clive came into the office again. "Would you believe it?" he said. "They haven't got an XRD system with them." Strewth!" exclaimed Tom. "What the hell's going on out there? That's an essential bit of kit for quality control." It gets worse. No one out there knows how to use one.". Almade her way through the family greeting them all warmly and putting on ahappy fa?ade despite the sad situation. Jaimie gave her a big hug whileRachel complained that Al looked better in her dress than she did.Sam gave her the biggest hug followed by Virgil. Virgil mumbled, "Are youstill hurt?" Al whispered back, "It doesn?t hurt much anymore but I stillhave some trouble being a girl." Virgil told her warmly, "Why, you are sopretty?" which Al smiled at, the little boy knew how to make you.