FUR FOR ALL, Book 5 in FIXED Read Online Free PDF

didn’t catch, and Rafe laughed. Scowling, Tess set aside her coffee cup and crossed her arms over her chest. “You know, she 28

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    also has ears, a mouth and a fully functional brain. You might want to try talking to me, instead of talking about me as if I weren’t even in the room.” Rafe turned to her and raised an eyebrow. “You didn’t seem very willing to talk to me when we were outside a few minutes ago.”
    “You had me pinned to the wall like Torquemada with PMS. I was supposed to want to tell you my life story?”
    Graham laughed, then quickly covered it with a cough when Tess and Rafe both turned to stare at him. “Sorry. Say, what do you think about checking out this note and seeing what all the fuss is about? I mean, it is almost four in the morning, so I’m guessing that whatever it is this Witches’ Council wanted to talk to you about, Rafe, it’s got to be fairly important, right?” Rafe growled something that sounded remarkably similar to what Graham had growled about his security people a few minutes ago and stalked back to Tess’s chair. He held out his hand. “Give me the message.” She didn’t know how it happened, but all of a sudden she found herself looking from his hand to his face and back again while a devil prodded her tongue to make it do evil things. “Say please.” Graham practically choked to death, but Rafe just closed his eyes, drew a deep breath, and said, “Please,” through tightly clenched teeth.
    Tess pursed her lips, reached into the pocket of her black denim jacket and pulled out a slightly crinkled white envelope. She handed it to him with a haughty sniff.
    “Thank you,” he bit out.
    “You’re welcome.”
    Tess watched as he ripped the envelope open and pulled out a single sheet of white paper with her grandfather’s seal at the top and the familiar, regimented handwriting marching across the page. She wasn’t close enough to read the text, 29

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    and when Rafe turned away, beginning to pace as he read, she couldn’t see the letter at all. But that didn’t matter. She already knew what it said.
    Not because she’d read the actual text of the letter; she hadn’t been lying—
    about that , at least—but because she had eavesdropped on her grandfather when he and a fellow council member had composed it. Still, she kept quiet while Rafe read.
    “They want to meet with the Council,” he finally said, raising his head and handing the letter to Graham. “With me, they say. I’m not sure if my name is simply there because I am current head of the Council or because they have some need to talk to me in particular. Damn Dmitri anyway.” Graham grinned and shook his head. “Now, now. It’s not Misha’s fault he has better things to do now than occupy that council seat.”
    “I can still blame him. It makes me feel good to blame him.” Tess watched their conversation with a small frown. She didn’t quite know what they were talking about, and she hated feeling left in the dark. “Who are Dmitri and Misha?”
    “They’re the same person. A friend of ours.” Rafe dismissed the question casually and turned to face her, crossing his arms over his chest. “But I think it’s still my turn to ask the questions, Tess. Tell me why this council wants to talk to me.”
    She shrugged, growing wary again. “I don’t know. They didn’t explain anything to me. They just asked me to deliver the message.”
    “Yes, and that’s what has me so confused. Why you? If Graham or I were going to deliver a message to someone we didn’t know and didn’t trust, but whom we believed might pose a threat to our basic safety, I doubt either of us would choose someone like you to deliver it.” 30

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    She scowled. “Why not? Because I’m not some sort of trained spy who would have been able to follow you all the way to the pearly gates without being spotted?”
    Rafe shook his head, his lips quirking. “No,