Chapter 4
She knew she shouldn’t. After everything Jesse and Gideon had done for her, getting her out of Sangre and away from the opportunistic Slater, Emma knew snooping around in their apartment and office bordered on ungrateful, if not illegal. But she couldn’t sleep, even knowing Jesse wouldn’t let anything happen to her. She had spent too many days on edge, waiting for the other shoe to drop, to stop being wary so easily, especially since she was in the home of a vampire. And it wasn’t like she was stealing anything. She was just looking. Assessing her new situation as best she could until somebody woke up and stopped her.
It was a nice office and an even nicer apartment. Both were fussy neat, with the exception of one of the desks buried in stacks of books. It looked exactly as Jes
