Avery
“Don’t call me that.”
The grin slid off Erik’s face. “I’m sorry, it was just a tease since you said it before, although it’s funny considering I’m older.”
“I never said it. You plucked it out of my brain.” I stood up. I needed to get out of there.
When he’d said it out loud, I remembered where I’d got the notion. Kai had called me that as the darkness aged me. I didn’t even remember that until I heard Erik say it out loud. A small reasonable part of my brain said that he didn’t know that, but the larger angry and confused part was spiralling.
Maurice had made me a multimillionaire. I couldn’t get my head around it.
“Dr. Jones, there’s also the matter of the hoard.”
I snapped my eyes to the uptight lawyer. “What on Earth is that?”
His eyes flicked to Erik, frowning, then back
