The demon huffed and puffed and shuffled his large feet. “I was just walking back to my room and suddenly I remembered that I gave you a whole bunch of my fishing gear.” He threw Cinn a confused look. “Can’t figure out why I’d do that. You never said you liked fishing, and to tell the truth, I’d give away my granny—if I had one—before I’d give away any of that stuff.” He did some more shuffling. “So I’m here to ask for it back.” His eyes glowed as he waited for Cinn’s decision.

Relief washed over her. Thank God, Wade’s reaction to Eva’s pollen had faded. That meant her two plants would return to normal—whatever normal was for them—in a little while. “You can have it all back.” She nodded toward the corner where she’d piled everything on a small table. “I appreciate your generosity, but I probably wouldn’t get around to using the stuff often.” Like ever.

“Thank you for understanding.” He hurried over to his things before she could change her mind. The door banged shut behind him when he left.

“Well, things are looking up.” Cinn refused to acknowledge the herd of elephants still tramping around her greenhouse. She glanced at her watch. “You don’t have much longer before dawn.”

“I’m not happy about leaving you with someone else.” Dacian stood and did some pacing. “I’m getting a bad feeling about things. I know Ganymede thinks he’s got everything covered, but Stephan’s had time to work on his strategy. He’ll have every eventuality covered.” His pace quickened. “The more I think about how everything fell into place, the more I see Stephan’s hand in it.”

“You’re right. Too many coincidences.”

He nodded. “First, my contact calls to say he’s found out that Stephan knows where Taurin is and is coming for him. Then Ganymede gets a tip that I’m in Alaska.” He stopped and his gaze sharpened. “We have a wizard in the castle who’s way too powerful to ever want a job here. So what’s he really after?”

“It only makes sense that someone in the castle is passing information to Stephan. Otherwise how did he find out about Taurin in the first place?” The informant could be anyone. She knew jealousy made Kyla’s name pop into her head, but still, she’d check to see when the vampire had arrived at the castle.

“I wish the damn dawn weren’t so close. I want to check on some things myself. Ganymede might be powerful, but that doesn’t make him infallible.”

Cinn was closest to the courtyard door when someone knocked. She watched Dacian grow still as he reached for the person’s identity.

“Edge.” He scowled.

She smiled. Maybe the jealousy bug was catching. She hoped so. Cinn opened the door.