Chapter 685: Life Goes On

And life, as complicated as it was, went on.

And on.

The Steam Union never did uncover Vasyl, so I figured he'd show up again when I least expected. Because, yeah. That was the way things rolled for me.

Piers went to great lengths to keep me up to date on the trial of the Black Souls and the continuing Vasyl hunt, though, so he had lots of opportunities to just show up and make himself available. With lots of suggestive comments and kissing thrown in for good measure.

At least I'd managed to keep him from running into Liam. So far. Wasn't looking forward to that disaster if it ever happened.

I'd seen jealous Liam before, and it wasn't a performance I wanted him to repeat.

The worst part was I knew I could send Piers away at any time. But I didn't want to. And that made me a truly wretched human being and a despicable girlfriend. Though I wasn't much of the latter lately, to my credit. Despite our conversation, his assurance he would never stop trying, I pulled away from Liam comp