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the hieroglyphics said. Allie—Dr Ziambe—said it reads ‘Renpet’, but she also asked me where you got it.”
    Devi’s eyes glinted again for a second before she smiled. “No problem. It does say ‘Renpet’. I would have told you that. I really have to go. We’ll pick this up later?”
    She hurried back to his side, kissed his cheek, and walked away without looking back.
    He nodded at January and headed back to the elevator. Something had been off about how she had taken that news. There’d been that weird glow to her eyes again.
    He shook his head at his irrational thought. Her eyes couldn’t glow. Punching the button for the ground floor, he smiled as he thought of what ‘later’ with Devi would entail.

Chapter Four
     
     
     
    Before Devi turned the corner, she glanced back and noticed Rhodes waiting by the elevator. She shook her head—she needed to answer her page. She thought about Rhodes’ confession that he’d taken her cartouche to the professor at the university, and wondered what—if anything—would happen. With a quick probe of his memories she had seen everything that had happened when Rhodes had taken it to the university. This Dr Allie Ziambe had called a man named Parker—a mythologist. Both of them had seemed interested in her cartouche and why she would be wearing an item bearing the name ‘Renpet’—a very little-known goddess.
    If they find out who I am, especially Parker, I wonder what they would do with the information?
    Devi dismissed the thought. They wouldn’t find out. If anything came of Rhodes taking it to them, she would deal with it.
    She glanced at the bracelet on her left wrist. A warm feeling made a small smile curl her lips. She hadn’t even realised she had left it behind. When Rhodes had put it on her wrist it had been warm, unlike the coolness it usually radiated when touched by anyone but herself.
    Devi pushed thoughts of Rhodes out of her mind as she entered the emergency room. It was organised chaos. She skirted around a couple of nurses and went to the desk to ask about the page.
    Much later, Devi walked to her car. A sensation of being watched skirted across her consciousness. Without breaking stride, she searched the area with her power. It flashed in her mind. Devi stifled a chuckle as she spotted the huge bear of a man and the thin, blonde woman sitting in the silver Prius. The man was squeezed into the passenger seat. She recognised them as Allie and Parker from Rhodes’ memories. Although they were some distance away, she could clearly hear their conversation.
    “This damn car is too tiny, Allie. Next time we’re taking my truck,” Parker griped.
    “ Next time . I don’t know why you don’t just ask her about the cartouche instead of skulking around,” Allie said.
    “I don’t do well with people. Maybe you can ask her,” Parker said.
    “Oh, no. I’m not the one who wants to examine the bracelet more closely. I’m just here helping you out,” Allie replied.
    “You can help me out by asking,” Parker mumbled.
    “Come on, Parker. You can ask her—I know you can,” Allie said gently.
    Devi raised an eyebrow at her tone. Her smile widened. As they continued to talk, neither seemed to be a threat. Even if they were, she’d deal with them.
    Devi opened the door of her blue Toyota Land Cruiser and got in. Within moments she had pulled out of the hospital parking lot. The Prius followed her as she drove to her apartment.
    Once inside, Devi changed her clothes, then went back out of the door. She bit her lip as Parker, who was standing on the sidewalk, turned, almost knocking Allie over. He caught her, then practically lifted her and hurried away down the sidewalk.
    “What the hell? Put me down, Parker,” Allie said.
    “Hush. We almost got caught. Shh… We don’t want her to see us. Act natural,” Parker said.
    He stood holding Allie in his arms, smiling widely. Devi acted like she hadn’t seen them. Turning her head, she fought