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drinks anywhere.”
    Addison lowered her arms to her sides. She knew the woman was goading her into asking the question, and even though she knew it would be better to walk away, she asked, “Then why are you here?”
    “For you.”
    Addison was so shocked she took a step back. Who was the woman, and why had she come for her? Addison knew enough to recognize the woman’s attire as that of the Voodoo culture. It was a religion she knew nothing about, other than the fact that it could be dangerous in the wrong hands. She didn’t want – or need – to know any more than that.
    “Is there a problem?” Riley asked as she walked up beside Addison.
    The woman’s smile grew slowly as she took in Riley. “I didn’t expect to see a Chiasson here in New Orleans. I don’t think my day can get any better.”
    “Who are you?” Addison asked.
    The woman bowed her head as she slid her gaze from Riley to Addison. “I’m Delphine.” She narrowed her eyes on Riley. “Didn’t your brothers mention me?”
    Addison glanced over at Riley to see her shaking with anger. Her lips were pinched tight and her hands were fisted at her sides.  
    Delphine threw back her head and laughed. “Ah. I see that they have. I wonder, do your brothers know you’re here? I imagine they would do everything in their power to keep you out of New Orleans after my last encounter with them. . Hmm. Is there discord in the tight Chiasson clan?”
    “Get out,” Riley said between clenched teeth. “Now.”
    Delphine rose to her feet. Her smile was gone, but a look of utter delight shone in her black eyes. “You should know more about your employers, Addison. Just being associated with such...people...could get you in all sorts of trouble.”
    With that, Delphine turned on her heel and walked out of the bar.
    Everyone breathed easier once Delphine was gone. Everyone but Addison, that is.
    “Don’t listen to her,” Riley said as she stared at the closed door. “She has a grudge against my family that started with the LaRues, and has since expanded to encompass the Chiassons.”
    Addison swallowed and rubbed her hands over her arms. “Why did she seek me out?”
    “To frighten you.” Riley faced her and flashed a quick grin. “Delphine is a Voodoo priestess. Watch yourself around her.”
    They turned to find Marcus behind them, his face a thunderous expression of fury and hate. “Riley is right, Addy-girl. Delphine is bad business.”
    Addison didn’t need either of them to tell her that. She sensed it the moment she saw Delphine, but that still didn’t stop the priestess’s words from running through her head over and over again.

CHAPTER SIX

    Addison couldn’t wait to call it a night. She was exhausted both physically and mentally. Delphine’s visit had only agitated things, and she was more than curious where Myles and his brothers were. When she’d asked Riley about it, Riley had shrugged it off and said the boys needed a night off.  
    Addison walked out the back with a bag of trash. She opened the dumpster and threw it in. After she dusted off her hands, she looked up at the sky, but she couldn’t see the moon from where she was.
    She turned to go back inside when a man stepped out of the shadows. Addison took a look at the door, but the narrow alley prevented her from having enough room to go around him and reach the door. If anything happened, no one inside would hear her scream with the music blaring.
    Addison glanced over her shoulder to the wooden fence that locked her in. She didn’t think she could climb it fast enough or open the locked gate quick enough to get away.
    She took in the man. He was on the short side and thin-framed, but there was something about him that made her wary, something that made her think he was much stronger than he looked.
    “Here’s the morsel I’ve been looking for,” he said with a smile.
    His skin looked pale in the light flooding the alley. His eyes were in shadow, but she knew they were