Katie's Hope

Two other Immortals lingered in the aisle of interest to her, and she browsed the small selection of feminine hygiene products, aware they only stocked a few brands for the few Immortal mates who were human. She made a show of reading the back of a box of tampons until the Immortals left. Only then did she venture closer to where they'd been and snag a small box smoothly from the shelf, pushing it under everything else to the bottom of the bag.

On her way back to her room, she poked her head into Kris's secretary's office. The slender Immortal glanced up from his computer.

"Saw your note," he said with a quick smile. He pulled a printout from beneath his computer and scanned it. "They should be here … tonight. I'm sending a car to the airport at about two. It's a three-hour trek, so you can expect them between five and six."

"Thanks," she said and left, feeling as if the timing couldn't be worse for her sister to show up. She wondered if Hannah knew yet about the Immortals and how Katie's tattoo hadn't been the result of a fling in Ireland as she led her sister to believe. She tucked the small box into her jeans pocket and covered the bulge with her sweater, ducking into the bathroom to hide it before rejoining Ully for their small lunch.