Chapter Sixty Six

Spinning away I turned to see his arms outstretched as though he had been intending to grab me in some way. Surprise shone in his eyes and I narrowed mine at him. As nervous as I had been as we drove up to the mansion earlier in the evening, I did manage to notice that the mansion and the immediate area surrounding it was heavily guarded. So the chance of this man being an attacker was almost zero.

After all, why would this man need to attack me?

"Excuse me if I'm being rude but who are you?"

"I am a guardian of Lord Ozera."

"And you are trying to sneak up on me because?"

"I was intrigued to see if you are as good as they say."

"So you decided to check it out yourself by trying to sneak up on me when I was all alone? No offense but that's a little creepy." A little of my usual snarky edge returned to my voice now that I was actually comfortable in this gorgeous mansion.

Amusement flickered across his eyes before it was gone as quickly as it had appeared and he slipped on a typical gua