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Slowly, I lifted undy seat Beast poured strength and hot speed intothe high back of the booth seat Tielina stoppedover her Fastfastfast She started, shocked, one hand lifting, slowly I leaned in, gripped her scarf, twisting, pulling her to me The heat from her spell slid overback And everything I thought I knew about witches, and this witch in particular, went up in smoke There were pinprick spots on her neck
"Who bit you?" I demanded
Her lips parted And I smelled another scent on her, like the bottom note on a cheap perfu fast I bent over her, twisting my other hand into her red hair It felt like silk, like sorowled deep inside me and I heard it spill fro her to answer
"Lincoln Shaddock," she whispered
"Blood-whore," I whispered back
Evangelina’s hands cahher scarf over her head and her hair frorip Suddenly she was on the other side of the booth I turned, following her, still holding the purple scarf and strands of silky hair She hunched her shoulders, her hands like claws, her nails blunt and painted pink "I am none of your business!" she shouted "Leave y flashed froht, s to spell et
When I spoke, it was an octave lower and full of threat "Stop Now," I growled
The light washed past, feeling oily and flat-sharp, faceted I could have sworn I heard it hit the brick behind elina shouted, "What the hell are you?" She raised her hands high, screae, and stormed out the door
The silence in the café was acute Every person was staring atin the booth seat, Beast so close to the surface, I could feel her breath pant inon my jeans Harder "Aun’ Jane Aun’ Jane" I looked down to see Little Evan holding on to a belt loop, his pudgy fingers yanking I let him pull me to the seat My ar, panting, desperate for air The pinkish gloas fading, evaporating like the odor of strong perfu sis is her usual charht, letting my heart rate slow and steady, I studied the witch sisters Their eyes weren’t blank, but they also weren’t reacting with sufficient shock at seeing me pull Evil Evie’s hair, and their coven leader and elder sister store of shell-pink, the spell still active And if IEvangelina in the s better or worse? Would it break the spell or erous? Disrupted spells soical backlash that would physically or psychically har you all?" I asked
Molly’s lips lifted with unconcern "Would you like ht they nearly squeaked with the , Aun’ Jane" I tightened irls’ chatter surrounded otten Evil Evie’s outburst, all the sisters, the customers, everyone except Little Evan and er and prettier was only against witch-etiquette Letting a vaal She had been around another supernatural being, not sorindylow, not the sick, infected olf taint The creature smelled like woodland and rock and eer De to witch-law either, only stupid The spell-over-her-sisters elina wrong, I would ht in ht spiral, and folded them in the purple scarf One-handed I tucked it into my shirt, not sure why, but it see to do
The door opened The ed with exhaust and the scent of fresh hay A voice said, "Morning ladies Can anyone here feed a hungry man?" Rick? Here? Why would he be here, without me?
I lifted aze "Hiya, Ricky Bo," I said, letting a hint of threat intoTeam Sex? That’s the Best You Could Couilty and happy, which was a weird combo of emotions even from a were-cat who couldn’t shift yet We had moved to a corner table for privacy, and the sisters ere off duty had broken up, going about their own business, including Mol
"Talk," I said, sounding a lot less mean than I intended Maybe because he was just so pretty Black hair fell over his forehead and ducked into his collar, waves catching the overhead lights His eyes, Frenchy-black in New Orleans, looked Cherokee black here And his cheeks were gloith that "please touch ers under to keep them beneath the table and tried to look stern