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I’d left my post outside Mercy’s house as the first rays of dawn lifted the horizon and ca unusual happened the rest of the night, and I spent the darkest hours inter I planned to head back out into those woods today and do ation

It’s possible I was mistaken in what type of creature I sensed It’s definitely not a shifter, but I’ue supernatural beings The wave of unconsciousness it sent at me could be excused as self-defense, but I’ around Mercy’s

Thankfully, Andy gave me my partial check yesterday I’ll sleep another hour then track down so into the woods I’ over when a WHAM! hits my door with such force, I’m on my feet at shifter speed

Moving quickly around the roohly over my hips

WHAM! It happens again, and anger is building inhas followedforward, I jerk open the door just as a ladies shoe flies past my head

“Watch it!” I shout, dodging to the side I barely avoid catching a slipper in the face

A creaky voice barks up to me from below “You up, Kona?”

Groaning, I rub a hand overto correct ht

I look down to see her standing at the base of the stairs dressed in a coo person She has a pillbox hat on top of her puffy white bouffant hairdo and a brown ladies’ boot is in her hand I can only assume she was about to throw it at my door

“Do you need so from me?” I say, still half inside my apartment

“I need you to come down here” Her voice is a stern order

With a deep exhale, I leave rey eyebrows are pulled together tight as always, but when I stop in front of her, she relaxes a bit with her smile She reaches a wrinkled hand out and patsmy skin

“To be sixty years younger,” she murmurs, and I don’t miss the twinkle in her eye

“You said you needed so”

She snaps out of whatever naughty old lady thoughts she’s having and the frown is back “I need you to take me to church It’s Sunday!”