Bait & Switch by A. L. Tyler

Author:A. L. Tyler [Tyler, A. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: witchraft, Mystery, witch, investigate, magic, UF, woman sleuth, urban fantasy, detective, vampire, sleuth, Paranormal
Publisher: A.L. Tyler
Published: 2018-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

MY GROCERIES WERE ON the counter the next morning with a note. Nick was out following up on a minor disturbance about thirty minutes away in Coyote Ridge County.

I had his blessing to go to work if I wanted. Kane had orders to shoot first and ask questions later if I did anything “cheeky”.

“Morning.” Kane sat up groggily on the couch, rubbing a hand over his comically messy hair. He raised his other hand and saluted me with gun.

Damn warded bullets.

“Sleeping on the job?” I said bitterly.

Kane gave me a lopsided grin as he set down the gun and waved a baby monitor at me instead.

I scoffed. “Seriously?”

“The other half is hidden under the floorboards.”

I cocked an eyebrow. Twisted vampire...

“He also installed some extra smoke detectors on your behalf.” Kane shrugged. “And by the way, you snore. Not loud. Kind of adorable.”

He sat up and walked over to the other side of the kitchen bar, pulling a shirt on as he sat on a bar stool. I narrowed my eyes.

“So, what are we having for breakfast?”

I gave him a wry smile. “You can have whatever you want. I’m going to work.”

He yawned. “Alright. Just let me catch a shower first.”

“Nope.” I beelined for the door. “I’m going now.”

“I’m supposed to drive,” Kane said with a frown.

I grabbed the keys off the table by the door and shook them at him. “Catch me if you can, con man.”

“Hey!” I heard him slam his chair back and stand up. “I have a gun!”

I shut the door and kept going. He missed the elevator and met me, winded, at the bottom of the stairs.

“Party. Foul,” he said, trailing after me. “This is my life or yours, Driftwood. You’d honestly leave me on the hook for your disappearance?”

“So shoot me.” And now was the perfect moment for a page out of Nick’s book. I put both hands on the hood of my car and smiled serenely at him. “I won’t be emotionally manipulated, Darling. Nick’s the one who’s going to kill you, and that’s not my fault. No honor among thieves.”

I got in and started the car. Kane scrambled to hop in the passenger side in time. He was still wearing the sweat pants he’d slept in and his hair was wild. I stared at him for a moment before the difference in his appearance finally registered.

“Do you usually wear eyeliner?”

He glared at me. “And I feel a little naked without it now. Thanks for your concern.”

“You look better with eyeliner.”

“Not helping.”

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