Batty Blend (A Paramour Bay Cozy Paranormal Mystery Book 13) by Kennedy Layne

Author:Kennedy Layne [Layne, Kennedy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Paranormal, mystery, cozy
Publisher: Kennedy Layne Publishing
Published: 2020-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

He’s staring at me, Raven. It’s unnerving. Make it stop.

The next hour had been spent collecting a carrier from Janice, convincing her that we wanted to foster Count Cuddles until he found his forever home, and notifying Liam that Count Cuddles had actually found us instead of the other way around.

Unfortunately, we’d had to postpone getting answers from Beetle regarding my mother’s whereabouts when Count Cuddles woke up and became overly excited at Leo’s presence. One frenzied thing led to another chaotic moment, until our hairy-legged guest had once again hopped onto Leo’s back.

I still wasn’t sure how there had been no broken teacups or saucers.

That death demon took a chunk of my hair out, Raven. I already have a bald spot on top of my head from Satan’s mini-feathered dragon. In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m in short supply of appropriately placed fur.

“The chickadee was upset because he thought you were going to steal one of the colorful feathers from his nest,” I pointed out, all the while straightening the sale items on the table. Once everything was back in place, I stepped back to survey my work. Doing something this mindless allowed me to converse with Leo over our next plan. “Count Cuddles clearly likes you. I think he’s lonely, and he just wants a friend. He’s our responsibility for now, so I need you to be on your best behavior. Please keep him company while I find out what Beetle knows about Mom.”

You’re trying to play on my sympathy for this harbinger of death, Raven. It won’t work. I know a hungry look when I see one.

As if our hairy-legged friend understood our conversation, he let out a little squeak.

“You always said that you wanted to mentor Cupcake, but that she wasn’t receptive to your attempts to educate her,” I said, not feeling at all the least bit guilty about influencing Leo’s outlook. We still had to locate Mom and figure out the identity of the visiting vampire. “Wouldn’t a hairy-legged vampire bat be better in a squirrelpocalypse over Mindy’s kitty cat?”

The fact that Leo had stopped cleaning himself long enough to think over my suggestion told me that he would consider extending an olive branch to our new hairy-legged, fanged friend.

I needed to sweeten the deal, though.

“I’ll also have Beetle get you more blueberry-flavored edibles,” I promised, knowing that I’d solidified the deal when he wiggled his backend to settle into his cat bed.

They aren’t just blueberry-flavored, Raven. There are actually dried blueberries crushed into pressed, premium organic catnip to make the chewiest edibles that I’ve ever had the pleasure of consuming during my…well, whatever life I’m on right now.

“You can tell Count Cuddles all about your new favorite treat,” I encouraged, glancing over my shoulder to find that Heidi was still grilling Beetle about the whereabouts of my mother. She’d taken him outside of the teashop so that I could get Count Cuddles settled while convincing Leo to help us out. There was one more thing that I needed to confirm before joining them.

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