Beyond Ever After by A.C. James

Author:A.C. James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: psychic paranormal romance, ghost paranormal, new adult paranormal romance, vampire romance for adults, angel romance paranormal, witch romance, demon romance, alpha males, bbw, a.c. james, cursed ever after, eternal ever after, winter promises, fallen ever after, beyond ever after
Publisher: Swoon Worthy
Published: 2018-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

SHE UNLOCKED THE DOOR and let us in the shop along with a cold gust of air. “Well, let’s get to it then. What did you bring me?” Rue rubbed her hands together. “Something good, I hope.”

“It’s a locket that used to belong to her sister. Will that work?”

“Depends on how much you care about a thing. Sometimes you can leave a little bit of yourself in something, and there’s no way to know for sure how much she left behind.”

I nodded slowly. I could understand how you could leave a little bit of yourself where you loved. I’d felt it for the first time in my life when I was tangled in Arie’s arms, sheets twined between our legs, his limbs over mine. I’d known then what it meant to lose yourself to someone.

“Horseshit,” Toren said from where he stood on my right, eyeing a book about astral projection dubiously. “Can we just get this happy show on the road?”

“You’re funny,” Rue said as she turned toward the back of the store.

He smirked. “Funny?”

“Yup. A vampire who doubts the supernatural.”

“Oh, I don’t doubt it. Not at all. I doubt little hovels like this one that proclaim if you do x, y, and z and then spin around widdershins that it actually means something. I’ve found more mystery contained in the nuances of everyday life than in silly superstitions, but I’ve got to give you credit. At least it’s a clever cover.”

He put the book about astral projection back on the shelf. I couldn’t tell whether Rue liked him or not, but I thought she found him amusing at least. I had to bite my lower lip to suppress a laugh as she gave him a stern school-marm look.

“You might find that to be a useful skill to learn,” Rue said, as she nodded toward the book, its high-gloss cover slightly dusty.

“I’ve got all the skills I need.”

“Suit yourself, but it’s a decent read.”

Rue headed to the back with us following on her heels. She stopped behind the counter and opened a drawer. I couldn’t tell what she’d pulled out of it because it was way too tiny. The beaded curtain jangled together as we headed to the hodgepodge backroom where she gave readings, drank tea, and ate her lunch. Spread out on the round table where she usually had her tarot cards was a large paper map of the United States.

She sat at the table and gestured for me to take the seat across from her in a metal folding chair identical one she sat in. Toren had crossed his arms and was waiting for her to proceed. Rue closed her eyes. I imagined she was meditating; I’d seen her do it a bunch of times when she was getting ready to do something. When I asked her why, she said she was grounding herself. She told me that it anchors you to the present and to reality so that you can fully explore that reality in ways that most people can never see except in dreams.

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