Bigfoots Don't Do Mini Coopers (Kate Storm Book 1) by Meredith Allen Conner

Author:Meredith Allen Conner [Conner, Meredith Allen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Barking Chihuahua Enterprises, LLC
Published: 2014-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

17. Deliberate or Accidental Attempted Murder?

I woke up.

Funny, I hadn’t been expecting that. I’d sort of thought I’d be dead right now.

But I was alive and - I lifted both arms, examining them closely - whole and healthy. A few freckles might be re-arranged, but I wasn’t in agonizing pain, had no charred skin or even a blister marking me.

I was also in my own bed. With no memory of getting here. My last few thoughts had been totally caught up in the fire consuming my body.

The fire and a horrific amount of pain, I remembered that quite distinctly, thank you very much. I didn’t need those memories, the nightmares were going to be bad enough.

My brain wanted to shy away from the fine points of what had happened. Such as the fact Ash had almost killed me.

The demon love of my life had nearly turned me into a crispy fried husk of myself.

The precise details were a little foggy.

Although I didn’t think he had been trying to kill me. He’d been enraged. The hellfire consuming his body had been a clear signal of his fury, but I didn’t think it had been intentional. More like a by-product.

Then again if I was going to be killed, I’d prefer it to be deliberate rather than by accident.

Wow. Where was my ostrich half when I needed her? My brain was just full of happy thoughts. I’m fairly certain I was simply trying to accept the fact that I was still alive.

It was so much better than dwelling about my boyfriend nearly killing me.

Boyfriend? No. Some of the details were starting to emerge. I drew in a ragged breath. Not my boyfriend anymore. I’d told Ash I was human.

“You awake, Doll?” Al poked his head around the edge of my bedroom door as he whispered his question.

Right. Life carries on. My pity party would have to wait.

I tried to sit up, discovered I could do so easily and without a single twinge, and swung my legs over the side of my mattress. Someone had put me into the long t-shirt I used as a nightgown. “Awake and just fine.” I tried a small shimmy. No pain at all. “Where is Aunt Tabs?”

She was the only possible answer.

“She went home about a half hour ago.” Al jumped onto the bed beside me and began sniffing my arms. “She was exhausted. She had to put Bigfoot under again and you were a mess.” He growled deep and low. “It took a lot of magic to fix ya up.”

I could imagine. On second thought, I didn’t want to imagine it. I’d lived it. That was enough.

“And Ash?” A small dent in my bedroom door became suddenly interesting.

“Ass is on the porch. He kept catching things on fire and settin’ off the smoke alarms.” Al crawled onto my lap, stood on his back legs and set his paws on my shoulders. “You sure you’re okay, Doll? I gotta tell ya,” he licked my chin, “I wasn’t sure you were gonna make it.

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