Charisma Check (Dungeons and Dating Book 6) by Katherine McIntyre

Author:Katherine McIntyre [McIntyre, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2023-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

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A few hours had passed and they’d finally found the random box they’d been sent to retrieve, deep in the basement of this place. Matt fought to pay attention because every so often Jasper would purposefully brush against him, those light touches maddening with the thrill they sent through him. They hadn’t discussed what either were up to after this, but he was so damn tempted to sacrifice sleep if it meant another taste of this man.

“Okay, so who else is curious as to what’s in the box?” Jasper asked, tapping the surface of the table. Roxie shot him a look, which he ignored, and Matt couldn’t help get all the more smitten over Jasper at his snarkiest.

“I wouldn’t mind taking a peek…” Julian said, amusement twinkling in his eyes. “Rox, I’m going to open the box.”

Roxie tipped her head back to look up at the ceiling. “Of course you are.” She sucked in a loud dramatic breath. Clearly, she was used to her players railroading her at every turn. Matt had enjoyed the way she ran the game so far, rolling with the punches and letting her players mess around in the sandbox a lot.

“I suppose a ‘no, stop’ won’t reach you, will it,” Hunter said, his tone cracker dry.

“Of course not,” Julian said, offering a sugar-sweet grin. “I’m just prying it right open.”

Roxie scrubbed her palms across her face for a moment before righting herself in the seat. “Right. You open the box. Inside is a small creature like a hamster but the size of a small cat and very fluffy. It has little bright eyes and is staring up at you.”

“Oh my god,” Mel squealed, lighting up. “I’m going to pet it.”

Matt watched as Roxie’s lips quirked with this tiny smirk. Guaranteed they were about to step into a mess. “I’m going to stand close to Mel’s character,” Matt announced. Thankfully, his role as a fighter was pretty clear from the get-go.

“So, you reach in and pet the small mysterious creature. The second you do, it begins to ripple.”

“What?” Mel said, her nose wrinkling.

“Kind of like a blob, it begins to mutate until another one pops out of it,” Roxie said.

“Don’t touch those things,” Hunter barked from the other side of the table.

“The creature hops out of the box and latches onto your arm,” Roxie continued, her eyes barely containing her mirth. “It starts rippling again, and when it opens its mouth, a set of massive razor-sharp teeth are revealed.”

“Oh, ew,” Mel exclaimed, shaking her hands out.

“Can I try to lop one of them in half?” Matt volunteered, seeing that this was about to get out of control fast.

“I think we should just run,” Hunter said, continuing to be the voice of reason amidst the rapidly multiplying Hamster Gremlins.

“What the hell are these things?” Eli asked.

“I decided to name them cricetas—homebrew creation,” Roxie said, batting her eyelashes innocently. “The creature’s split in half again. There are now three, and the other one has jumped on you, Jules.

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