Cursed Fae by Sarah Tobias

Author:Sarah Tobias [Tobias, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mitchell Tobias Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

I entered Cream, my internal walls up as I pretended to be another barista on a regular Monday morning. When Macy arrived to claim her morning sugar-free hot chocolate, I chatted with her as she assumed her position of leaning over the pick-up counter.

Macy spent the weekend with Liz and Amanda, which I was a little perturbed by, but I didn’t comment. It was a ridiculous, selfish thought of mine I had to stifle, because she was giving off obvious vibes she was upset I’d deserted her this weekend, which I totally did. Macy was entitled to hang out with other friends and have fun.

“I feel like fifty guys are gonna want to make out with you at Liz’s party,” Macy said, cutting through my thoughts.

She nibbled on a muffin, swiping the whipped cream canister from my hands and topping her carb-bomb off, her sugar-free hot chocolate idling sadly in the corner.

“I know you won’t tell me what you’re doing,” she said, “but you’re looking seriously gorge. I will figure out your secret, you know.”

I tried to laugh, but it came out more like a wobbling bark. “We’ll see.”

To my disappointment, Liz appeared beside Macy and threw her arm around Macy’s shoulders. “Enough about finding the coffee maker her coffee mate. My—I mean, Emily’s idea of a Dark Masquerade will be a hit.”

I grabbed a damp dishcloth and bypassed Liz and Macy as I wove around the counter to wipe down tables. It was a slow afternoon, with only a few patrons scattered throughout. Unfortunately, it meant that neither Liz, Amanda or Macy would leave anytime soon. Amanda sat at a table nursing her third free refill of drip coffee.

Macy nodded at Liz, but turned so she could still include me as I cleaned the empty tables. “It will be so great. I’m going in a huge ball gown with the face of a dead corpse.”

I balked, my hand freezing in mid-air. “You want to go as a dead person in a dress?”

“Well, yeah, that’s the whole point, isn’t it?” Macy said. “To wear our gowns like we normally would, but have crazy, scary masks?”

Perhaps my idea wasn't the smartest, especially with all the real-life monsters prancing around. Halloween weekend was bad enough for humans. But this party would be like a candy store to the fae realm. They could come in their true forms and no one would be the wiser.

Panic clawed inside me. I was such an idiot.

“You know,” I said, “Now that I think of it, Hollywood sounds like an awesome theme.”

Amanda shot me a dry look from the table she was sitting at, acting like it was such a pain for her to lift her coffee so I could wipe down the bleached wood. “I’m thinking not.”

I sighed as I headed behind the counter. Then I brightened as soon as I remembered that I could compel them to change the theme.

I leveled my shoulders, ready to lock eyes with any of them. Although I wasn’t sure of the logistics in compelling three people at once, I thought I could do it.

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