Dark: A Dark Paranormal Romance (Blood Moon, Texas Shifters Book 1) by Kat Kinney

Author:Kat Kinney [Kinney, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-23T05:00:00+00:00

8

Hayden

WEDNESDAY MORNINGS WERE ALWAYS a dumpster fire. Think long lines. Snarky commuters. Add in this week’s special—Devil’s Ghoul Mochas—a chocoholic’s fantasy topped with whip, sprinkles, and a ridiculously cute Cool Whip ghost made by yours truly, and I was baring my teeth by eight a.m. Which of course, was when my phone buzzed with an incoming text.

Two frozen ghosts careened to the floor. Quickly sliding an iced chai tea latte to the girl across the counter, I pulled my phone from my back pocket. A hand clamped around my wrist.

Cursing, I whirled. “That’s it. No more American Horror Story until we catch this guy.”

Ethan tugged me to him by the front pocket of my skinny jeans, leaning me up against the counter for a quick kiss. “Maybe I like the way you insist you aren’t scared then strangle me so tight I can’t breathe.”

I briefly lost my train of thought as Ethan nipped along the underside of my jaw. “Please. We all know who wakes up wrapped around me in the blankets like we’re making freaky werewolf crepes.”

“Didn’t hear any complaints a few minutes later.”

“You’re scaring off the customers.”

“PSL. No whip,” Ethan called, dropping the cinnamon shaker on the counter. “Let’s go in back.”

“We’re slammed.”

“He’s texted you twice in the last twenty-four hours, once from here in town. If this is another one—”

Grabbing him by the hand, I led the way over to the supply closet. The door shut behind us with a thump, locking us in the dark.

“Well. This is interesting.”

I pinched his side.

“Ow.”

“Seriously? Right now?”

“I can be quiet if you can.”

Snorting, I pulled up the text. “Try to focus.”

Meera: You know I’ll come get you any time. Day or night. No questions asked.

It was followed by the number for a domestic abuse hotline. And then an image. I shut down the screen, but not fast enough to miss the blizzard of balled-up tissues next to my sister’s pillow or the clothes she’d clearly slept in.

Ethan cursed under his breath.

“Okay, wow,” I whispered. “Things you wish you could unsee for $200, Alex?”

With every lie, I pushed Ellie further away. Worse was the knowledge that if she ever found out the truth, ever discovered the monster I’d become, I’d lose her forever. And that might just destroy me.

“Right now distance is the best way to keep her safe.”

“So why do I hate myself?”

He frowned. “You say stuff like that, and I don’t know how to take it. If you’re just blowing off steam, I get it, but—"

“Sorry. I’m okay. I promise. This just… sucks.”

He pulled me into his chest. I slipped my arms around his middle, letting him draw me in for a brief, tight hug. Ellie was back east with my aunts touring medical schools. My phone buzzed around the clock with disapproving texts, creepy messages from my stalker, and radio silence from my sister. I was being hunted, and it felt like every move we made, the person hunting me stayed one step ahead.

“We have to get back out there.

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