Exes and Exorcisms by Keira Blackwood & Liza Street

Author:Keira Blackwood & Liza Street
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Liza Street
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

12

KELLY

I finished Joe’s ink, then wiped his skin with a cleaning cloth. He was already healing—one of the perks of being a shifter.

“Are you doing okay?” Joe asked, putting on his shirt and pulling his long sleeves back down.

“I’ll be fine,” I said through gritted teeth. “You should probably go. We’ll settle up later.”

Joe gave me a frightened look. “Are you wanting to bite me?”

“I want to bite everything right now,” I said.

“I do owe you some blood,” he said.

I didn’t want his blood. Or I did, but my temper was so bad, I worried I’d take too much. I was certain there were limits to what even shifters could handle, and I didn’t want to find those limits today. “Just go, okay?”

He pulled on his jacket and gave me a sympathetic look. “Give me a call when you want the blood.”

Cold air washed into the parlor as he opened the door and left.

Alone again. I wondered where Xavier had gotten off to, but I told myself I didn’t care.

A soft mrowr brought my attention to my feet. His Lordship must have come into the shop when Joe opened the door. He stared up at me, his yellow eyes showing nothing but affection...adoration?

“What is wrong with you?” I asked, picking him up.

His purr reminded me of the rumble of a motorcycle, and he placed a paw on my shoulder like he was hugging me back.

This was not right. Displays of affection were beneath His Lordship’s station. He existed to be adored.

Feeling a little icked out by this suddenly affectionate version of His Lordship, I set him down on the floor. He proceeded to twine about my ankles, purring.

“Who are you, and what have you done with His Lordship?” I murmured.

My gaze landed on the vase on the window sill. I’d since moved the dildo back into its box and shoved it into one of the file cabinets. I shouldn’t have yelled at Xavier. But if the tip touched his head, he’d be a goner. Maybe I shouldn’t have even gotten the dildo to begin with. True, he shouldn’t be touching all of my things, and I didn’t know what would happen to him if he accidentally came into contact with the banishing dildo and I hadn’t had a chance to say the magic words. Would the spell fail? Or would something worse happen to him?

But I hadn’t wanted to hurt Xavier.

Hell. I owed the man an apology.

I went upstairs to get a quick drink from one of the blood bags in my fridge. It wasn’t satisfying, but it would keep me from ripping out the jugular of the first person to look at me sideways.

Not bothering with a sweater, I left the tattoo parlor. Xavier’s car was still parked by the curb, meaning he’d left on foot. He couldn’t have gone far.

I followed his scent of cedar and citrus down the sidewalk, and around the corner onto Main Street, past a florist and a bakery, until I reached The Watering Hole and the scents of greasy burgers and fries overpowered the orange and wood.

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