Library Larceny: A Witch Cozy Mystery (Dark Lake Chronicles Book 7) by Raven Snow

Author:Raven Snow [Snow, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Even for a town as small as Dark Lake, the coffee was overpriced. Or maybe it was because the town was small. There weren’t any big chains slashing costs. Lady longed for the competitive pricing of city life. Her income wasn’t meant for luxuries like this. It was especially not worth it when all coffee tasted the same to her.

It was a necessary evil, she supposed. The mom and pop places were what kept Dark Lake small and intimate. Also, she desperately needed the caffeine.

“Need some coffee for your sugar?” Dom asked as he sat across from her, sipping his own scalding coffee black.

Lady threw a sugar packet at him. “Oh, you’re hilarious. I’ve never heard that one before. Seriously. First time I’ve ever heard that joke. Didn’t know you were so funny.”

“That’s me. A riot.” Dom took another sip of his coffee, and Lady envied him for his ability to do so. Maybe that was why he could drink his black. He had burnt all his taste buds out. She waited for hers to cool, inhaling deeply in hopes that the smell itself might take the edge off her fatigue.

Waiting gave Lady the time to relay to Dom what she had heard, what Lana had said to her, what she had said to Lana. It was that last part that she was most hesitant to relay. She tried not to let regret slip into her voice. She knew she shouldn’t feel any. It had been the right thing to do. Lana would have found out. Better that Lady be honest, that she trust one of them.

Thankfully, Dom was reasonable about the whole thing. “No big loss. She already didn’t trust me.”

“She seems to think you’re a bad apple.” Lady took a sip of her coffee. She had somehow missed the window where it was hot but not scalding. The liquid was now lukewarm. Lady wrinkled her nose but still drank it down fast like medicine.

“What do you think?”

“What do I think about what?”

“Do you think I’m a bad apple?”

Lady shrugged. “I dunno. Not really. You’re like a crabapple. I don’t want to eat it. Too sour for me, but you’re fine. You’re a perfectly good apple.”

Dom snorted at that. “She tolerated me when I was a kid. I should probably be thankful for that.”

Lady took a deep breath and drained the rest of her coffee in one go. It sent unpleasant shockwaves down her whole body, but she rode them out with a grimace.

“You okay there?” asked Dom.

Lady nodded, her eyes still squeezed shut. It had worked, at least. Her brain was more alert. It was also reminding her of something. “I thought you were going to work today.”

“I called out. This seemed more important.”

“Last night you made it sound like it was more important that you go to work so you don’t get fired. What changed?” Lady didn’t have to wait for an answer. It came to her before Dom could supply one. “Oh, I get it. Lana came to visit.

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