Lick by Skye MacKinnon

Author:Skye MacKinnon [MacKinnon, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peryton Press

Chapter Fourteen

Lady Lara looks bored, but her expression brightens when we enter the room.

"All done?" she asks. I roll my eyes, but Miss Quim nods enthusiastically.

"I'll make her the best dress you've ever seen. Beautiful, practical, transforming."

"I don't need to be transformed," I mutter. "I like the way I am."

"Yes, yes," the tailor chatters dismissively. "Now if there's nothing else we can do for you, then I better get back to my studio so I can start creating the dress."

"Excuse me," Stephen suddenly says. "I think I made a mistake when measuring the mayor last week. May I quickly check the length of your arm, my lady?"

Lara frowns, but gives him a nod. "Go ahead, I was just about to finish anyway."

He inclines his head and steps forward, pulling some measuring tape from his pocket. Miss Quim looks confused. I tense up, my instinct screaming at me. Something bad is going on.

In a flash, I'm by Lady Lara's side, before Stephen can touch her.

"Step away from her," I growl.

"What's going-" Lara protests, but I cut her off. I snatch the tape from Stephen's hand, moving faster than a human should. I don't care; she's in danger. I can feel it all the way from my toes up into the tips of my hair.

Stephen freezes, his eyes wide. He seems unsure of what to do next. I take advantage of that and pull Lady Lara away from him. I push her behind me, out of harm's way, then inspect the measuring tape. It has a strange smell, even when inside its plastic casing.

I unravel it, careful not to touch the ends. Stephen isn't wearing any gloves, so it should be safe to pull it by its metal end. I give the tape a sniff. Fuck.

I let it fall to the ground and stalk towards Stephen, putting a hand around his throat.

"Why?" I hiss.

His eyes widen until they almost seem ready to jump from their sockets. He doesn't reply though. His lips are pressed together in a thin line, but his defiance seems weak. He's going to break under a bit of pressure.

"What's going on?" Lady Lara asks sharply.

"He tried to poison you," I growl, white patting Stephen down for weapons, just in case. "The measuring tape is laced with moonshade. One nick of your skin and you'd be at death's door ten hours later. And since it's hard to match the symptoms to this poison, nobody would have been the wiser."

I increase my hold on his throat. He gasps for air. I let him struggle. He may be about my height, but I'm a lot stronger than him. He should be grateful that I haven't let my claws out. I'd love to rake them across his skin, make him bleed, but we've got an audience who aren't aware of my true nature.

"Why?" I repeat. "You have exactly ten seconds to reply before I'll cut off your dick."

His lips quiver. Pathetic. If you want to kill someone, at least be brave enough to admit to it.

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