Literally Offed (A Pepper Brooks Cozy Mystery Book 4) by Eryn Scott

Author:Eryn Scott [Scott, Eryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kristopherson Press
Published: 2018-06-07T05:00:00+00:00

12

I sipped at my mocha truffle frap as I stared at the front door of Bittersweet the next day. Alex sat next to me, sipping on his own drink—just a black coffee, though, not fun at all. Only five minutes until nine in the morning, Dylan was set to come through those doors at any moment.

Admittedly, I was slightly disappointed with him being okay with meeting in a crowded, public place—I’d been looking forward to finding a way to come “rescue” Alex like he had for me with Chloe. But any disappointment melted away when I realized meeting at Bittersweet meant I would get to have one of Nate’s awesome experimental fraps while I waited. The truffle frap I was blissfully consuming had homemade chocolate syrup as well as caramel and chocolate drizzle. It was heaven on crushed ice.

“Is the taste satisfactory?” Nate asked, slinking up behind me, seemingly out of nowhere.

Eyes wide, I pointed to the long drag I was taking on the straw. Once I swallowed, I said, “Omigosh, I don’t ever want to stop drinking; it’s so good.”

A smile curled onto Nate’s face. He’d been known as the town career-nomad up until a couple of years ago when he bought Bittersweet, selling vacuums one week and then sketchy insurance the next. We all thought the café was going to be just another one of his ill-fated, money-making schemes and would fizzle out in a month or two. But the man actually had a talent for slinging espresso shots and for coming up with delicious latte concoctions.

“Seriously, Nate,” I continued. “This is so good, I kinda want to marry it.”

Alex cleared his throat, next to me, arching one eyebrow.

“Uh, if I weren’t already in a committed relationship, that is.”

“With a human,” Alex added.

“Sure, sure. The human part.” I waved a hand at him and stuck the straw back in my mouth.

“Oh, good news,” Nate said. Before I had a chance to look up at him, a large blade snicked open inches away from my face.

I sucked in a surprised gulp of air and frap, coughing as the icy drink invaded my trachea. Putting up my free hand as a lame defense, I scooted my chair back a few inches.

“The sheriff called yesterday and said my knife was cleared. Drove out last night to get it back,” Nate finished, none-the-wiser that he’d just about scared all of the caffeine out of my body.

Alex cleared his throat, but it seemed more to get Nate’s attention than out of sympathy for me. He gave his head a quick shake and narrowed his eyes at Nate, who seemed to get the hint because he folded the blade down and tucked the knife back into his pocket.

I continued to cough the last bits of offensive material from my windpipe as Nate wandered back toward the register to join Victoria. She gave me a sheepish wave as a few new customers had walked in. I returned her wave, then directed it at the locals who’d just walked in.

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