Lose You Not by Kristie Cook

Author:Kristie Cook [Cook, Kristie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ang'dora Productions
Published: 2018-01-25T18:30:00+00:00

Well. That was a bit disappointing. I’d been hoping to learn more about it—maybe find the piece itself. I flipped through the pages, but found no more written about the Eye of Valerian, such as where it was hidden. Here at the house? Or maybe at the inn? But the inn had been under renovations, and nothing, as far as I knew, had been found.

Unless Gabe had discovered it? He’d shown me everything he’d found, though. Right?

Bumps somewhere else in the house jolted me out of my own head, and chills ran up my spine. Leaving the journal behind, I crept out of Dad’s office, down the hall, and into the large chef’s kitchen.

“Xandru?” I called, though it only came out in a whisper.

Afternoon sunlight flooded through the windows, reminding me that this was not that night, but I couldn’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu. Especially when Xandru didn’t respond, just like Addie, Aurelia, and Gabe had never answered that night. My gaze swept the kitchen and the great room beyond, falling upon a knife block on the marble counter and the fireplace poker by the hearth. Poker it was—it had a longer reach. I twitched my hand in the air, and the sharp metal stick flew across the room to me.

“Xandru,” I whisper-shouted again as I tiptoed past a formal dining room and into the foyer, holding the poker up, ready to swing.

“Hey!”

My heart leapt into my throat as I spun around and looked up, cringing at the thought of finding another man-sized bat hanging from the ceiling. But no. It was only Xandru, standing at the top of the stairs. He jumped all the way down, landing right in front of me and sending my heart racing again. The poker dropped and clattered to the floor, my hand flying to my chest.

“Look what I found.” He grinned widely, holding up a blue vest with a silver dragon on it in one hand and a matching skirt in the other—my old cheerleading uniform.

“Are you kidding me? You scared the shit out of me!” I gave him a light shove.

“Sorry, but look.”

Humoring him, I studied the uniform, and then frowned. “It’s so . . . small.”

Turning the pieces over, he eyed them. “Well, you were small.”

One hand went to my hip as I jutted it out. “Were? And what am I now?”

He looked up, his eyes flickering with an oh-shit moment. But only briefly, before he grinned and pulled me into an embrace, his hand slipping down to my butt and giving it a squeeze. “Now, you have luscious boobs and a nice round ass.”

I laughed. “Good save there, Roca.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.” My head craned back to look up at him. “Luscious boobs, though? I didn’t know you even knew that word.”

“Mmm . . . lickable came to mind first, but I do have a filter. Sort of.”

Leaning up on my toes, I kissed him before turning for the door. “Let’s get out of here.”

I’d have to deal with this place another time.

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