Power of the Mind (Shadowy Solutions Book 2) by Nicky James

Author:Nicky James [James, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

18

Tallus

“Stop looking at me like that, Kitty.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Yes. You. Do. I can feel your creepy gaze crawling up my neck like tiny spiders. It’s making me shiver. Do your puzzles, woman, and leave me alone.”

“Mm-hmm.”

The clairvoyant witch had been giving me the stink eye since she’d walked in the door thirty minutes ago. Her spidey senses must have gone haywire the second she saw my fret face. Even though I hadn’t spoken a word about what had transpired between Diem and me the previous night—it was not something I could share with my eighty-something-year-old coworker—she somehow knew the poor, tormented man was in the wind and wasn’t answering my calls or texts.

I’d woken up to an empty bed and had been second-guessing my life choices ever since. The previous night had been a clusterfuck of… I don’t know what.

Kitty must have sensed a shift in the atmosphere or read the truth in the stars or… fuck, I didn’t know how, but the woman’s awareness of all things was unnatural and a little spooky. I mean, how much did she see? Did she have X-ray vision? Had she watched Diem and I have sex? Oh, god, maybe she had. Eww.

My neck hairs prickled, and I snapped my attention to Kitty, who was staring again with that all-knowing look in her eyes. “Stop it.” I threw a pencil at her because I had no shame.

Kitty tsked, sighed heavily, and returned to her puzzle book.

“Witch,” I whispered under my breath.

It would be nice if I could get some work done and not have her mind-melding me or whatever she did to people. Ugh, I needed a latte so badly it hurt. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t shake the fuzzies from my brain. My lack of sleep was catching up with me.

Our late-night stakeout at the slimy doctor’s was one thing, but Diem had unraveled right before my eyes, and I had been unable to walk away. Not when he was sharing for the first time ever. If I’d gotten two hours of sleep, that would be generous.

Forty-seven minutes until lunch, and I could skip out and grab some caffeine.

Forty-six.

Forty-five.

The blasted woman was looking again. I could feel it. “Kitty,” I warned.

“Help me with this one. Two words, sixteen letters. An uncomfortable, unwanted, or uneasy feeling that arises as a result of one’s actions.” She paused, then added, “Starts with a G.”

I slapped the counter and spun from the computer where I’d been trying to work. “I do not have a guilty conscience.”

“Tallus, love, you’re wearing your shame like a dirty shirt. I can smell it from here.”

“My shirt is not covered in shame. It’s clean. I took it fresh from my closet this morning.” I dramatically sniffed to prove it. “Downy fresh.”

“Shame.”

I growled and spun back to the computer. “They should have burned you at the stake in the 1600s.”

Kitty cackled. “Oh, sweetie. You’re starting to sound like him now too. All that growling. What did you do? You clearly upset the boy.

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