Purrfectly Peculiar Pixie: Phlox's Story (Perfect Pixie Series Book 5) by MJ May

Author:MJ May [May, MJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Phlox

Dusk was nearly empty and I was on the last bin of glasses. Johnny left about five minutes ago and Lizbeth only a few minutes before that. All the other workers left even earlier. Sedrick and Phil went home about the same time as Lucroy and Peaches. Both pixies had been away from their bonded areas a little too long and were beginning to show signs of wear by the time they left.

Parsnip didn’t have that problem. Bonded to Vander, as long as his warlock was near, Parsnip could go anywhere he wanted for as long as necessary. Given his profession and need for travel, that was a very good thing.

Leon was on the phone. After the meeting broke up, he’d immediately gone into work mode. The vampire had barely spared me a glance the rest of the night.

A glass slipped from my fingers, crashing into the sink. My inner cat huffed at my clumsiness, but in truth, it was my shifter agitation that probably caused it. My cat wasn’t happy with Leon or, I suppose, the way Leon was ignoring us. I was so confused I wasn’t sure which way was up. Leon was so damn hot and cold. I couldn’t get a read on him. At first, I was upset. Now I was just angry.

“What the fuck’s his problem?” I groused at the dirty dishwater. “I mean, in the beginning, he couldn’t keep his hands off me. He’s transforming and being all huffy and protective and shit and now…” Now what? What happened? And why in the hell wasn’t Leon feeding? His skin held an unhealthy luminescence, his cheeks were hollower, and I’d heard him snap at a couple of employees. That wasn’t the vampire I knew and… I couldn’t exactly finish that statement, despite the fact I knew the word that fit.

I rinsed the final glass and laid it on the counter to air-dry. I’d put them all up tomorrow evening before Dusk opened.

Drying my hands on a towel, I tossed it into a nearby bin. Hands fisted and firmly planted on my hips, I stared at the clean washroom. My wings fluttered and lifted me off the floor, leaving my tapping foot connecting with little more than air.

“This is ridiculous,” I huffed. “I’ve had it. Enough is enough. I’m not spending another day sleepless and wondering what’s going through his head. We’ve got too much shit going on to deal with that too.”

Decision made, I flew toward the door, slamming my palms into it. The door swung open, banging into the wall. My eyes quickly scanned the empty bar. Last I’d seen, Leon was sitting at the back booth, phone in hand and taking care of Dusk’s business.

That’s not where my vampire still was. Leon was at the door leading to Lucroy’s underground sanctuary.

Rage flared. I caught my reflection in a nearby mirror, my eyes no longer deep blue but burning yellow.

“You’re going down without me?” I accused. I wanted to fly at Leon but stayed where I was, hovering in a cloud of angry pixie dust.

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