Seven-Layer Slayer by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD
Published: 2018-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Inside, Carlson Hall is bustling as if this arm of the church had suddenly transformed itself into a frat house. There’s a sea of bodies, Daphne Hollister is laughing it up with someone I recognize vaguely, and for the life of me, I can’t place the mystery woman.

“Who are we looking at?” a dark, vexingly sexy voice smolders from behind, and I have heard the voice penetrating me from just about every position.

“Daphne Hollister,” I say, warming my back to Noah’s rock solid chest. “Who’s the woman she’s with?”

“If I tell you, will you turn around and kiss me?”

I purr on cue, something Noah seems able to invoke in me whenever he feels like it. “If you throw in her last name, you’ll get more than that.”

“Valerie Vernon, Eve Hollister’s live-in maid.”

“Oh, that’s right,” I say, snapping my fingers and spinning on my heel until I’m face-to-god-like face with Noah Corbin Handcuff-Me-to-Your-Bed-Anytime-You-Please Fox. “Rumor has it, my boyfriend is working late tonight. You look like you’re good for a quickie. If this wasn’t a funeral, I’d pull you into a dark corridor.”

His chest rumbles with approval as his arms swivel around my waist. “Honey, this funeral is livelier than my senior prom.”

“Ooh, I very much like the idea of reenacting senior prom with you.”

“My back seat or yours?”

“Let’s pencil this in and make it happen sooner than later.”

Everett’s head pops between us and I jump three feet, inadvertently leaping right out of Noah’s arms.

“I hate to bust up the party, but I’m taking off.” He ticks his head to the side. “Can I get a quick word with you?”

“No,” Noah answers for me, and a part of me loves his gruff caveman mystique that rears its green head whenever Everett is around. “Is this about the investigation?” He frowns at his stepbrother.

“Yes,” I say matter-of-factly. The less we bring up the fact Everett is privy to my deep, dark secret and Noah isn’t, the better. It’s bad enough Noah realizes he’s in the dark. Everett hinted at so much last month, and I’ve felt like a creature who crawled out from under a rock ever since. “You said she was poisoned. Do we know with what? My God, was it wolf’s bane?” That’s how Collette Jenner died a few months back. A horrible, horrible way to go. Poisoning has some romantic connotations, but I can assure you having your organs shut down as if someone flipped a switch is not much fun. And there is pain involved, lots and lots of pain. I think.

Noah’s dimples ignite as he winces into the crowd. His hesitancy to answer coupled with his disdain for whatever’s out there is a sure sign Ivy Fairbanks is lurking in the bushes.

“Eve was on a litany of medications. Yes, there was definitely liver toxicity, and it wasn’t ruled an overdose.” He leans in, and the heady scent of his spiced cologne wraps itself around me. “They found elevated levels of tetrahydrozoline in her system.”

“Tetrahy-what? Layman’s version, please.

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