Stone and Secret: Nocturne Academy Book 3: Nocturne Academy young adult paranormal romance series by Evangeline Anderson

Author:Evangeline Anderson [Anderson, Evangeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evangeline Anderson Books
Published: 2021-05-07T18:30:00+00:00

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Saturday dawned and despite staying up late the night before, I was awake bright and early.

“Ugh, how can you be such a morning person?” Megan groaned, her eyelids barely cracking opening as she watched me grab clothes out of my wardrobe and dress.

“Got things to do and places to be,” I told her. Actually, I just wanted to get over to Mr. Groperson’s apartment and give him the extra rent before he could decide I was late and kick my mom out.

“Be careful out there. Are Lachlan and Bran going with you?” she asked, frowning sleepily.

I shook my head.

“Just have to run a quick errand—I’ll be back before either of them is up.”

She groaned again and pulled the pillow over her head, which I took to mean that she just wanted to get back to sleep.

I finished dressing, stuffed the wad of cash into the pocket of my jeans, and went to get my bike. I really did intend to be back before anyone else woke up—honestly, I did.

Now, I know I had felt really uncomfortable during my last encounter with Groperson and had decided I didn’t want to be alone with him again. But I felt safer now that Bran and Lachlan had Marked me. And besides, I was certain this wasn’t going to take any time at all. I would give the nasty landlord his money, explain that I would have to give him the last fifty in a day or so, and then go check on my mom before I went back to school. That’s it—easy-peasy, right?

Wrong.

Although, it seemed like things were going according to plan when I parked my bike and went to knock on the door of the apartment Groperson kept for himself. It was early but I could hear him moving around inside—obviously he was a morning person too. Not that I cared—I just wanted to pay the rent and get away from there.

“Coming, coming,” I heard him mutter as I knocked again. Finally, he opened the door wearing nothing but an old stained, sleeveless t-shirt—the kind with thin shoulder straps that showed his slab-like arms—and sagging boxer shorts.

I tried not to notice that the slit in his shorts was gaping open and kept my eyes firmly on his ugly, lumpy face instead.

“Hello, Mr. Groperson,” I said rapidly, reciting the speech I had rehearsed in my head on the way over. “I’m here to give you the extra rent you asked for.” (I had thought about saying “the extra rent you unfairly demanded,” but I was trying not to be confrontational here. Especially since I didn’t have the whole amount.)

“Oh, yeah?” He frowned at me, yawned, and scratched his hairy belly, which was hanging out under the frayed hem of the wife-beater. “You got it all?”

“All but fifty dollars,” I said quickly, holding up the wad of cash. “And I can get you that by early next week—I just need to work one more shift at the diner. So this, along with what my mom is going to pay you, should be exactly double the rent.

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