Sweet Nightmares (The Damned Series Book 1) by Zizi Cole

Author:Zizi Cole [Cole, Zizi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zombie Cupcake Pres
Published: 2017-04-28T16:00:00+00:00

15

Once I got the coffee brewing, I decided to make pancakes. It had been a while since I cooked anything. I was just putting the first set of pancakes on the griddle when I heard voices coming into the kitchen. I glanced at the clock. It was barely six o’clock and it sounded like someone was already pissy.

“You big buffoon, you are going to let me go to work. I have to pay my bills. So, someone is taking me into town or I am going to be calling a cab out here, and you will be the one paying the cab fare,” Mia said as she was walking into the room.

“No. You aren’t going anywhere today. Just call whoever covers for you when you can’t be there. Tell them you’re being detained and just need them to cover,” Cole told her smoothly.

“That person is me,” Mia stressed. “I never miss work. I have to be there, and I’m going to be there. That diner is my life. You aren’t my daddy, husband, or anyone that can boss me around.”

“Good morning, guys,” I said, so they would know I was in there.

“Morning,” they both grumbled. It amazed me how much they were alike. After seeing them interact, I wasn’t surprised she didn’t like him. Then I thought, maybe it wasn’t that she didn’t like him. Perhaps she did like him. I had never seen her react to someone like she did Cole. I thought I had seen her watching him out of the corner of my eye a couple times.

Cole sat down at the island, and Mia headed for the coffee. She poured herself a cup, then glared at Cole, but poured him a cup as well. She took it over and set it on the island in front of him. Then I heard her gasp.

I turned around quickly to face her. “What?”

She was staring at me in horror. She walked over and turned me around where my back was to her. I could feel her fingers hovering above my neck and the heat from her fingers felt hotter than it should have.

“What happened to your neck?” she asked.

“I don’t know what you are talking about,” I told her, panic rising in my voice.

“It looks like you’ve been branded,” she whispered.

I remembered the nightmare from last night and how the creeper’s clothes had touched me. I reached back and gently felt my neck. My touch sent scalding pain through my neck and I almost dropped to my knees. Sweet Jesus, that hurt!

I turned back to her. “I was touched by his clothes last night in my dream.”

“That’s from where his clothes touched you?” she asked. Her eyes were wide, and I could tell she was scared.

I looked down at my hands where the blisters were still hurting. I held my hands out for her examination. I knew since the blisters were still there, I would have to tell someone. Telling her was easier than telling Jake; I hated telling Jake anything bad.

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