The Cursed_League of the Black Swan by Alyssa Day

Author:Alyssa Day [Day, Alyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Luke and Kit sat on the couch and watched in astonishment as Rio took yet another swig from the bottle of Summerlands Shiraz. Her second.

“Does that sort of thing happen to you all the time?” She was slurring only a little, so either she had an enormous capacity for very strong wine or it just hadn’t hit her yet.

He shrugged, suddenly uncomfortable. “It happens more often than I would like.”

Rio had persuaded him to stop by Bordertown Spirits, and a couple of thugs had rushed into the wine store while Luke and Rio had been there. The unlucky criminals had picked the worst possible time to try to rob the store. Luke had already been in a bad mood, and they were just making it worse. So he’d picked them up, knocked their heads together, and hurled them out the front door.

Then he’d pulled out his wallet to buy the bottles of wine Rio had selected.

“I didn’t really do anything, and I didn’t blow up even a single bottle of wine,” he pointed out, wanting some credit.

She started laughing so hard that she fell over sideways on the chair. “That’s true. But you blew up their getaway car.”

“Hey! I let the driver jump out of the car first,” he muttered.

Kit yipped and laughed at him in her fox way.

“Traitor,” he told her.

“Will you be buying him a new car?”

“Hell, no. Criminal,” he said, wondering why that wasn’t obvious.

“And you did incinerate that Oliver for Sheriff sign the woman was holding when we walked out.”

Luke banged his head against the back of the couch. “Where did she come from?”

He made a gesture with his hand and started a fire in the fireplace. “Do they just lurk around, hiding signs in their pockets, and wait for me to show up? Isn’t there anybody else in this town that people can ask to be sheriff?”

Rio took another long drink of wine. “Is that a sign in your pocket, sir, or are you just happy to see me?”

That set her off again, and she laughed until she was breathless from it. Luke loved watching her laugh. He was a little worried about the drinking, but he was also happy that the wine was making her relax and forget her problems for a little while. Also, she was freaking hot when she laughed. She put her whole body into it, throwing her head back and enjoying every ounce of amusement. He wanted to hold her against his body and feel the vibrations of her laughter travel through his skin.

“I think you should kiss me, Luke Oliver,” she said, decisively, putting the bottle on the fireplace hearth and then launching herself at him.

Kit yelped and ran for cover down the hallway, and Luke found himself with an armful of warm, curvy, slightly drunken woman. When she started wiggling around in his lap and nestled her head on his chest, he groaned.

“You’re going to drive me over the edge,” he said fervently, trying to think of

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