The Perils of Effrijim by Katie MacAlister

Author:Katie MacAlister [MacAlister, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dark humor, romance, dragons, paranormal, katie macalister, vampire, sexy, paranormal romance
Publisher: Racing Pigeon Productions
Published: 2016-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

“Sorry, sweetheart—no whipped cream. The gift shop was just closing up, but I did manage to get this before the girl left.” Raphael held up a jar of clotted cream. “I know it’s not the same, but perhaps you can imagine it’s whipped cream. Erm...why are you still dressed? Why aren’t you waiting for me naked and warm, in bed? And why are you wearing an expression of a woman who is annoyed, rather than one who is about to be pleasured from the top of her adorable head to the tips of her delectable toes?”

“—very nice, although to give the bastard credit, Alec was ahead of time so far as having a privy indoors. He had one in his bedchamber which admittedly wasn’t terribly pleasant on warm summer days, but as I spent so little time in his room...oh. The male is back.” Lily emerged from the bathroom, where she had been admiring the plumbing. She turned a cold, hard face to Raphael, her eyes narrowing for a moment. “Have we met? No, that’s silly, we couldn’t have. Still, you look somewhat familiar...”

“Who the hell is this?” he asked, waving the jar of clotted cream toward her. He checked, and added, “What the hell is this?”

“I could swear...” She shook her head at herself. “My imagination has been running wild of late. My name is Lily Summerton. You may refer to me as Lady Summerton. This, I take it, is your husband?”

“Lily Summerton?” Raphael repeated, suspicion rife in his voice. “A...a...”

“A ghost, yes, I’m afraid she is.” I slid off the bed and twined my fingers through his.

“Oh, hell, this is Christian’s doing, isn’t it?” he demanded.

“Is Christian your Dark One?” Lily asked me, ignoring Raphael.

“He’s not her Dark One. He’s got a perfectly good wife of his own! Who’s going to be a widow if he doesn’t keep his paws to himself—”

“Bob, calm down. Christian didn’t set this up. It’s just coincidence that we found a castle that was really and truly haunted.”

He turned to me, his eyes a bit wild looking. “You know how I feel about all this sort of thing.”

“I know,” I said, squeezing his fingers again. “You don’t like vampires or ghosts or anything of that ilk. But it seems that Lily has a task that must be performed before she can rest, and she’s picked us to do it.”

“No,” he said, his expression darkening. “This is our honeymoon. We’re not going to get involved with any more of your crackpot woo-woo friends.”

“Crackpot!” Lily gasped.

“Sweety, I don’t think we have much of a choice,” I said, pulling Raphael aside.

He glared at Lily. She glared right back at him, her arms crossed over her chest.

“We certainly do. We’ll ring up Allie and have her do whatever it is she does to ghosts to get rid of them. I’ll be damned if I let anyone ruin our honeymoon.”

“She said she will haunt us if we don’t help,” I whispered, sending Lily what I hoped was a confident smile.

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