Trick or Orc: A Monsterly Yours Romance by S.J. Sanders

Author:S.J. Sanders [Sanders, S.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Kassie

I clench the hem of my skirt in one hand, my fingers twisting it nervously as I watch for him from my front window. He’s late. Really late. I had assumed he was as excited for this date as I am, but I’ve been waiting for well over an hour from when he was due to arrive and haven’t seen any sign of him. I chew on my bottom lip as old doubts assail me.

Did he run into someone else he likes better? Or maybe this date was all just a joke to him, and he never meant to show.

I deflate a little, even as I try to ignore the overly critical and skeptical part of myself that hisses with warnings, thanks to being hurt too often by my asshole ex. I wish I were some sort of badass who could just laugh all of this off and stride out to the carnival by myself without a care that I’ve been stood up… but right now, I don’t feel like a badass. I just want to cry. Maybe go dig into the cookies.

My arms hug around my waist as I stare outside, watching the late afternoon turn to evening. It is still plenty light outside, but I know that won’t last for more than a couple more hours this time of the year. I swallow back my embarrassment and attempt to smooth the rumpled hem of my russet skirt, as if that’s a suitable distraction.

A movement on the street catches my eye and I lean forward, my breath drawing in with excitement, only to let out a sigh as the male walking up the street passes without a glance in my direction. Not Garval.

“Okay, this is getting pathetic now,” I grumble and intentionally step away from the window. “It’s obvious he’s not coming.”

It takes very little debate before I change out of my skirt and blouse into my oversized “Witches do it better” Halloween nightshirt and a pair of faded sleep pants and trudge into the kitchen. As much as I’m tempted to skip right to the luxurious bath, I’m not in the mood for it. When I think of a bath now, it’s with Garval’s rasped enticement in my ear. Whether he meant it that way or not, I just can’t find the enthusiasm for it right now.

Instead, I have a cup of sinful cocoa guaranteed to go straight to my ass and am curled up on one of the large plush chairs with a paperback novel. I miss my collection of ebooks, but at least I had been able to purchase a few of my favorite books in paperback format in time to take them with me.

Taking a deep sip of my hot chocolate, I sigh and open His Darkest Craving, my favorite Halloween time read, as I snuggle deeper into my fleece throw blanket. With the way this night is going, I’m more than ready to enjoy a steamy romance between a lonely dark forest spirit pining for the mortal woman he watches over every night.

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