Vampires, Fangs, & Venom by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“What? Exterminators!” Sh e laughed. “Raynor, in case you haven’t noticed, these people aren’t the cleanest in the world. I hardly think a few fleas and rats would bother them.” She halted when his eyes twinkled merrily. “Oh, no, you can’t be thinking what I think you’re thinking.”

He waved one hand at her. “You’re a natural.”

“Thanks,” she said sarcastically. God help her, he was serious.

“At least the snakewoman is. She knows where to find vermin and she’s the best exterminator I’ve ever seen.”

“You take the cake!”

“Well, what else are we going to do to earn money?”

Briana’s mind wheeled. Guess they could see if John needed any help with the gardens, but then she knew nothing about raising vegetables. She caught his eye. “Do you know anything about gardening?”

At his negative shake of his head, she mumbled, “Thought not.” She couldn’t sew, so seamstress was out. A prostitute?

No way. Can you imagine the stench of the men? She sighed inwardly. Even if the men were handsome with perfect bathing habits, she still wouldn’t be able to fuck a total stranger. She glanced at Raynor. He was different, even though he was barely past a stranger to her. He was a shapeshifter, as she was, a fact she was beginning to accept. And according to him, his mate. She didn’t disagree with that statement as she had the first time they met. She felt too drawn to him. He set her blood on fire as no other man had before. And darn it, she liked him, very much.

Interjecting into her stewing mind, he said, “You know, you have a really lovely new dress waiting for me to pick up in three days.”

“Fine,” she flopped her arms to her sides and gripped the gown in sweaty palms. “Make me into this nasty exterminating monster.”

“It’ll be the both of us.”

“How? You hardly have the appetite for rats.”

“No,

but we’ve got to pull this off in a way that’s believabl e, at least to a medieval set of mind. We can’t simply walk into a village, have you change into a snakewoman and start chasing rats.”

Now she was curious. “What’s your idea?”

“Have you ever heard of the ‘Pied Piper’?”

Furrowing her brows, she said, “Some kind of fairy tale about a guy leading rats somewhere?”

“Almost right. The Pied Piper played a flute and led the rats into a lake where they drowned.” His forehead creased in thought. “There’s even a little ditty they wrote.” His voice boomed when he said the words.

“In the year 1284 after the birth of Christ

From Hamelin were led away

One hundred thirty children, born at this place Led away by a Piper into a mountain.”

“How on earth did you remember that poem?”

“Wrote a book report on the Pied Piper when I was in junior high.” He shrugged. “The poem just stuck.”

“But the poem says nothing about him leading rats away.”

“I know. The villagers didn’t pay his fee for all his hard work, so he got them back by stealing their children.”

“Great, just when I was beginning to think there might be something noble in helping get rid of the rats.

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