Witchy Sour (The Magic & Mixology Mystery Series Book 2) by Gina LaManna

Author:Gina LaManna [LaManna, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: LaManna Books
Published: 2016-06-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Strolling around The Isle with a handsome man dressed in a suit, his dark hair wind-blown, and the fresh, sharp scent of him wafting in the breeze, was more than enjoyable. I hooked my arm through his, and he didn’t push it away. Hand holding was off the table apparently, but elbow-hooking was fair game.

“It’s polite,” Ranger X argued, gesturing toward our intertwined arms. “It’s not date-like, it’s just manners.”

“Exactly. And we all know you have great manners.”

He stopped walking right then and hooked that arm even further through mine until it slid all the way around my lower back. He bent me backward, dipping me so low that my hair dusted the sand on the ground, while his arms held me tight and his breath tickled my exposed neck. He held me like that for several moments, the distance between our lips taunting a kiss, the sugary scent of cotton candy lingering in the air.

“I have wonderful manners,” he said eventually. “You haven’t even seen the start of it.”

My breath came out faster than normal, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. However, I was tipped so far upside down that the blood rushed to my head and I suddenly felt dizzy. His words, his closeness, all of it was too much. I tapped his shoulder and said in a squeaky voice, “Excuse me? Head rush.”

With a reluctant gaze, he righted me and once more, we continued on our stroll around the outskirts of The Isle. The way things were going, this non-date was beginning to feel very much like a real date.

Walking arm in arm with a man who drew the gazes of everyone we passed, sharing the sticky sweetness of pink and blue cotton candy on a stick, trying my best not to swipe away the tiny, flyaway cloud of sugar that’d landed low on his cheek—all of it was wonderful. Together we spent the night wandering about, as if time was of no essence and morning was a distant worry of a distant day.

“I had a really nice time tonight,” X said as we reached the end of Main Street near the B&B. The families had all but disappeared. The shop owners had packed up their wares and closed their doors. One or two of them made eye contact with us as they swept off the stoops of their stores, their soft, knowing gazes telling me that they all thought this was real, too.

“You’re welcome for forcing you to have fun,” I teased. “You should try it more often sometime!”

“What about tomorrow?”

I stopped walking as he turned to face me.

“Is that too forward?”

“I work tomorrow,” I said. “You work. We have so much going on. The Magic of Mixology is still missing, there are men in cloaks seeping into this town left and right, and I don’t know what to make out of any of it. Plus, I now have this whole thing with Gus to figure out. And Poppy’s vitamins. Not to mention the fact that I can’t stop thinking about the man to whom I served The Elixir today.

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