[Cori Sloane Witchy Werewolf 01] • Stealing Christmas by Maher Tegan

Author:Maher, Tegan [Maher, Tegan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 43308296
Publisher: Tegan Maher
Published: 2018-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

"SO TELL ME WHY YOU're looking for this elf," Stephanie said, taking a sip from her pink frozen drink. She scowled when the little umbrella almost poked her in the eye, then plucked it out and stabbed it into the wooden post by her head. "Do I need to smite him if I see him?"

I almost smiled at Stephanie's narrowed eyes and use of the word smite, then thought better of it. I liked having all my limbs.

"No, Stephanie," Destiny said, "smiting won't be necessary, at least not yet. Somebody stole that man over there's hat, and we're trying to get it back. Mike is just an elf of interest for now."

"Oh," Stephanie said, looking a little disappointed. "You Earth people handle things so much differently than you did a couple thousand years ago. The Romans, now. Those people knew how to extract information and dole out punishment."

"As much as I'd like to feed some people to the lions," Colin said, "it's frowned upon."

Now that made me laugh.

"You didn't answer the question," Stephanie said, so Destiny gave her the rundown.

"So that's really him?" she asked, sounding awed. "The man who takes gifts to every person on the planet in just one night, and puts joy in the hearts of all?" She eyed Kris in wonder for a couple seconds, then pursed her lips in thought.

"Yeah, why?" Alex asked, finally speaking up. He'd shot me a dirty look when I'd fan-girled over Thor, though I didn't know why. I mean, it wasn't like I'd ever meet the man in person. Even if I did, I was perfectly happy with what I had.

A delicate brow arched upward and Stephanie shrugged, taking some of the scariness away from her demeanor. "I guess I just expected the pictures of him to be inaccurate. I figured a man who had that much endurance would be more ... streamlined, I suppose. I wasn't really expecting the whole bowl full of jelly thing to be true."

Destiny shook her head and gave her friend a lopsided grin. "You never fail to make me smile, Steph. I'm glad you're here."

Stephanie raised her glass and we all gave a toast.

"To friends and world peace," I said.

The Valkyrie gave me a befuddled look as she tapped her glass against my coconut. As a warrior, I guess it would be harder for her to grasp the value of the concept.

Colin took a sip of his drink. "Now we need to narrow things down because we don't have much time."

"You need to think like a thief," Stephanie said as she lowered her glass. "Who benefits from the hat going missing?"

I took a deep breath and released it as I glanced at the menu Bob had put in front of me. "It would be so much easier if the Grinch were a real person,” I said. “Then at least we'd have a place to start."

Bob looked at me and cocked a brow, looking at me like I was missing something.

"No way," I said after a few seconds when he remained silent.

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