Alchemy and Arson by Lily Webb

Author:Lily Webb [Webb, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lily Webb

Chapter Eleven

I was just walking out of the Messenger’s office the following afternoon when my phone rang in my bag. My heart skipped a beat when I saw Beau’s name on the screen — maybe he wasn’t angry with me after all.

“Hey, I’m so glad to hear from you,” I answered, beaming. Beau chuckled and tingles ran down my spine.

“Sorry it took me so long to get back to you,” he said, exasperated. “It’s been a crazy couple of weeks at Channel 666 between the Blood Moon and houses burning down.”

“It’s okay, I understand. I’ve been stretched thin myself,” I said.

“I can imagine, you poor thing. Hey, I know I’m a day late, but does that offer for dinner together still stand?” Beau asked.

“Of course,” I said, thrilled. “I was starting to think you weren’t ever going to talk to me again, so that’s a relief.”

“What? Why?”

“Come on, you know why. I made a fool of myself in front of the entire town and dragged you into it too,” I said.

“Oh, griffin’s feathers,” Beau dismissed me. “When are you gonna stop piling on yourself about that?”

“Probably never,” I said and Beau laughed.

“Well I know what’ll take your mind off it, at least for a little while,” he said.

“Oh yeah? What’s that?”

“Sharing a nice hot pizza with one of the best-looking guys in all of Moon Grove,” Beau said and a lightbulb went off in my head.

“That sounds perfect. I know just the place,” I said.

“You do?”

“Yeah. Have you heard anything about a restaurant called Pupperoni Pizza?” I asked.

“I have, but they weren’t good. Why do I get the feeling you’re buttering me up for something?”

“Guilty as charged,” I said.

“Who are we interrogating this time?” Beau sighed.

“Wow, reading me like a book,” I laughed. “Honestly, maybe no one at all.”

“Why not?”

“I don’t know if they’re going to be there or if they’ll talk to me,” I said.

“Who?”

“The owner, Tony Romano.”

“You mean the werewolf that got escorted out of the Council meeting for throwing a fit about the curfew?” Beau asked.

“Yup, that’s the one.”

“Great. What could possibly go wrong?” he asked.

“So I take it that means we have a date?”

“I could never say no to you, even if it means putting my life in danger,” Beau said and my face flushed. “Can I swing by your place around six?” That left me less than half an hour to get home and ready, but I wasn’t about to lose my chance.

“I’ll be waiting,” I said.

“Good. See you soon,” Beau said and hung up.

I dropped my phone back into my bag with butterflies in my stomach and dashed toward home, still stunned Beau wasn’t afraid to be seen in public with me after my little stunt. We’d been dating for less than a month and I couldn’t believe how well we fit together after such a short time. Maybe it wasn’t an accident that he was the first person I ever met in Moon Grove.

When I opened the front door, Flora was already in the kitchen cooking something or another.

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