Grave Legacy: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (Grant Wolves Book 4) by Lori Drake

Author:Lori Drake [Drake, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clockwork Cactus Press
Published: 2018-10-22T04:00:00+00:00

The mood in the library, where most of the temporary dining tables had been set up, was tense. Joey had opted to eat standing, but, in truth, she’d been so busy fielding questions and listening to complaints that the food on her plate had gone cold about forty minutes ago. Chris was across the room, dealing with his own share of disgruntled guests, but somehow he’d managed to clean his plate and go back for seconds. She was going to have to ask him his secret.

“What I really want to know,” the woman currently complaining to Joey said, “is how the shooter knew they’d be driving down that road at that time, much less which cars they’d be in.”

“We’d all like to know that, ma’am,” Joey said, with flagging patience. She’d said something similar over and over and over in the last ninety minutes.

“You brought us out here because it was supposedly safe, and now we’re trapped! What are you even doing to resolve this situation?”

“Everything, ma’am. We are doing everything in our power to resolve this, and we’ll go into specifics at the meeting. Excuse me, but I need to use the ladies’ room.”

The guest huffed, but let her go. Joey breathed a sigh of relief as she moved off. The stresses of the day were really starting to wear on her, and her stomach had moved on from rumbles of hunger to rolling nausea. She dumped her plate in the plastic bin by the door and escaped into the hall for a little fresh air. Chris followed her out a minute or so later.

“Everything okay?” he asked.

Joey wobbled her head and shrugged. “Is it too late to let Sam take over?”

He chuckled and opened his arms. “Probably not, but you might have to pay him at this point.”

She walked into his embrace and leaned against him, closing her eyes and beseeching the powers that be for strength. They lingered there in silence until Ben poked his head out of the room a few moments later.

“You want me to get everyone moving in the direction of the great room?” Ben asked.

“That’d be great—thanks, Ben,” Chris said, then gave Joey a squeeze. “Come on, let’s go make sure there are enough chairs so no one’s ego is left standing.”

Fifteen minutes later, they were standing in front of their assembled guests. Their packs stuck mostly to the fringes of the room, though Joey’s father sat in the front row with Sara, and Lucy sat near the back at the center of a cluster of admirers—many of whom, Joey noted, had made overtures toward getting to know her better before they discovered her relationship with Chris. As far as she was concerned, Lucy could have them, and she’d had more than enough practice fending off unwelcome advances at the strip club where she worked. Still, Joey kept an eye on them when she could, ready to step in if anything went too far.

The hum of conversation in the room died down when Chris lifted a hand and cleared his throat.

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