King of Night by Emily Goodwin

Author:Emily Goodwin [Goodwin, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The stairs creak, and I turn away from the photographs in the living room to see Callie coming downstairs in pajamas and a robe. “Most women come back with less clothes on when I’m around.”

“I’m not like most women.”

“I see, and something tells me you rather enjoy being different. I’m right, aren’t I?” I ask, hoping to get another peak inside. Not being able to figure her out is bugging the shit out of me. An outsider would look at her and see a normal, albeit quirky, woman. There’s a book about the magical properties of crystals on her TV stand, which leads me to believe she’s not trying to hide who she is.

“Yeah. I do. Being normal is overrated.” She flops down on the couch and the black cat jumps right up into her lap. It looks at me like it understands what I am. The two others, a tabby and a calico, growl at me with the same look in their eyes. They don’t quite seem right either.

“It’s late,” Callie blurts. “For me at least. And I’ve had a long, trying day. Thank you again for taking me home. We have no debt.”

“We never did,” I tell her, smirking.

“What?”

“You think I don’t know when blood is spilled in my own place of business? I could smell it the second he sunk his teeth into her neck.”

“You lied to me?” Her eyebrows hike up and her heart spikes. The anger on her face makes her all the more attractive.

“Of course I did. I told you, you’re a curious thing to me. I wanted to see more. And now that I have…” My tongue darts out, wetting my lips. Even though she looks like she raided a ninety year old woman’s closet, she’s still ridiculously sexy.

“Get out.”

Her cheeks redden with anger. She can channel that anger into fucking me. “Leaving, my lady.”

“Don’t fucking call me that.”

I start toward the door. “For a witch, I’d think you’d know to rescind my invitation.”

“Oh, I do know all about that. Just like I know the only way to kill you is with a silver-tipped wooden stake. And I’ve got a dozen stakes upstairs. Though really, I have enough protection spells put on this place I’d love to see you try to come in here again once my circle is cast. We’ll see how cocky you are when your flesh has been burned down to the bone.”

This time I know she’s right. I’ve seen first hand what happens to vampires when they cross a witches line of protection. He didn’t die, but it wasn’t pretty. “Well, then, my lady, I bid you goodnight.”

“You better fucking bring me my car!” she yells as I speed toward my car. She slams the door behind me. She’s pissed, but at least she’ll be thinking about me all night.

Just like I’ll be thinking about her.

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