Monster Among the Roses by Linda Kage

Author:Linda Kage
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction, romance, contemporary, healing, fairy tale, remake, burned by fire, hea romance
Publisher: Linda Kage

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SIXTEEN

A day after our matchmaking endeavors, Isobel and I officially claimed the library shelving project complete. I had wanted to call everyone into the room immediately and show it off, even though most of the staff had stopped by periodically to follow our progress, anyway. But Isobel wanted everything cleaned and all the books shelved before our “grand opening.”

So while I removed the drop cloths and ladders and tools, Isobel dusted and began to vacuum. When it came time to shelve the books, our great debate about how to organize them started.

“This is where I had the mysteries before,” Isobel started, narrowing her eyes as if daring me to disagree.

I just grinned, ready to play. “But this is a darker corner. Don’t you think mysteries should be in the darkest, most mysterious part of the room? And romances belong by the light, since they’re, you know, light and full of love with happy endings and stuff.”

She blinked at me as if I’d lost my mind. “You have the strangest logic I’ve ever heard.”

With a wink, I chuckled. “But you like my idea, don’t you?”

Scowling a moment longer, she chased it with a huff before she bit her lip and gazed around the room. “Okay, fine. The romances should go by the windows. But the mysteries need to be on the bookshelf covering the hidden door, and the horror novels can go in the darker corner.”

My mouth fell open before I pointed and said, “Even better. Perfect.”

So we got to work, carrying piles of books from the center of the room where some had been stored for the building project to their respective areas. After five minutes, I noticed a pair of eyes peeking around the opening of the library watching us.

I had no idea how long Kit had been there, but our mundane book carrying had clearly fascinated him.

“Hi, Kit,” I said good-naturedly. “Why don’t you come help us?”

Isobel paused what she was doing and turned to see the boy. When he realized her attention was on him, he gasped and disappeared.

“That does it,” I muttered, setting down the stack I was holding and charging after him.

“Oh, leave him be,” Isobel called. “Seriously. Shaw! What the heck are you doing?”

I held up a finger. “I’ll be right back.”

Then I raced from the room and reached the boy before he could make it to the kitchen. “Hey!” I caught him by the back of the shirt, pulling him to a stop.

I winced when he stumbled off balance from the abruptness and almost fell. Shit, I hoped no one had seen that. But when he looked up at me with big, scared eyes, my reason for chasing him down resurfaced.

“Why’d you run off?” I asked, shaking my head cluelessly.

He peered down the hall as if looking for signs of Isobel before turning back to me and whispering, “She looked at me.”

“Yeah.” I nodded before giving him a wink. “And you didn’t turn to stone. That’s a good sign, isn’t it?”

Considering that a moment, he finally gave a slow nod.

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