Murder at Mystic Market: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery (A Kara Hilder Mystery Book 7) by Jenna St. James

Author:Jenna St. James [St. James, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

16

“Thanks for coming with me today, Kara,” Rota said as we stepped out of her cherry red ’69 convertible Couple DeVille. “I won’t keep you long.”

“Like I had a choice,” I muttered.

“I heard that,” Rota said.

“As your campaign manager, Rota,” Link said, “I’ll advise you to remind your family the necessity of maintaining a united front.”

I rolled my eyes and repeated what Rota had just said. “I heard that.”

Link grinned, green and purple pixie dust leaking from one wing. “Good. You were meant to.”

I was feeling anxious. And it wasn’t entirely because I was about to meet new people. After we’d spoken to Sal and Miranda, Zane had driven us back to his house. Even though we hadn’t spoken about it, I knew he was wrestling with what Sal had told us. It was fairly obvious that Sal had mortally wounded all four supernaturals, and Laticia Barnswallow had helped him clean up the mess.

“First up is the daycare,” Link said as he zipped ahead of me through the community center’s front door. “They have both a morning and afternoon session.”

“About how many kids per session?” Rota asked.

“They average eighteen in the morning,” Link said, “and fifteen in the afternoon.”

“So smaller crowd right now,” I said. “That’s good.”

Link snickered as we headed toward the welcome desk. “You afraid of a handful of supernatural kids?”

“If you aren’t,” I countered, “then you’re a fool.”

Rota threw back her head and laughed. “She’s right, Link.”

The fairy behind the desk smiled and rose from her chair. “Good afternoon. I’m so glad you’re stopping by Ms. Rota. We haven’t had an elected official stop by in…well, never.”

“This wasn’t a place Dagon visited?” I asked with just enough snipe in my statement to make Link glare at me.

The fairy chuckled. “No, ma’am. But he made sure Mystic Cove did its financial responsibility.”

“Well,” Rota said, “you can rest assure, Bella, that I intend to visit often if elected in the next mayoral race.”

Bella beamed. “Excellent!” She hurried around the desk, her petite frame stopping next to me. “You must be Rota’s granddaughter. It’s lovely to meet you.”

I shook her hand and followed silently behind as Bella gave us the tour. When she stopped in front of a red and yellow door, my heart tripped. It wasn’t that I disliked kids…I’d just never been around them. The elderly Sensei who raised me was extremely private, electing to educate me at home. Which meant I was only around other people when I was in the dojo.

I peeked inside the door’s window and nearly backed out of the entire deal. The kids inside the room were literally hanging from the ceiling rafters! Not even joking.

And then a thought hit me. Could Zane father children? If he could, had he fathered any already? I never thought I’d have children. Being abandoned and brought up in a home where my father-figure was in his seventies didn’t really foster a lot of maternal instincts. Plus, being in law enforcement, it never seemed like a good idea.

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