SEDUCTIVE SUPERNATURALS: 12 Tales of Shapeshifters, Vampires & Sexy Spirits by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 12 Tales of Shapeshifters, Vampires & Sexy Spirits
Publisher: Full Moon Books, LLC
Published: 2014-10-20T05:00:00+00:00

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I was still mentally fanning myself an hour later as I drove down my block. Devlin Cole made quite the impression. But honestly, the heady sensation of possibly steady employment had a lot to do with my elevated blood pressure. I’d even splurged, stopped at the market and picked up Thea’s and my favorite gorge fest food. Frozen pizza, Coney Island Waffle Cone ice cream and Hershey’s Kisses. A big night at the Burke house.

The street was quiet. But here in La Sombra, things were usually quiet, except for, as mentioned earlier, the occasional breakout from the Nut Factory.

I’d grown up right here on this block. In the same house I lived in now. And I was grateful for it. If my dad hadn’t left me the house when he died, Thea and I never could have afforded to buy one.

California bungalows, each of them more than fifty years old, sat far back on large, tidy lawns. Huge trees leaned toward each other, their branches forming thick, green arches over the street. Classic rock and roll poured from the garage where the Marchetti boys were working on their always dead Chevy and a lawnmower grumbled in the background.

I noticed the strange car parked in front of my house and instantly, my good mood dissolved. I’d forgotten all about Leo and the crazy woman with her bottle o’ acid. Was this a lawyer here to sue me for the money I was about to earn?

As I pulled into the driveway, already formulating arguments, plea bargains and if necessary, completely undignified weeping and sobbing, Thea came down the front steps to meet me. Her long, black hair was pulled back in a ponytail, her nearly threadbare (and brand new) jeans hung low on her hips and the hem of her blue tee shirt stopped a couple of inches above the belly button she wanted to get pierced. (I need hardly add, over my dead body).

As far as rebellious teens went, Thea was pretty mild. She was basically such a good kid that the most she ever came up with to annoy me was being a smart ass. And frankly, she’d learned from me, so I couldn’t really complain much, could I?

Now, despite the weirdness of my day, despite knowing that her long lost father was back in town and about to screw everything up, I looked at Thea and smiled. I knew that as long as the two of us were together, we could weather any storm.

Lawsuits, crazy old women, bouncing checks, newly discovered dads...none of it meant a damn. The Burke women could deal.

I got out of the car and gave her a hug I needed more than she did and said, “Hey baby girl. I think we’re gonna get the job.”

She smiled at me briefly. “That’s great mom, but—“

“Whose car is that?” I asked, jerking a thumb at the black SUV parked at the curb. “Is it a lawyer? Oh, God. Did he say something about Leo? And the acid?”

“Who’s Leo? What acid?”

Whew.

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