The Redemption of Boaz Pritchard by Hailey Edwards

Author:Hailey Edwards [Edwards, Hailey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Dog Books, LLC
Published: 2021-03-06T18:30:00+00:00

Twelve

I could have strangled Cass for putting me in this position, but she was already dead, and she probably would have enjoyed it anyway. There was nothing left but for me to be honest with Boaz and hope he could still see his way to marrying me after I was done.

Comfortable with the role of interrogator, Boaz started me off easy. “How did this begin?”

It was as good a prompt as any, I suppose. “I needed the money.”

“Maybe I should have asked this first.” His brow furrowed. “How did you meet Cass?”

“She was in line behind me at the grocery store. I was short a couple of dollars, and she offered to let me work them off in very naked and very creative ways.” I smiled at the memory of our first meeting. “I thanked her, put back a box of K-cups, and paid my bill.”

“What was a vampire doing in a grocery store?”

“Stalking prey.” I realized how that sounded and amended it. “A bounty, I mean. Not food.”

Though she had picked up dinner while she was out and brought him home with her.

“How did you go from sexual proposition to friends to coworkers?”

“We didn’t.” I rubbed my hands up my arms. “I went from stranger to employee to coworker to friend.” A smidgen embarrassed, I explained, “She came up to me in the parking lot and offered me a job cleaning her house a few days a week as an apology.”

Elbows on the table, Boaz leaned in closer. “Did you take it?”

Maybe he had expected me to play hard to get, or to bite my nails over the decision, but I had needed the money too badly to experience more than gratitude. “Yeah. I did.”

“How did you go from cleaning her house to bounty hunting?”

“I figured out what Cass did for a living pretty quickly. She wasn’t shy about it.” The leather catsuits she wore had me questioning if there was an underground BDSM scene in town before she clarified the outfits were reinforced to protect her from teeth and claws. The low cuts, however, were bait for her trap. “She answered all my questions, which was probably a mistake on her part. I found it fascinating, so I was always pestering her for details. Finally, she told me if I was so interested, I ought to come along with her.” I grinned. “She didn’t expect me to agree.”

Chin in palm, he absorbed my every word with very un-Elite interest. “And you…liked it?”

“I love my job.” I hadn’t mean to say so with such conviction, but there you go. The odds of Boaz allowing me to continue moonlighting were none to none, but a girl could dream. “It’s interesting, and it pays better than anything else I’m qualified to do. Partnering with Cass means we split the bounties fifty-fifty, so it’s less than if I went out on my own, but she keeps me on my toes.”

“And vampire reflexes come in handy,” Cass said dryly from her spot on the stairs.

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