Vampire Enchanted: Real Men of Othercross by Kyle Celia & Maddix Marina

Author:Kyle, Celia & Maddix, Marina
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Real Men Romance
Published: 2020-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

It felt as if someone had emptied a bucket of cold water over Thayne’s head.

He gritted his teeth, narrowed his eyes into two thin slits, and looked down at the annoying thief. Folding his arms over his chest, he adopted a posture that told the girl he wasn’t an idiot who would fall for her tricks. He stopped short of baring his fangs at her, which he thought wouldn’t sit well with Kiki.

“You’re lying,” he growled, doing his best not to let his full-blown anger show. “You might think you’re good at it, but I can see right through you.”

“Lying?” One of Mae’s eyebrows wiggled up, an amused smile spreading across her lips. Mirroring Thayne’s posture, she crossed her arms in a defiant gesture. “Hey, man, if you don’t want to see it, that’s on you. I’m not lying here. You’re the one lying, and the worst part is that you’re doing it to yourself.”

“Yes, you are lying,” he insisted. “I know what it feels like to be enchanted, and that’s what’s happening here. This one,” he jerked his thumb at Kiki, “has cast a spell on me. That soul mate—Beloved—bullshit isn’t real. It’s just an illusion.”

“If you say so,” the thief showed him the palms of her hands in a gesture of surrender. Still, her tone remained sarcastic and defiant. She was enjoying this, and it drove Thayne absolutely crazy.

“Will you stop it with those stupid accusations?” Kiki’s undivided attention now pegged to Thayne. Her eyebrows were knitted together, and a scowl twisted her face. Despite that, she remained as beautiful as ever. God, why did she have to look like that? “I didn’t enchant you.”

“Yes, you did,” Thayne countered.

“Why would I freaking enchant you?” she continued, the annoyance in her tone shifting into anger. “I don’t even like you, Thayne. Why would I cast a love spell on you, of all people? That’s moronic.”

“Oh, you don’t like me, huh?” he threw back, surprised at how fast the words flew out from his mouth. “It didn’t seem like that yesterday. In fact, it seemed like just the opposite.”

“You’re such an idiot.”

“I’m not the one going around enchanting people.”

“Will you cut it out? I’ve already told you—”

Kiki was cut short by the sound of a bell jingling in the shop, and both she and Thayne looked at the place where the thief should have been. Of course, Mae was nowhere to be found. They had been so engrossed with their stupid discussion that Mae had slipped out like a mouse. The girl was smart, that much Thayne couldn’t argue with.

“Dammit,” he growled, pushing Kiki out of the way. He burst out of the room like a wild animal ready to pounce on its prey and vaulted over the counter. He ran at full speed down the center aisle, half-expecting to see the door open and no sign of Mae anywhere, but that wasn’t the scene he came across.

Standing in the shop’s doorway was Cora Nicolaides.

She was blocking Mae’s only escape route, arms crossed over her chest and a cocky smile on her face.

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