Wake the Dead (The Journals of Octavia Hollows #1) by Stacey Rourke

Author:Stacey Rourke [Rourke, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781797670829
Google: dKNDwgEACAAJ
Amazon: B07MCVNJS8
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2019-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“I wouldn’t have picked this particular hotel.” Lying flat on my back on the king-sized bed, words tumbled from my lips in the hopes it would distract from the pain of Sister Dina trying to magically knit my bruised and battered form back together. “There was one up the road, I think it was called The Stroll Inn. I would have tried there, first. They looked like a pay-by-the-hour kind of place.”

“And that’s what appeals to you?” Head bowed, Dina’s hands moved in small circles over me. A warm, crackling glow emanated from her fingertips. “An increased likelihood of bed bugs and sharing walls with prostitutes?”

“It’s more of a budgetary necessity. I enjoy having money left for novelties like food, which in turn makes me more tolerant of the living conditions.” Something in my elbow popped, awakening a sudden prickly pain that coursed up and down my arm. “Son of a bitch! What was that?”

Pausing to shake out her hands, Dina stretched her neck in one direction and then the other. “Your elbow was dislocated. It’s not now. You’re welcome.”

Seated on the other bed, Nikki leaned forward with her forearms on her knees. “Dude, you could make so much money in the medical community. We’re talking fat, buy your own island, stacks.”

“That would be personal gain.” Pushing off the mattress beside me, Dina rose to her feet, the tucked-up fabric of her skirt falling in a cascade to the floor. “Magic done under those conditions always comes at a terrible price.”

“I think I could handle a few consequences if I was living like Mariah Carey, going to the grocery store decked out in diamonds and gowns,” Nikki grumbled under her breath.

Depleted strength sagging her shoulders, Dina poured herself a glass of the cucumber water she ordered from room service. She tipped it to her lips and treated herself to a sip, whilst purposely ignoring Nikki’s comment. “Tell me about the wraith you’re hunting.”

“Hunting? That’s a pretty strong word. Not only have I never fired a gun, but I struggle to stab a straw through a Capri-sun.” Sitting up, I bent and straightened my elbow, thrilled to find the pain gone. “I was just trying to help a kid out. This whole mess started with a baby born super sick.”

“Sick doesn’t even begin to describe it,” Nikki scoffed, flipping her hair over her shoulder. “All of his insides were on the outside. Consequences or not, that kid needed magical intervention.”

Digging into my back pocket, I pulled out two crumpled dollar bills and tossed them to Nikki. “Bacon needs something to eat. Can you run to the vending machine and see if they have popcorn? It’s his favorite.”

Nikki caught one, but missed the other.

“Heck yeah, I will. If there’s money left over, I’m getting something chocolatey and filled with caramel,” she admitted as she bent down to scoop up the fallen dollar. “Because if coming back from the dead doesn’t earn a cheat day, I don’t know what does.”

“Go nuts.” Criss-crossing my legs under me, I waved her toward the door with a grand roll of my wrist.

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