The Lying, the Witch, and the Werewolf (Down & Dirty Supernatural Cleaning Services Book 4) by Kate Quinn (uplifting books for women .txt) 📗

It doesn’t take long.

“MORE!” Shauna says, even as she’s swallowing the last of the bar. “I need more chocolate. More sugar. More candy! I’m fae! I need sugar. I desire sugar!” Before I can offer to make her all the sugary foods she wants at home, Shauna shrinks into her pixie size and with her wings going full speed, disappears from sight in the time it takes me to blink.

And there it is. Actually, I’m relieved that it’s only sugar she wants and not beauty. She worked so hard to get clean...hopefully she’s at the point where indulging in a little sugar won’t set her back. Although her manic dash to find sugar doesn’t exactly bode well.

Shaking my head, I pick up my pace. I need to find Vanna, then see if Nico can help me track down Shauna. I know he’ll be worried about her too.

I shake my head, ruefully. Sometimes it feels like my work is never done.

But then I remind myself that I did find Vicky and will be able to give her brother a full report on Together We Come. He can do whatever he wants with that information...after he pays me. With that money, maybe I could even take a real vacation. The spa weekend I lied to McGinnis about sounds real good right about—

The sound of glass shattering causes me to spin on my heel.

“Hello?” I call out. “Shauna?” No answer. I swallow. Hard. Realizing I’m all alone out here without another soul in sight. “Nico?”

My heart hammers so loud it’s almost all I can hear...and then I see a streak of black leap from the top of a dumpster. A cat. I laugh, the sound shaky. I just had a total freakout over a dumpster-diving cat.

I really need that spa vacation, I guess. I turn back the way I was going and come face to face with a man in a ski mask.

I open my mouth to scream, but all that comes out is a garbled moan as he presses a taser to my chest, sending electricity shooting through my body. He stands over my body as blackness takes me.

I don’t know how long I’ve been out, but when I open my eyes, everything is dark. I can’t move my arms or legs; I’m tied up. I try to scream but there’s a gag in my mouth. I flail desperately and manage to adjust myself so at least I’m not lying on my face.

I realize I’m in the back of a van. I’m on a lot of people’s shit list, but who hates me enough to kidnap me? The van hits a bump and something brushes my face. I jerk away but it’s just a piece of clothing—a glove.

I blink hard. It’s the matching glove to the one I found outside my front door. It’s VSK’s. The Vampire Serial Killer has finally stepped out of the shadows to nab me.

I scream through my gag.

THE END

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But first I have to learn how.

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I get secrets. The wings that sprout from my back were hidden from me my entire life. I also sometimes breathe fire. But no one - including me - can figure out what I fully shift into. Honestly...a part of me doesn't want to know.

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About the Authors

Demitria Lunetta is the author of the YA books THE FADE, BAD BLOOD, and the sci-fi duology, IN THE AFTER and IN THE END. She is also an editor and contributing author for the YA anthology, AMONG THE SHADOWS: 13 STORIES OF DARKNESS & LIGHT. Find her at www.demitrialunetta.com for news on upcoming projects and releases.

Kate Karyus Quinn is an avid reader and menthol chapstick addict with a BFA in theater and an MFA in film and television production. She lives in Buffalo, New York with her husband, three children, and one enormous dog. She has three young adult novels published with HarperTeen: ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE, (DON'T YOU) FORGET ABOUT ME, AND DOWN WITH THE SHINE. She also recently released her first adult novel, THE SHOW MUST GO ON, a romantic comedy. Find out more at www.katekaryusquinn.com

Marley Lynn is a lost child of the gods, who waits on the shores of Lake Erie for her parents to bring her home. In the meantime, she contents herself with reading, writing, and gardening. Find out more at www.MarleyLynn.com

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Marin McGinnis for taking care of our copy edits!

And an extra huge thank you to Marley’s amazing MIL for being our extra eyes and ears for the Down & Dirty series!