by Carly Fall
Avery glanced in Bart’s direction and watched him making his way toward them from the kitchen as he wiped his hands on a towel tucked into the white apron around his waist.
“Put your money on the table and get out,” Grace hissed. Her eyes flashed yellow, a sign she was about to shift into wolf form.
The guy’s stare widened, and he screamed a high-pitched sound that might have peeled the paint off the walls.
He reached into his pocket and threw a bunch of paper money on the table. Avery quickly picked it up. He and his friend ran toward the door. She counted forty single bills, which definitely covered the tab and left a nice tip.
“What the hell happened?” Bart asked. He and the waitresses watched through the window as the two guys sprinted across the parking lot in the pouring rain.
“Well, he got all upset when the ketchup spilled on him,” Grace said. “Then he just tossed his money and left.”
Avery rolled her eyes as the shifter batted her eyelashes at the boss. The act was unnecessary. Grace could get anything she wanted from Bart just by smiling at him.
“Did he leave enough to cover the tab?”
Avery and Grace nodded.
“Good. That’s all that matters. And that damned burger was medium-well.”
Bart returned to the kitchen. The Fae and shifter traded grins and each crossed arms over their chests.
“You need to keep your magic in check,” Grace whispered.
“And you should quit flashing your shifter-eyes at customers.”
Grace nodded. “We’re going to have the paranormal police investigating if we’re not careful.”
A shudder traveled down Avery’s spine. Spectral Prison had been the worst place she’d ever laid her head. Because of a tiff with a were-shifter, she’d ended up in solitary confinement. Grey walls, floor, sheets, and blanket. For a Fae who loved plants, color, the outdoors and bright sunlight, it had been a living nightmare.
“We can’t have that,” Avery replied. “No cops.”
“Nope. But you have to admit, the look on their faces was priceless.”
They both broke out into laughter. Bart glared at them, his stare sending the message loud and clear. Get back to work.
Avery spun on her heel and started clearing the table. The sight of the burger had her swallowing back rising bile. If only summer would come, I could get back to building houses instead of serving ground beef!
Then, it would be easy for her to grab a construction job. She loved working with her hands and watching a building come to life as she hammered nails and hung two-by-fours. She found the work physically exerting, but also rewarding. Waitressing would simply get her past these dark, dank months in the Northwest until the building season started up again.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you this earlier,” Grace said. “You had a visitor earlier looking for you. Didn’t give me a name, but he did say he’d be back tomorrow.”
Avery furrowed her brow. “What did he look like?”
“Tall, dark hair, nice smile. Friendly.”
Avery nodded and thought about who she knew who fit that description. There was a guy she’d gone on a couple of dates with… Tyler. He’d been okay but was in the military and had been deployed. Maybe he came back early.
The other guy… nah. She’d never see him again.
If it was Tyler, she wasn’t sure how she felt about that. Frankly, she hadn’t given him much thought since he’d gone. He’d been nice enough, just a bit… boring.
As she carried the dishes back to the kitchen, her stomach twisted up just a bit. Was it from the burger on the plate or the unknown visitor she’d meet tomorrow?
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Also by Carly Fall
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Saint’s Grove Collection:
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About the Author
USA Today best-selling author Carly Fall is a wife, a mother and a slave to the dog, Nicky.
She loves to laugh, thinks chocolate and wine should be considered their own food group, and wishes Christmas happened twice a year.
She is the author of the award winning and Amazon best-selling series, the Six Saviors, as well as other paranormal and contemporary romance.
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