by M. L. Briers
“My Inn…” All the witches said together, just as Chloe opened her mouth to say that exact same thing.
“Oh, laugh now, but wait until I…”
Monty slapped his hand over her mouth and her eyes snapped sideways to eye the man…
“Play nice…” he reminded her in a sing-song tone that annoyed her beyond belief.
She had a good mind to snap off his hand and slap him with it.
“Fine…” she offered, but the word was muffled by his hand…
“Huh?” Sarah said, cupping her ear like an elder and making Chloe bite down hard into Monty’s hand with her blunt teeth.
The vampire yelped and shook out the pain … he looked down and eyed the witches that were starring back at him…
“Progress,” Monty offered back, holding up his hand, palm towards them. “No fangs…”
“So, what are you two delinquents planning now?” Sarah eyed the pair of elders, sitting side by side like bookends, and trying to look as if butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths.
“Nothing,” Dorothy rushed out.
“It’s not nothing, tell them,” Angela shrugged and Dorothy tossed her a look that said she thought that she’d lost her mind.
“Nooo…”
“I’ll tell them…” Angela announced and Dorothy turned within her seat to glare at her friend. “Your birthday, Sarah…”
“Huh…?” Dorothy bit out, it was subtle, but it was there…
“We were planning something … different,” Angela glared at Dorothy and the elder sunk lower in her chair. “Were we not?” Angela’s tone had a crisp edge to it.
“We … shouldn’t be telling her this…” Dorothy tossed back, when all she wanted to do was call Angela out on her lies…
“No, but then – she thought us morally bankrupt, deceitful, and devious…” Angela certainly laid it on thick, and Dorothy grunted once more as she rolled her eyes within her head and groaned inwardly…
“Well, to be fair,” Dorothy said, and Angela tossed her a glare… “We aren’t exactly trustworthy…”
“I never said…” Sarah started.
“You did!” Chloe called and Sarah had to bite down on a word or two that came to mind for her aunt…
“Well, I didn’t mean…” She started again.
“Of course you did,” Chloe tossed back. “And it must have hurt their feelings so much…” she said, stirring the pot.
“Don’t ask to come in for another month,” Sarah hissed at her aunt and Chloe’s bottom jaw fell downwards…
“I …” she huffed in annoyance.
“Told you…” Monty’s sing-song tone riled her last nerve and she brought her elbow up and back, and felt it connect with his nose. The snap was so satisfying… “Point made…” Monty grumbled as he stemmed the flow of blood and waited for it to heal…
“”I don’t think that you’re up to no good. I was just teasing,” Sarah lied, feeling that rush of guilt even though she damn well knew that she was onto something…
Dorothy tossed a glare at Angela and Angela offered her a smug grin back…
“Forgiven,” Angela said sweetly, and Dorothy grunted.
She felt guilty enough without Dorothy berating her with sounds that were more fitting to their mates…
“Always,” Dorothy assured Sarah.
“Then, let’s eat…” Nathan said, rubbing his hands together at the smell of the food that was making his stomach growl like his wolf.
“Who?” Chloe asked, and Monty opened his mouth to speak, but Chloe gave him a look that could have started a white hot fire…
“Me…” Dorothy said, and Hank gave an angry growl as his eyes snapped towards Chloe and the vampire’s eyes lit up.
“One move towards her and your mate will be pooing out his fangs a few days later…” Hank growled.
“Why me?” Monty looked flabbergasted at the elder’s words.
“Because I won’t hit a lady – even a vampire lady…” Hank grumbled.
“Oh, but an innocent by-standing-vampire is fine, is it?” Monty tossed back.
“Your mate – your cross to bear.” Hank growled back.
“Wait, so I’m your cross to bear?” Dorothy scowled at him, and he straightened within his chair.
“That’s not…” he started, but she huffed.
“He said so, didn’t he?” She shot a look at Angela and the woman grinned teasingly the elder…
“Yes, he did. I heard him,” Monty bit out venomously. “Get him, Dorothy…”
“Now listen here pot stirrer,” Dorothy turned a wagging finger on the vampire, and Monty drew back in disbelief.
“I’m on your side, why am I always the fall guy?” Monty scowled, and his mate brought her elbow backwards into his chest with all the force that she could muster and knocked him clean over the top of the railings…
“Fall guy?” Chloe shrugged, “guess so.”
“I think I’m having a very bad month,” Monty groaned from somewhere buried in the bushes.
“It could be worse,” Chloe offered down.
“Oh, could it…” Monty groaned as he pushed up to his full height and dusted himself down. “How so?”
“You could be human,” Chloe offered back, and Angela zapped her for the fun of it. She turned her head slowly towards them and scowled. “Who did that?”
“Me,” Dorothy said.
“Me,” Sarah shrugged it off.
“Me,” Angela smirked.
“Don’t damn well take that one out on me,” Monty grumbled, falling over a twig or two that had wrapped around his ankles…
“That was me…” Dorothy grinned at her favourite vampire as she held up a hand and a smile of apology.
“Sneaky…” Monty bit out. “You have to watch these elderly ones like a damn hawk.” He grumbled to his mate and she grunted in agreement…
“And then, just like a hawk, swoop in and…”
“Noooo!” Monty shook his head.
“Oh, right. I forgot.” Chloe lied with a big old smirk back towards the elders.
“It would have been easier to kill her at the start and end her suffering…” Hank growled.
“You mean our suffering, don’t you?” Dorothy offered back.
“So, what’s this thing you two were planning for Sarah’s birthday?” Nathan asked.
“That’s…” Dorothy shot a look at Angela and Angela scowled back at her…
“That wouldn’t be a surprise if we told you…” she said, running on empty in the lie department.
“End of discussion,” Dorothy said. “I think we’ll do something different.” She bit out and Angela sighed.
“Fine.” The elder groaned. “Have it your way.” She admitted defeat.
If she couldn’t even get Dorothy to agree with her then it was probably a very bad idea – after all, the woman was even more mischievous than she was…
The End.
Thanks for Reading.
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His Mate – Brothers – Spring Fever
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Bear-ly Loved
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All Bonnie wanted was to be left alone. She’d moved to the middle of nowhere to get away from people after being stalked by a madman. Now she had more trouble than she might have been able to handle in the form of the sex, hot shifter Werebear that lived next door.
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Join in the fun with an all new white hot sexy werebear as he tries to woo his mate – not kill his snarky vampire sidekick – and save the day.
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