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"Bring on the blood, guts, and death."
Chapter Four
My phone buzzes for the fifth time during my shift, and I silence it when I see Kane's number. I groan inwardly and lean over the counter, burying my head in my hands while yawning.
Butterflies and nerves rattle around aimlessly when I look up to see him and two of his guy roommates heading toward the diner.
Squealing lightly, I rush to the back to hide from the mistake I desperately wanted to make. Cindy, another waitress, gasps while putting out her cigarette she's not supposed to be smoking inside.
"Please don't tell," she squeaks.
"I won't if you'll make Kane and the others believe I'm not at work."
She tilts her head. "Kane Ice? He's here to see you and you don't want to see him?" she gushes in disbelief.
"Please," I urge.
She nods hesitantly and then heads around to do my dirty work for me. I listen in to Kane's smooth voice talking to someone else.
"Can I speak to Alyssa Coldwell, please?"
"She's-"
"Actually," Cindy interrupts, "Alyssa left earlier today. We felt sort of bad for making her work over so much two nights in a row, so I told her I'd cover for her tonight."
"Oh. Did she say where she'd be going?" he asks disappointedly.
"I think she was going to meet one of her friends."
Damn it, Cindy. I'm new to town. I don't have any friends yet.
"Sounds like you fucked up," one of his friends chuckles.
Kane lets out a trapped breath of air before responding. "If you see Alyssa, will you tell her I stopped by?"
"Sure," Cindy chirps.
He sighs reluctantly, and I peek around the corner as he and his friends disappear out the door. Cindy squeals in excitement as she rejoins me, and then she throws her hands up like what-the-hell.
"Seriously?" she releases in a girly octave. "Kane Ice is into you and you're hiding from him? What is wrong with you?"
I'm a witch on the verge of turning immortal and I want to fuck his brains out. Probably shouldn't say that.
"He's… too… complicated," I murmur in a huff while returning to the floor to start refilling drinks.
"You've lost your mind. If Kane Ice is looking to talk to you, you run toward him, not away."
She continues following me around like a new puppy as I smile and refill drinks, and then I turn to see her with her hands on her hips.
"I knew blonds have all the fun," she gripes, and I glance in the mirror to see my hair has gotten lighter and lighter. In less than a month, I've gone from having a light brown color to a nearly solid, golden blond.
Crap. Soon I'll match my mother too damn much.
"Well, it's not as much fun as it looks. Listen, just drop it, please. I'm not trying to get involved with anyone right now."
Her shoulders drop as she silently pouts. "Fine," she grumbles. "So, tonight, will you-"
"No. I can't work over tonight. My shift ends in an hour, and I'm going to get off my feet for one night," I crankily murmur as I glance to see it's nearly six.
