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“I don’t know,” Jamie replied. “Maybe he’s going to try to get me fired and get my landlord to kick me out of my house.”
Clara laughed.
“I’m pretty sure that I know how that will work out for him,” Clara said.
“I’m over all of this,” Jamie said. “Why can’t life just be normal? You know, guy meets girl, guy and girl go out on dates and have fun, everyone else in the world leaves guy and girl alone. What did I do to deserve this type of karma?”
“I don’t think karma has anything to do with it. Karma will come around and reward you for your patience and good nature with happiness and a fulfilling life full of love.”
“You’ve been practicing your fortune cookie writing again, haven’t you?”
Clara laughed and said, “Is it that obvious? Seriously, though. I know that you are going through a stressful time right now, but you’ll get through it. Alexis will find some other shifter to crush on and annoy him and whoever he’s with. Ryan will figure out that you aren’t interested and that ship has sailed. He’ll go back to Denver and find some other woman to stalk. You and Luke will continue to see each other, admit that you’re in love, have a football team full of kids, and live happily ever after.”
“From fortune cookie to fortune teller, huh?” Jamie teased.
Clara shrugged her shoulders and said, “I’m a woman of many talents.”
Luke dropped in mid-morning.
“Good morning, beautiful,” he said.
“Good morning, to you,” Jamie replied. “You know, if I didn’t know better, I would think that you are just using me to get delicious coffee and a yummy snack.”
“Damn, you caught on to my evil plan too soon,” Luke said. “How did you figure it out?”
“When you said ‘good morning, beautiful’ you were looking at the danish and not at me. I’m pretty sure I saw a little bit of drool come out, too.”
“I thought I hid it so well,” Luke said.
He put the money on the counter and dropped the change into the tip jar, as usual.
“Thank you, kind sir,” Jamie said.
He kissed her briefly and headed out into the cold air. Jamie smiled, relieved that everything seemed to be normal.
24
Luke
The poker chips and cards were spread out on the back table. Chips and dip were on the counter along with sodas.
Everyone was gathered around, looking at Luke while he explained, again, what happened on the mountain when the hunters ambushed Jamie and he smoked them. He assured everyone that they wouldn’t be found.
“Crystal has been to all of our businesses with her flyers, asking whether we’ve seen them or know anything about their disappearance,” Jesse said.
“I hope that they are paying her for her time,” Daniel said. “I think that at this point, even if the mundane humans knew what happened to the hunters, they would simply shrug their shoulders and plead ignorant.”
“I don’t like taking a life, but Jamie’s life was in danger, they shot at me, and so I would do it again if I had to,” Luke said.
“The dragon king has acknowledged the situation and said that you did the right thing,” Dillon said.
He looked at Daniel and then Bernie and said, “It was a matter of self-defense. The dragon king still doesn’t want anyone to make an offensive strike.”
“We get it,” Daniel said, clearly exasperated by Dillon’s constant reminders. “Neither of us is going to go off half cocked.”
Dillon nodded.
“Shifters are on edge because they know that the Faisons are going to blame the missing hunters on them. But, as we already discussed, there isn’t much more that they could do. Even if the hunters had been killed by a bear or wolf and their bodies were found, there is nothing to say that a wild animal isn’t responsible. They could have disturbed a sleeping bear or come across a hungry wolf,” Jesse said. “What have you heard, Brent?”
