Page 653 of Love Bites

“You should let me try and get a vision.”

“No.” I pressed it between my palms and held it away from her. “It stupid, but humor me. I think there’s something wrong with this…thing. I think I should take it to…Oh Lord.”

Sunny’s face brightened. “You’re going to talk to a certain hunka-hunka werewolf, aren’t you? Ooooo. Chavvah and Billy Bob sitting in a—”

I flicked her in the nose.

“Ow!” She rubbed the tip.

Roger Messer cleared his throat. He wasn’t smiling, but his eyes crinkled with humor. “I’ll finish getting my stuff out and get on home now.”

“Tell Blondina hello for us, and thanks so much for your help.”

Sunny, still holding my throw over her jugs, gave Roger her most charming smile. “You are appreciated.”

Roger smiled then. “See you all later.”

I shut the door after him and turned to Sunny. “Well, we better get out to the cabin. I want to do Internet research before I decide to do anything. This token could be absolutely nothing. It’s probably a homemade child’s toy.” It pulsed in my hand as if it were a living thing, and I nearly dropped it.

“Fine.” Sunny’s narrowed gaze followed me as I went to pack fresh clothes. “But we’re going to talk about this more when we get to the cabin.”

“You got it,” I promised, gripping the twig star harder. “We’ll try and figure it out together.” Whoops. So much for my promise to Babe to keep our noses out of the investigation.

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