Page 81 of Hexed, Vexed, & Undersexed

“Oh, they know. It's the reward for doing my dirty work, and they’ll be exempt,” Mindy sneers. “Come along, Bodie, Jacob, Chance. There's work to be done.”

And with that, the network twatsicle sweeps down the hall, the clickety-clack of her heels grating on my ears.

I really wish that I’d boob-punched her when I had the chance.

When she's out of sight, the high priest of the Baker coven turns to me.

“Now, as much as I enjoyed your great-grandma’sbelfry, I'm going to have to, well. . . kill you,” he announces rather unapologetically.

I give him a look like he's crazy becausewho the hell just casually says that they're just going to have to off someone without so much as caring?

“What are you going to do to us?” Bellamy demands with a snarl.

“We're going to make it look like a nice little accident happened to the four of you. It’s tragic and heartbreaking, but Mindy will set up a network scholarship in your name with the insurance money she collects from this ‘accident.’”

I snort.

Goddess, that bitch is a genius. Of course, it boils down to the money.

“It was nice knowing you, Evanora. I’ll tell your grand—”

But the high priest doesn't continue. There's a hugethunkand the elderly man collapses to the ground. Behind him, my gram-gram is standing there with a frying pan in hand.

“I don't need her to tell me anything, Gerald,” she spits at the unconscious man, “and your bat wasn't that impressive!”

Gram-Gram turns to look at the other Baker coven members.

“You boys going to let them up or do I need to convince you more?” she demands like a lunatic.

“A lunatic who’s saved our asses,”Bellamy thinks.

Hashtag truth.

Thankfully, the other three men wisely step aside. Bellamy and Kai are up in a flash, tackling two of them to the ground. Bellamy looks back at Preston.

“What are you waiting for? You're the one who pointed out that magic isn't always necessary. Go!” he orders.

Preston nods and immediately rushes the last Baker coven member. I wince at the meaty sound of flesh smacking into flesh—andnotin the sexy way. Within seconds, all the remaining douchebags are unconscious. I stare in absolute bewilderment. If you had asked me not even two minutes ago if I thought that I was going to survive this encounter, I would have said no—but, then again, I didn't think I was going to survive my encounter with Bodie.

I look over at my favorite pussy.

“I'm so glad that we can count on using your nine lives to save ours,” I murmur.

Then, I whirl around and hug my gram fiercely to my chest.

“I'm so glad that you're ok! Mindy showed me you at home, unconscious—”

Gram-Gram shoves me away and snaps, “You stupid girl. Of course, I'm fine! I can't believe that you fell for the network’s trap!”

Beside me, Bellamy snickers. Kai and Preston try a little bit harder to hide their amusement, and my mouth just drops open.

“How did you—”

Gram-Gram raises a hand and cuts me off.

“I might only have a little magic, but it can see well enough.”

“Well, thanks, I guess,” I grumble.