The Librarian & The Cupcake

By Anna Wolfe

Glenn Helms never expected to leave his demonridden master’s court. Now that he has, he’s struggling to find his place among the free bitten and he’s not going to pass up the opportunity to impress his new colleagues by screwing up his first assignment. Problem is, he doesn’t really understand the rules of the game in his new life and his attraction to his new partner an inconvenience Glenn could do without.

Robert Davies prefers to work alone, but the case he’s working on is politically charged and dangerous. A little help could go a long way, but as a former pet himself, babysitting newly freed bitten is both annoying and frustrating. It doesn’t help that the newbie Silas sent him is as sexy as he is skittish. Together, Glenn and Robert must tackle a stalker, survive an assassination attempt, and deal with their growing attraction for one another.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anna Wolfe
• Release date: Jul 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311242594

Anna Wolfe

I'm a college professor with a Ph.D. so new it squeaks. I have a husband, a heterolifemate, and two cats. I'm willing to try any food I've never eaten at least once. I have jumped out of a plane (awesome), blown fire (also awesome), learned that having accelerant soak into your sports bra hurts like hell, and am a pagan (please note that this does not mean I'm a satanist).

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The Librarian & The Cupcake

A Demonridden Novella

by

Anna Wolfe

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1: Robert Davies

Chapter 2: Glenn Helms

Chapter 3: Robert

Chapter 4: Glenn

Chapter 5: Glenn

Chapter 6: Robert

Chapter 7: Glenn

Chapter 8: Robert

Chapter 9: Glenn

Chapter 10: Glenn

Chapter 11: Glenn

Chapter 12: Robert

About the Author

Sample Chapter from Book 4 of The One Rises

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Preface

First, let's deal with the technical stuff. I denote thoughts by using italics. If, in the process of downloading this book, that formatting gets lost, you're going to be very confused. I've had some folks have difficulty with the formatting so below is a test italic sentence.

Is this sentence in italics? If so, yay! If not, something has gone awry.

Second, this novella is set in the same world as Bitten, Addicted, and Ensnared By Magic. The characters in this story, however, do not appear in the One Rises series. I've tried to write it assuming my audience hasn't read the other stuff (and there's a little background blurb below), but I didn't spend a lot of time world-building. If you like what you read, definitely check out my other work!

The blurb: Through acts of will, human beings can pull creatures from another world into our own. These creatures ride human bodies and possess wide-ranging sets of abilities. The demonridden are powerful, greedy, and always hungry. The only limit on their appetites is a magical document (called the Covenant) that the witches forced on the demonridden to end the Great Demon War.

A human that has been bitten by a demonridden (and survives) develops their own demon-forced sets of abilities and appetites. Like their more powerful creators, the bitten mostly feed on human emotion: blood, sex, anger, fear, greed, joy, and so on. Some bitten serve their creators and others flee from the demonridden that created them. Amongst the bitten who refuse to serve in the demonridden's courts, there are two major factions in North America: the Chosen and the free bitten. The Chosen are led by a man named Phaedon Papadapolous and reject the parts of the Covenant that forbid them to hunt and kill the demonridden. The free bitten are more loosely organized and believe that Covenant must be upheld.

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Chapter 1: Robert Davies

There was an insistent tapping at his bedroom door, which then opened without his assistance. A tall, thin black man in a pink polo shirt, a newsboy cap, and striped cotton pants stepped into the room. Your, uh, landlord let me in. The tall man closed the door behind him, eyes searching the room intently. As he set his bag and jacket on the only bed in the room, he said, Well, I’ll tell you right now, I kick.

I’m sorry, who are you? Robert asked. Please tell me you aren’t the guy Silas sent me.

Glenn Helms. The pink-shirted man sat down on the bed and crossed his legs. Silas said you’d be expecting me.

Ah. I see. Robert pulled out his phone. The man, Glenn, started to say something, but Robert held up one hand up to silence him. Silas? I have a guest.

Glenn? Silas asked. Robert could hear the rustling of paper in the background.

That’s what he says. Looks like he got dressed in the dark? Robert cut a look at Glenn as he said this. Glenn looked mildly offended.

Correct. Ask him what the first thing he ever said to me was.

You don’t have to ask. The volume on your phone is ridiculously high and I’m not deaf. Glenn rolled his eyes and then flipped his hand over so he could look at his nails. Let me think… oh yes, I remember. I believe it was: get out of the way, boy! For the last words, Glenn deepened his voice and made a ferocious face.

Silas was silent on the phone for a long while, almost a full minute, before he said, Also correct.

That pause was way too long. That’s not the answer Silas was expecting. You just turned the heat up on this little project and you sent me someone new. Is that wise? Robert turned to face Glenn.

He brings something particular to the table, Silas said, his voice suddenly sounding sharp and focused. The rustling of papers stopped.

Anything in particular I should do with him? Robert asked the question though he expected Silas to be vague.

It's a simple matter. I'm sure you can handle it. The annoyed edge in Silas' voice was fake, but the coded message wasn't. No dead bodies. Not really a surprise.

I see. Anything else I need to know? Robert looked over at Glenn and suppressed a sigh at the dayglo colors.

Silas rumbled in a low, amused voice, He kicks.

Glenn grinned.

As he hung up the phone, Robert held up a warning finger. If you kick me, I will cuff your ankles to the end of the bed.

Kinky. Glenn closed his hands together and set them on his knee. So, what am I doing here?

I don’t know. What can you do? Robert tried not to frown and failed.

What can you do? Glenn shrugged and gave Robert a wide-eyed innocent look.

Robert growled a curse word under his breath. He sounds like he wants to play a game. That kind of nonsense is one of the many things I do not miss from my time in Mordecai’s court. This, Robert motioned back and forth between them with one finger, "is what I call a Silas side project. Everybody gets one