Accidentaly Divine by Dakota Cassidy (books to read romance .txt) 📕

anyone was asking, weighed what felt like a million pounds.

Realizing she had no choice, as she attempted to drag them to her and sling the straps over her shoulders, a warm heat began to tingle in her fingertips, much like the one she’d felt when she’d glowed for the first time at her house.

Oh, no.

No, no, no!

But yes, yes, yes. As though someone had switched on a flood light, George caught sight of herself in the shiny refrigerator, glowing like a neon sign.

If Effie wasn’t terrified enough already, she was sure to be on the verge of a heart attack by now.

Then there was the crash of the apartment door seconds before someone from behind her screamed, “Ahhhhh, fuck all! Goddammit, Wings, turn yourself off!”

Shit! Nina’s vampire eyes, the burn, blah, blah, blah.

“I don’t know how! Cover your eyes!” she yelped as feathers flew from her wings, leaving her helpless to do anything but—well—glow.

“Fuuuck!” Nina bellowed. “I can’t see a damn thing!”

“Give me your hand!” George ordered, pulling Nina to her and guiding her toward the wall. “Lean back and stay put!”

Nina did as she was instructed, but when George turned to check on Effie, everything quite suddenly stopped.

Her glow was gone and so were her wings, sending her springing into action.

Effie huddled in the corner of her barren apartment, shaking like a leaf.

“Oh, Effie! I’m sorry. Let me explain!” she exclaimed as she made her way toward the woman, but she cringed, pushing her body against the wall.

“No!” she cried out, her tone filled with a high-pitched anxiety she couldn’t hide. “Get out of here! I don’t know what you are or what kind of games you’re playing, but get out!”

Nina had somehow gathered herself and grabbed at George’s hand. “You, stay the fuck put. I’ll fix this.”

Horror washed over George. Nina, fix this? How? By scaring Effie into submission with threats of shitting from her throat?

“Wait!” she almost screamed, but then she saw again how terrified Effie was, and she lowered her voice. “Let me handle this, Nina. Please.”

Nina, her eyes bloodshot from the light of George’s glow, shook her head and gripped her shoulders. “Fucking trust, okay? Just chill the hell out and let me handle this.”

She didn’t wait for George to give her permission. Instead, the vampire knelt in front of Effie and helped her stand, using a gentle hand and a warm smile.

A warm smile.

George looked around to be sure the apocalypse wasn’t on its way.

“Who…who are you?” Effie managed in a shaky, terrified voice, yanking her hand from Nina’s as though she’d been burned.

But Nina put her fingers to Effie’s temple, leaving her eyes looking glazed over. “My name is Nina, Effie, and I’m going to make you feel much better. I promise.”

“Better?” George squeaked, hovering behind Nina, who was easily five inches taller than her. “By better, do you mean,” she stood on tiptoe and whispered, “dead?”

“Of course I don’t mean dead, dipshit. Jesus and a chicken wing. Shut the fuck up, Fly Girl, and let me do my damn job,” she growled, running her lean fingers over Effie’s temples while the woman stood silent, her mouth ajar.

But George took her job very seriously. Even if Effie was horrid and mean, she wasn’t going to allow anyone to hurt her.

She gripped Effie’s arm. “Effie, are you okay?”

Nina used her hands to manipulate Effie’s head and make the woman nod. “I’m fine, you pain in the ass,” Nina said in her best old lady voice. “Now, go the fuck away.” Then she rubbed Effie’s temples again. “So you’re going to listen to Nina, right, Effie?”

Effie licked her lips, her skin pale, her eyes glazed and shiny. “Yes. Yes, I’ll listen.”

“Okay. Then listen closely. You don’t remember anything after George talked to you about booking a trip to Cabo. You never saw her glow. You never saw her angel wings. She’s still the same old George she’s always been and everything is just like it was before I busted into your house. Do you understand? Nod if you do.”

Effie, as if a robot, bobbed her head quite mechanically. “I understand,” she muttered.

Nina smiled down at her and nodded her approval. “That’s good, Effie. So you feel fine. You don’t remember anything and everything’s going to be great, okay?”

Again, Effie nodded, her arms hanging limply at her side.

“That’s good, Effie. Now, when I snap my fingers, you’re going to wake up and everything’s gonna go back to normal. Right?”

“Right,” she mumbled as George watched, her jaw unhinged.

This was crazy, but before she had the chance to say as much, Nina snapped her fingers together and backed away, pushing George back, too.

Effie’s eyes were suddenly wide and mostly bright again as she looked at the two women. “Who are you?” she asked Nina with an angry tone, taking in the beautiful vampire with a hair net and one of the white coats they wore in the kitchen.

Nina grinned at her warmly, catching George off guard yet again with her compassion. “Hi, Effie. I’m George’s friend, Nina. I came to mooch a ride home from her. I’m new here. I work in the kitchen. What’s your favorite flavor of Jell-O?”

Effie looked confused and caught just as off guard as George, but she answered, “Lime. My favorite is lime.

Nina grinned again. “Then you come see me sometime, and I’ll sneak you an extra one, okay?” Then she held out her fist for Effie to bump, and sure enough, Effie complied.

Awkwardly, with a strange look on her face, but she knocked fists with the vampire and attempted what George thought might be a smile, but turned out looking more like a grimace of pain.

“Thank you… I think,” she murmured, cupping her jaw as she stared at Nina, likely in awe of her incredible beauty. Even in a hairnet and a baggy white coat, the vampire was flawless.

Nina winked her gorgeous dark eye. “You betcha, Eff. Now, we have to split. I’ve got a kid I need to get home to