Time for a sneak peak of DEVOURING DARKNESS, the fourth Heirs of Chicagoland novel, which will be here on September 20! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Immortality required expecting the unexpected. And occasionally, heels.<\/p>
Sometimes the unexpected was a mercenary fairy with a very sharp sword, or a shapeshifting monster, or a detachment of angry vampires at the door. And sometimes it was a pizza box taped to an art gallery wall . . . with a five-thousand-dollar price tag. <\/p>
\u201cReflections on Post-Consumerism<\/em>,\u201d the woman beside me said, reading aloud the tag beside the box. \u201cA very interesting choice of mediums, don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>
Lulu Bell, nonpracticing sorcerer and my best friend since childhood, her chin-length dark hair falling across her face, was doing her best to look serious and Very Intellectual. She was an artist, and I was here to support her and offer up some much-needed bestie time, which had been hard to come by lately.<\/p>
I was Elisa Sullivan\u2014vampire and newest staff member of Chicago\u2019s supernatural Ombudsman\u2019s office. Chicago had always been a hot spot for supernatural surprises, and that was especially true lately, with the detachment of vampires and mercenary fairies. The increase in activity hadn\u2019t been conducive to quality time with friends. So we were in this small white-walled gallery on a Saturday night, mingling with a crowd that was mostly human, who\u2019d come to appreciate the art and sample tiny cheese cubes and music that was part ocean wave, part jazz.<\/p>
\u201cI think pizza is best mid-consumption,\u201d I said, with as much gravity as I could muster.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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