Free Whisper (Novella) by CRYSTAL GREEN

the hair off my humidity-sticky back and neck. The service door was open, letting in the smell of grease and the sparky waft of machinery. My curiosity was bashing at me, acting like a substitute heartbeat.
    Evie rang the bell again, and I bumped against her.
    â€œEager much?” I whispered, just as someone walked into the room, wiping his hands on a rag.
    I tightened my arms over my chest, my pulse exploding as I read his name tag.
    Micah
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Crystal Green is a RITA-nominated romantic fiction author. As Chris Marie Green, she has written fantasy novels, including the Vampire Babylon series and the Jensen Murphy, Ghost for Hire series, as well as the new adult SHE CODE books and the first Aidan Falls novel,
Honeytrap
. As Christine Cody, she wrote the supernatural post-apocalyptic western Bloodlands series.