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  “Um…” My nervousness grows. “I don’t know… I’m still not even positive why you gave me your card.”

  “It’s not something I’d like to discuss over the phone.” He pauses. “Just know that if you agree to meet with me, you have my word that you’ll be safe.”

  “You’re a private detective, right?” I ask, wondering how the hell he plans on keeping me safe.

  “Yes, but I assure you I’m always cautious with my cases,” he replies. “And I promise the Everettsons will never find out you’re speaking to me.”

  It seems like a big promise to make, and is probably a lie.

  “What is the case you’re working on?” I ask. “I mean, I know it’s about the Everettsons, but who hired you?”

  “I have a strict confidentiality policy with my clients so I can’t answer that, but I assure you that you’ll be safe. I just want to talk to you about the Everettsons. That’s all. Maybe get some details about them and discuss the idea of you working undercover for me and digging up some dirt on them.”

  So he wants me to be a narc?

  From where I come from, your ass will get beat if you narc on the wrong person. I can only imagine what’ll happen to me if I narc on the mafia.

  “I have to go,” I say quickly.

  “Sky, wait—”

  I hang up on him and clutch my phone, regretting my decision to call him.

  “I really need to find a way out of this world I’ve been thrown into,” I mutter.

  Until then I’m going to lay low and hope the Everettsons don’t track me down.

  About the Author

  Jessica Sorensen is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who lives in the snowy mountains of Wyoming. When she’s not writing, she spends her time reading and hanging out with her family.

  Also by Jessica Sorensen

  Simply Chaos Series:

  The Simplicity in Chaos

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Enchanted Chaos Series:

  Enchanted Chaos

  Shimmering Chaos

  Untitled (coming soon)

  The Breathing Undead Series

  Breathing Lies

  Shadowed Whisperers (coming 2019)

  My Cursed Superhero Life:

  Grim

  Cursed

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Capturing Magic:

  Chasing Wishes

  Chasing Magic

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Chasing Hadley Harlyton:

  Chasing Hadley

  Falling for Hadley

  Holding onto Hadley (coming soon)

  Tangled Realms:

  Forever Violet

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Curse of the Vampire Queen:

  Tempting Raven

  Enchanting Raven

  Alluring Raven

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Unraveling You Series:

  Unraveling You

  Raveling You

  Awakening You

  Inspiring You

  Fated by Darkness

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Unexpected Series:

  The Unexpected Way of Falling

  The Unpredictable Way of Falling

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Shadow Cove Series:

  What Lies in the Darkness

  What Lies in the Dark

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Mystic Willow Bay Series:

  The Secret Life of a Witch

  Broken Magic

  Stolen Kisses

  One Wild, Crazy, Zombie Night

  Magical Whispers & the Undead

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Standalones:

  The Forgotten Girl

  The Illusion of Annabella

  Confessions of a Kleptomaniac

  Rules of a Rebel and a Shy Girl

  The Heartbreaker Society:

  The Opposite of Ordinary

  Untitled (coming soon)

  Broken City Series:

  Nameless

  Forsaken

  Oblivion

  Forbidden (coming soon)

  Guardian Academy Series:

  Entranced

  Entangled

  Enchanted

  Entice (coming soon)

  Sunnyvale Series:

  The Year I Became Isabella Anders

  The Year of Falling in Love

  The Year of Second Chances

  The Coincidence Series:

  The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden

  The Redemption of Callie and Kayden

  The Destiny of Violet and Luke

  The Probability of Violet and Luke

  The Certainty of Violet and Luke

  The Resolution of Callie and Kayden

  Seth & Greyson

  The Secret Series:

  The Prelude of Ella and Micha

  The Secret of Ella and Micha

  The Forever of Ella and Micha

  The Temptation of Lila and Ethan

  The Ever After of Ella and Micha

  Lila and Ethan: Forever and Always

  Ella and Micha: Infinitely and Always

  The Shattered Promises Series:

  Shattered Promises

  Fractured Souls

  Unbroken

  Broken Visions

  Scattered Ashes

  Breaking Nova Series:

  Breaking Nova

  Saving Quinton

  Delilah: The Making of Red

  Nova and Quinton: No Regrets

  Tristan: Finding Hope

  Wreck Me

  Ruin Me

  The Fallen Star Series:

  The Fallen Star

  The Underworld

  The Vision

  The Promise

  The Lost Soul

  The Evanescence

  The Darkness Falls Series:

  Darkness Falls

  Darkness Breaks

  Darkness Fades

  The Death Collectors Series (NA and YA):

  Ember X and Ember

  Cinder X and Cinder

  Spark X and Spark

  Unbeautiful Series:

  Unbeautiful

  Untamed