Klutz: Phoenix Heat (But Did You Die?, #2)

by Sedona Ashe

If you so much as blink at me wrong, I will put you in the same category as bugs, and you do not want to know what happens to bugs around me!”

I stepped forward and tried to sound intimidating, which was a challenge, considering I was barely tall enough to ride rollercoasters, and I was wearing unicorn pajamas.

“I am a strong, independent, Phoenix. Sure, I tend to die more often than most people change their underwear, but I’m tough and keep coming back—

It got really hot all of a sudden, and it had nothing to do with the flames engulfing the building a few feet behind me.

“I have waited a long time for you, my queen.

Now that I have found you, my home is, and will always be, wherever you are.

I have several homes for you to choose from around the world, or I can buy a new one if you wish. We will go where...

“I hope you are ready, my queen. I plan to spoil you until the day you die.” I shrugged. “Well, there’s a good chance that will happen at some point today.”

Surely there can’t be too many ways for a girl to die while spending most of her days relaxing on a beach… Right?