TRADING MY CHEATING HUSBAND FOR THE LYCAN KING
Queenie glances at the clock on the wall, which reads a quarter past two.
"It's two," Queenie says.
"We close at six," the woman repeats, unbothered, "for people we like. For people we haven't decided about, we've been closed since this morning." She dots a line with a small flourish, and then, without the faintest change in tone, "Pumpkin, is the kettle on?"
"On and warm for you, my heart," says the old man at the back, without breaking the rhythm of his pestle, and then, in the exact same gentle voice, to us: "Don't touch anything or I'll have to hurt you."