Once in a Blue Rune — J.B. Garner

It was just a little favor, she said. Just one missing person, she said.That's how the evening started for Mary Stone, Dwarf-for-hire. When Bunny, the local wererabbit Huntress, strolled into the Easy-E-Mart, all she wanted was a Super Green Smoothie and Mary's help to find a fellow missing were. No big deal, right?Of course, Bunny didn't bother to mention that the lost person was a romantic rival or that the local wererat gangsters might also be hunting for their target. Nor did she bring up the possibility that a massively powerful magical artifact might be mixed up in the whole case. It didn't help matters that Mary left an untested goblin and her irresponsible lover in charge of the store while she was gone. Even with all the runes at her command, Mary might not make it through this one little favor intact!