03 - Revenge of the Witch - Crypt Witch by K.E. O'Connor

Author:K.E. O'Connor
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: K.E. O'Connor
Published: 2018-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

It was getting dusk as the angels descended from the sky in a cloud of white feathers and pompous self-righteousness.

Dazielle strode over, her wings ruffling behind her. “What have you got?”

“We haven’t uncovered the body, but I’m pretty sure you’ll find Dewey Lavern in that mud.”

“Puddles’ nephew?” Dazielle squinted at the ground, not looking convinced. “He’s not back yet?”

“He’s not coming back from this,” I said. “Can you smell the magic?”

Dazielle sniffed the air and frowned. “It’s the same curse.”

“Whoever killed Serath also got to Dewey.”

Dazielle flapped around as she set her angels to work securing the area. She knelt by the exposed hand and carefully scraped away more mud. It didn’t take long before she revealed the frozen, terrified looking face of Dewey.

“You’re right.” She looked up at me. “How did you know he’d be here?”

“I didn’t. I wasn’t even looking for him. I’m still on the hunt for Rhett.” I glanced at Suki, who stood looking nervous as the angels hurried around her. “Suki suggested we try the forest. We learned that someone had been lurking around last night. We followed the trail, and Wiggles did the rest.”

Wiggles lifted his nose. “I’ll take payment in fairy cakes.”

Dazielle snorted and shook her head, her attention turning to Fallon. “What’s your involvement?”

“I tracked the killer as they looked for a place to dispose of the body.” She slid a foot toward Wiggles. “We should set up our own crack task force. You can be my faithful pony, hunting out dead bodies, and I will solve the crimes.”

Wiggles turned his back and cocked his leg up a tree.

“Fallon and Wiggles the Wonder Pony,” Fallon continued. “Solving the crimes the angels have no clue about. We’re bound to be busy.”

Dazielle glared at Fallon. “Move out of the way and let my team get to work. I want to know everything you saw last night.”

“We’ve already told you what we know.” I did not like the accusation lacing through Dazielle’s words.

“Tell me again. Who led you here?” Dazielle asked.

I sighed. “Fallon most of the way. Wiggles sniffed out the body.”

Dazielle turned on Fallon, who studied Wiggles with an unhealthily obsessive look in her eye. “Why didn’t you report this yesterday when you discovered someone in the forest?”

Fallon picked something out of her hair and inspected it. “There are always odd bods skulking around my forest. If I reported them all, you’d spend your whole time in here, and I don’t want that.”

“What made you suspicious of this particular individual?”

Fallon shrugged. “They used cloaking magic. You don’t walk around hidden in this forest without me knowing about it. They were up to something dubious.”

“You didn’t see them with the body? It wouldn’t be easy to transport a body through the forest,” Dazielle said.

“They could have come back during my naptime,” Fallon said. “A wood nymph needs her beauty sleep. When I lost sight of them, I headed to my dwelling. I had a half-hour nap and continued on my rounds. I wasn’t alerted to anything unusual.

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