A Little Night Magic by Lucy March

Author:Lucy March [March, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 1250002672
Publisher: Griffin
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

12

The walk home was short, but it was long enough that by the time we got back, the cold hollow inside me had filled itself with fury. Once we got inside, I settled Davina on the couch, grabbed my cell phone out of my pocket, and flipped it open.

“What are you doing?” Davina asked.

“I’m calling nine-one-one,” I said. “You need to go to the hospital and I need to report that asshole and have him put in jail.”

I flipped it open, but it was still dead. Damnit. I walked over to the charger and plugged it in. “I always forget to charge this stupid thing.” I glanced around. “And my other phone’s a dead bat.”

“Calm down, Olivia. We need to talk.”

“With the police,” I said. “We need to talk with the police.”

“One thing you need to learn,” she said, her eyes suddenly hard and angry. “Police don’t work for people like us. The police belong to them. We”—she motioned her hand between us—“need to take care of our own.”

“He attacked us,” I said. “If he’s so magic let him magic himself out of a goddamn jail cell. Just give me a minute, and my phone will charge, and—”

Davina took in a breath, and her face looked strained as she closed her eyes and put her hand to her head.

“I’m sorry,” she said. “I just need a minute.”

“I’ll get you some water and some aspirin.” I went into the kitchen and filled a glass with ice water and grabbed a bottle of Advil. When I got back to the living room, Davina was lying on the couch with her eyes closed. I was going to step out, let her rest while I fumed quietly to myself, but she opened her eyes and reached for the water.

“Thank you,” she said.

“No problem.” I gave her the water and put the bottle of pills in her hand, then collapsed into the easy chair. Davina sat up to drink the water and take the Advil, then fell back again and let out a long breath.

“Oh, that’s much better,” she said.

“Okay, you ready to explain to me why we’re not having his ass thrown in jail?”

Davina looked at me, and a small smile graced her lips. “Because he didn’t break any laws.”

“He attacked us. We don’t have to tell them about the gray smoke. We’ll say he hit you in the head with a branch. That’s the truth.”

“It doesn’t matter.” She smiled up at me. “You handled him just fine.”

“No, I didn’t, and I’m not fine,” I said. “I just don’t understand why we can’t call the police.”

“No,” she said, her voice firm. “I’m serious. Police don’t work for people like us. If we call the police, and they see—or sometimes, just think they see—something weird, the next thing you know, we’re gone.”

I felt a chill run down me at the word. “Gone? What do you mean?”

She stared at me, her eyes hard, and then she said, “‘Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.’ Exodus 22:18.

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