A Lethal Love (Back Room Bookstore Cozy Mystery Book 7) by Harper Susan

Author:Harper, Susan [Harper, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2019-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

9

Monica walked closely behind Deimus. She personally had never been anywhere near the wizards’ prison in Wysteria before. It was a large, abandoned castle surrounded by ghouls as guards as well as a number of wizards flying around the exterior walls on broomsticks. None of the guards looked particularly friendly. Deimus explained to the gentleman manning the guest entrance that he was a friend of the one of the guards, and after a few minutes went by for this information to be confirmed, a portly young man with a large nose and beady eyes came hobbling out of the haunted-castle looking building.

“Deimus,” the wizard said and stuck his hand out to shake.

“Monica, Holly, Abigail, this is Edgar Stein,” Deimus began, but Monica immediately got excited.

“Edgar Stein, the former Romp-A-Roo champ?” she asked, feeling absolutely giddy. “You played for the Transylvania Terrors the year they went international!”

“Don’t talk to him like that,” Deimus said, nudging the man. “He’ll get a big head.”

“What are you doing as a prison guard in Wysteria?” she asked, ignoring the teasing.

“I’m from here originally,” Edgar said, looking as though his head had indeed inflated to twice its original size. “Lot of people don’t know I used to be a Wysteria Werewolf before I was transferred to one of the heavy hitter teams. Course, now with Wysteria going to the finals, looks like the world’s got a new team to look out for. What are you doing here in the middle of the night, Deimus?”

“Just came from a memorial service for one of my teammates,” Deimus began.

“Yeah, read about that,” he said. “I’m sorry about your loss, kid.”

“Truth is, I don’t think anyone’s told his brother,” Deimus said. “I think the man has a right to know what happened, even if he is a real creep.”

“That’s right… I forget Leonardo’s brother is a Romp-A-Roo player,” Edgar said. “Read the story about the murder in the paper this morning and didn’t even make the connection. You really want to be the one to break the news to that lunatic?”

“Someone has to,” Deimus said.

“All right, I’ll bring you in,” Edgar said. “But so you know, Leonardo’s not all there anymore. Not all witches and wizards take well to the long-term magic dampening we do here for the prisoners.”

“I imagine not,” Deimus said as they followed Edgar into the building.

Monica and Holly stood close by. Monica could feel Holly shaking a bit from nerves. The place really did look like a giant house of horrors. Eventually, though, they were taken to the most obscenely normal-looking white room that clashed terribly with the rest of the building’s feel. It was simply a large, colorless room with clean floors and walls along with a large table in the center. “You folks sit tight,” Edgar said. “I’ll see if Leonardo is up for speaking to anyone. He doesn’t get visitors, so I suspect he’ll be delighted.” Edgar disappeared, and they all gathered around the table. Abigail sat on Monica’s lap.

Soon Edgar returned with Leonardo, who was dressed in a slimming black robe.

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