An Elemental Witch (Bella Flores Urban Fantasy Book 1) by R.D. Martin

Author:R.D. Martin [Martin, R.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RRSL Publishing Inc
Published: 2020-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

As the party continued into the night, Bella and William met a few times to trade information before parting again in separate directions. The search had not gone well. While guests were allowed in the main ballroom and on most of the grounds outside, the rest of the mansion appeared to be off-limits with multiple guards stationed at almost every door. They’d prepared for this, though, and it was a simple matter of hitting them with an Isivini charm to pause time for them and let her slip through. Unfortunately, the mansion was so huge that searching every room would take weeks and it was already getting close to midnight. Some guests were already leaving.

Returning to the ballroom, she caught William’s attention and pointed to the doors hidden in the base of the grand staircase where servers were entering and exiting like ants in a hill. He nodded and slowly began making his way through the crowd to her.

Waiting for him and eavesdropping on the surrounding conversations, she heard a voice she knew didn’t belong and an electric current surged through her, making her scalp tighten and her stomach twist as she turned to find its source. Scanning the surrounding crowd while doing her best to shrink into the smallest space possible, she saw not six feet away her supervisor, Mr. Browser.

How had he not noticed her? she wondered as she ducked behind a nearby potted plant with as much grace as possible. Though they were speaking in hushed tones, she could still clearly hear what they were saying as Browser, from too many years of indulging himself with every confection known to man, seemed to gasp in the effort of speaking more than five words while standing at the same time. Apparently Chryso was not happy seeing his employee here.

“But, sir,” said Browser, holding his considerable bulk as straight as possible in his ill-fitting tux. “You said to let you know as soon as we caught him, and we did. He’s down in the cells now.”

She wondered who they were trying to capture and why. And what was that bit about cells below?

“You fool,” hissed Chryso before letting off a string of curses in a language she didn’t understand but would make a point of looking up later. His rigid shaking, along with Browser shrinking away from his employer, made it obvious he was holding himself back from striking the fat man. “Why did you come here now? I told you to stay away tonight.”

“I, I thought you would want to know. I know how important…”

“You thought wrong. Did my instructions get lost in the layers of fat surrounding your brain? Do. Not. Come. Here. Tonight. Five words. How hard could those instructions be?”

There was a mumble somewhere between an apology and an excuse from her supervisor. She’d never liked Browser and often wished she could tell him off, but listening to him being raked over the coals by Chryso, she almost felt sorry for the piggy little man. Almost.

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