Ashes and Amulets: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel (Midlife Magic in Memoriam Book 3) by Keira Blackwood

Author:Keira Blackwood [Blackwood, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paramour Press
Published: 2023-02-07T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

“You told me he was the bad guy.” I climbed through the window, put my hands on my hips, and shot Fernando my most disapproving glare. “Now you’re hugging him?

I wasn’t surprised, really, or even disappointed. It wasn’t Fernando’s fault he had a soft spot for sweets. This entire situation was Silas’s fault for tempting him.

“And you,” I said, turning my ire to Silas. “What exactly did you read about Fernando? And how did you know we were here? Have you been keeping tabs on me?”

“I knew you were here when I heard you banging around on the ladder and then saw you spying through my window,” Silas said. “It’s difficult to see how that would lead you to believe I have been spying on you.”

“You couldn’t have heard us. We were quiet,” I said, knowing it was a pathetic response.

“As quiet as a herd of elephants.”

“Impossible.”

He shrugged. “Thin glass.”

“Thin excuse.”

“As to where I read about Fernando—”

“You managed to get your hands on my book,” I said. “I must admit it’s deviously impressive. But now I have something to hold over you. I can simply tell the boss—”

“Not everything is about you, Lily,” Silas said.

My stomach hardened into a knot. How dare he. “You certainly seem bent on making it that way, constantly inserting yourself into my life, now not just professionally, but personally as well.”

“I didn’t read your book, Lily.”

I opened my mouth and snapped it back shut. The wheels turned in my head, trying to figure out how he could have gleaned information about Fernando otherwise.

As if reading my mind, Silas said, “I read specifically about Fernando in the Compendium of the Undying.”

I glared at him. “Well, if that’s true, why not just tell me that to start?”

He smirked back at me. “And miss out on your wild accusations? Never.”

Fernando loosened his grip on Silas’s leg and looked back and forth between the two of us. He looked like a confused and lost child caught between two fighting parents. Of course that was ridiculous, as Silas meant nothing to him beyond a means to receive chocolate.

“Everything is all right,” I told Fernando. “It’s always like this with him.”

Fernando smiled at me.

“This place is supposed to be shut down,” I said to Silas. “How’d you manage to weasel yourself into a room? Blackmail the owner?”

“A favor,” he said. “If you’ll excuse me, I need to get dressed.”

I turned to Fernando and said, “Sounds like blackmail.”

“Yes.” Fernando nodded.

Ignoring us, Silas grabbed a set of clothes from his bag and headed into the bathroom. I watched him go, unable to look away from his muscular calves and back dimples. What did he think he was doing sitting around in a towel anyway?

As soon as he clicked the door shut, I took advantage of the opportunity and did a quick scan of the room. Silas’s tan trench coat hung on a hook by the door, the coat that was supposed to have been mine. I’d called dibs. What kind of monster didn’t respect dibs? Silas freaking Huxley, that’s who.

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