Beyond the Seer by Emery Belle

Author:Emery Belle [Belle, Emery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“What are you doing here?” Garnet said, frowning at me above a stack of paperwork she was filing—by hand, since we still hadn’t learned how to make objects fly. I’d just arrived at Sparrow Manor, where Garnet had recently taken a job as Lady Amabelle’s secretary, and though I’d been hoping to avoid her, Garnet’s desk was planted right beside the front door.

“I’m going to pay a visit to Cordelia Wright,” I said, drawing up my shoulders. “I want to ask her to take another look at my wand.”

Garnet groaned. “You’re not still on about that, Wren, are you? You heard what Lady Winthrop said—”

“This has nothing to do with not practicing,” I snarled, and the wand in my pocket vibrated in response. I clutched it, heart pounding, afraid of what it might do, but it merely sent a few feeble sparks at me before quieting down once more. Perhaps the wand sensed when it was in trouble and knew when to shut up… a lesson I hadn’t quite learned myself yet. And I wasn’t really working on it either.

“Fine.” Garnet shrugged. “If you’re willing to deal with the consequences of going behind Lady Winthrop’s back, then that’s on you.” She picked up the phone. “Cordelia works on the same floor as Lady Amabelle, so I know her office number. Give me a second and I’ll let her know that you’re here.”

While Garnet spoke softly into the receiver, I craned my neck to try and see the paperwork she was filing—I’d been feeling paranoid ever since finding out that Lord Macon had wanted my name added to the ‘dangerous creatures’ list—but, seeing what I was doing, Garnet slapped her hand over the files and shot me a severe look.

“Cordelia says you can go right up,” she said, hanging up the phone. Then she plopped down hard in her chair and raised her eyebrows at me while waving her hand over the files. “These are just the latest batch of marriage license applications, Wren, nothing that would be of interest to you. But they’re confidential—what are you trying to do, get me fired? I happen to like working for Lady Amabelle, you know, she’s quite the…”

Garnet was still speaking, but I was no longer listening. My breath coming fast and shallow, I gazed down at one of the applications poking out of the pile. It was for a woman named Penelope Sanderson and a man named Cole… something. I couldn’t see his last name. As soon as Garnet rolled her chair over to the filing cabinet, I darted out my hand and snagged the application, feeling as though my heart would burst right out of my ribcage.

Please don’t be, please don’t be, please don’t be…

Cole Evert.

Not Cole Noir, never Cole Noir. Not that it should matter, I reminded myself fiercely.

“Wren!” Garnet exploded, slapping the paper out of my hand. “What is wrong with you?” She glanced down at the names, then back up at me, taking note of my pale face.

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