Black Luck (Prof Croft Book 5) by Brad Magnarella

Author:Brad Magnarella [Magnarella, Brad]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 2018-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

19

I burst into the apartment and slammed the door behind me with a foot.

“Is Gretchen back?”

Tabitha stirred at the commotion, then looked up at me in puzzlement. I’d gotten a few of those looks on the way here. I moved Becky from my right shoulder to a two-armed underhanded grip. The young woman sagged against my stomach, smoke still drifting from what remained of her Mohawk. Tabitha sighed and lowered her head back to her paws.

“Desperate even for you,” she muttered.

I ignored the dig. “Gretchen!”

I carried Becky into my bedroom. Using my foot again, I shoved as much of Gretchen’s crap off the bed as I could before lowering Becky. She looked slightly better than when we’d left the packing plant, but she was still in bad shape. I arranged the sheets and comforter to keep her warm while my magic worked on her body. I would need to figure out a way to convince Gretchen to mend her soul. Problem was, I didn’t have a way to contact my “mentor.”

I emerged from my room. “Did Gretchen say which play she was going to see?” I was already moving toward the phone and the massive city directory. If I knew which theater, I could call and have her paged.

But Tabitha shook her head. “She doesn’t talk to me.”

“I thought she shared her dinner with you.”

“God, don’t remind me. Yes, she said she couldn’t finish, so here, would the kitty like the rest? But, no, it didn’t amount to a conversation. And she didn’t say what play she was going to.”

“Not even what it was about?”

When Tabitha shook her head, I picked up the phone and dialed Vega’s cell from habit before hanging up and calling her office instead.

“Homicide,” Hoffman’s gruff voice answered.

“It’s Everson. Is she in?”

He snorted. “Listen, buddy. There’s the doghouse, and then there’s the doghouse. I don’t know what happened between you two, but I’m pretty sure you’re in the second. If I was you—”

“Well, you’re not,” I interrupted. “Anyway, this has nothing to do with us. It’s about the case.”

“She ain’t in.”

“Where is she?”

“Went to meet that other wizard.”

“Who? Pierce?”

“Don’t care for the guy myself, but did you catch the way the ladies were checking him out last night?” I didn’t, but I remembered Vega’s flushing cheeks. “Looks like you’ve got some competition, buddy.”

Hoffman was trying to get under my skin, and he’d succeeded. My jealousy returned in a burning rush, incinerating the earlier confidence I’d felt at being able to ask Pierce for help from a position of strength.

“Where?” I demanded. “His place?”

“I think so.” He chuckled. “I’m almost tempted to follow you over there. I’ve never seen a wizard fight. All I can picture are the long robes, pointed hats, and a lot of slapping.”

“There’s not going to be a wizard fight,” I said, struggling to control my voice. “Is there a number I can reach her at.”

“You tried her cell?”

“It’s…” I saw it in flames on the floor. “It’s not working.”

“Then she probably grabbed one from the pool.

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