Black Sheep of Faery Box Set by Harley Gordon

Author:Harley Gordon [Gordon, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fairy Tales, retelling
Publisher: Harley Gordon
Published: 2019-05-23T22:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

He's gone. Vanished. Dammit.

Frustration explodes from me in a string of at least fifty curse words in ten different languages.

Dantès leans his arms on the railing and peers over the edge. "Well, that didn't work as well as we hoped."

I growl, pacing back and forth behind him. "Not at all. And trailing him wouldn't have worked either. I know what the relic is."

"What is it?" He spins on his heel to face me.

I rub the back of my neck. "The bloody seven league boots."

"I thought they were in a Library?"

"So did I." My pacing stalls. "Wait, how do you know that?"

"I'm the Count of Monte Cristo."

I roll my eyes. "That was slightly amusing the first time you said it, but now it's just annoying."

"I'll make sure I keep repeating it then."

"Your friendship with Hatter is making more and more sense every time you open your mouth." I shake my head. "Stop side-tracking me. I have to call Lydia and see how a relic went missing from under her nose." The boots have been in the Welsh Library for decades.

Edmond's words from before explode back into my mind. "What did you mean earlier about the dragon?"

"I found its hunting ground. It'll probably return tonight."

My mouth gapes open. "What? Why did you wait until now to tell me?"

He's completely unrepentant. "Because there's nothing to be done about it until tonight. I didn't want your people out there trampling around and leaving their scents behind."

I fold my arms to keep from strangling him. "You do realize Red transforms into a wolf. Her scent wouldn't leave any suspicious scents. And my people don't tramp. They know what they're doing and so do I."

"I know, Belle. But I also thought you might not want them to know."

My face contorts. "Why wouldn't I?"

He tosses his hands into the air. "Because they're drowning you with protection. Which you don't need. I know how well you fight. You saved my life years ago."

"I remember. And you repaid me by not joining the FTA when I asked." I squat down beside the mop and bucket and unanimate them.

"And I never will." He smiles down at me.

I stand back up and head for the door. There's nothing more to be done here. Cinderella is warned, hopefully August won't come back.

"They won't be able to stop me from going tonight. They may argue with me, but if I say I'm going, they'll accept it."

He follows me down the steps, our footsteps loud in the narrow stairwell. "Why, because you're Head Librarian? All the more reason for them to get you to stay safe."

I toss an annoyed glare over my shoulder. "No, because every single one of those people have gone through the fire with me. I don't trust easy, but they all have mine. Isn't Hatter your friend?"

We're back outside on the street. I turn towards home, mind racing with all the things I need to do, all the new information trying to find its place in the mire of everything else we know.

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