Charm Offensive by Cate Martin

Charm Offensive by Cate Martin

Author:Cate Martin [Martin, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946552983
Publisher: Ratatoskr Press


Chapter 14

That might have been the last thing I expected her to say. I certainly didn't know how to respond to it.

"I need a moment to confer with my friends," I said.

"Of course," Patricia said, taking several steps back.

I turned to face Sophie and Brianna. Brianna raised her wand and spoke a few words. At first, I thought she was doing the umbrella spell despite the fact we were more or less indoors. But as the edges of the umbrella over us extended down to the floor all of the echoing sounds of a dozen witches in swishing robes were cut off.

"Can they hear us?" I asked.

"We should probably assume they can," Brianna said.

So no talk of Edward, but I could see in their eyes that Sophie and Brianna were also thinking of him. They would do as much to protect him as I would. That was a comfort.

"So…" I said leadingly.

"It's a trap, obviously," Sophie said. "She's not even trying to pretend it isn't."

"What about how sick she looks?" I asked. "Is that a glamour?"

"Who knows?" Brianna said. "Even if it's real, it might not have anything to do with us."

"If it's because of the fight to protect the time portal, I feel no guilt for that," Sophie said.

"Nor I," I said. "She's not going to make me feel bad when she's the one who started that fight."

"No, the real question is, do we need her to save Nick?" Sophie asked.

"We could go to Wisconsin ourselves," Brianna said. "We could figure out a way to get that couple back together without Patricia."

"Or have Otto's boys do it," Sophie said. "Although how they'd pull it off might be interesting to see."

"She'll be expecting us to try that, though, won't she?" I asked.

"You're right," Brianna said with a sigh. "We try to get them together; she breaks them up again. That much mucking with the timeline…" She shook her head.

"I don't think there will be that many moves and countermoves," Sophie said. "If we try anything, she'll just kill one of them. Game, set and match."

"And there's still Jackson," I said. "She didn't seem to know Jackson. Was he an accident? Or does she just not care?"

"She was confused for a second, but she dropped it pretty quick," Sophie said. "I'd file that under 'doesn't care.' But it's the same as with Nick. If we try to fix things ourselves, she will countermove to the extreme."

"So it's a fight, then?" Brianna asked.

"I thought you didn't want a fight," I said.

"I didn't. I still don't. But if they are mucking with timelines, we have to do something. We have a duty," she said.

"Can we win a fight?" Sophie asked.

I was wondering the same thing myself. A part of me really wanted to know the answer to that, was willing to do anything to find out.

That part of me was starting to scare the rest of me.

"Negotiation," I said. "That's what we said we wanted to start with."

"Patricia has leverage," Sophie said. "We don't.



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