Cursed Magic: A Ley Line World Urban Fantasy Adventure (Relic Guardians Book 3) by Meg Cowley & Victoria DeLuis

Author:Meg Cowley & Victoria DeLuis [Cowley, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jolly Creative Atelier
Published: 2017-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

We showed at the street named Villa d’Orleans at eight. I checked the message on Nick’s phone again. The last of the battery was draining and the screen dimmed as it activated the energy saving mode. I wondered how much time we had before we’d lose contact. We were in the right place at the right time.

It was pitch black as we turned by the block of flats; no streetlights penetrated here. We could smell waste from the half open dumpsters tucked inside the alley. I held in a retch at the stench.

I looked down the secluded, tiny street — more of an alley than anything else.

“Why does he want to meet here?” I frowned.

Jamie didn’t answer at once “I don’t know,” he said at last.

Not for the first time, I wondered if it might be a trap. Cleo couldn’t possibly know we were onto her, but she clearly had no qualms about disposing of leaks in her operation.

I’d already contacted my usual network for any information; to no avail. We were going in blind, and Nick was our only lead. Suddenly, our ‘inside man’ felt more like a growing liability than an asset; it felt like events were spiralling well outside our control. We were playing chase, not leading the hunt – and we were woefully behind.

Even Jamie’s confidence had taken a knock. We were on speaking terms, at least. We didn’t have a choice if we wanted to see this through and succeed. We had not mentioned our argument once, and I didn’t intend to be the one to bring it up.

I turned to tell Jamie I thought we should leave – my gut instinct screamed it – but before the words left my mouth, a shadow detached itself from the pool of black before us. A drawn, white face loomed.

“Nick!” Jamie said, exhaling with relief, but then he started forwards. “You look terrible, man.”

Nick jumped as Jamie moved forwards, and his eyes darted around and past us. “You’re alone?” he said, wincing as I shifted my balance and the soles of my shoes scraped upon the cracked tarmac.

“Yeah,” Jamie replied. I could hear the concern in his voice. “What’s she done to you?”

A nervous laugh erupted from him. “She suspects me, you know. Living on borrowed time, you know. Gotta be careful, you know?”

“Yeah, sure. Look, this is Zoe, Zoe, this is Nick. Zoe’s going to help me get you out of this mess, mate.”

Another nervous laugh. “Oh good, good. Haven’t slept in days. She keeps us awake, you know? See who’s going to crack first, you know?”

He was barely making any sense. Jamie and I shared a look.

“Right. What can you tell us?” Jamie asked.

The nervous laugh became a dry, heaving sob. “He died because of me, you know – Andy. She suspected me right from the start, knows we were always close.” He gestured between himself and Jamie. “I passed it off on Andy. She killed him. I can’t believe she killed him.”

His arms were clutched tight around himself and his head shook back and forth uncontrollably.

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