Death March: Black Magic Outlaw by Domino Finn

Author:Domino Finn [Finn, Domino]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blood & Treasure
Published: 2018-04-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Milena never called back, and my adolescent mind couldn't stop wondering how far Gavin was getting on date number ten. Between that and the Manifesto case, I was up half the night.

Thankfully the morning proceeded as planned. I cooked up some café con leche, touched base with Emily, and headed over right away. I was eager to start another day on the right foot and hopefully not have it hijacked by a kidnapping. And I wanted to have something new before the next time Simon called.

"Fran holding up?" I asked Evan as he led me upstairs. She was playing with her younger brother in the den.

"She's fine. Nerves of steel, that one."

"Takes after you."

"I was gonna say the same about you."

I bit my lip and smiled. With the lessons I'd been giving her, he didn't know how right he was.

Emily was upstairs in her bedroom. "Wow, you guys," I said. "I feel like I visit your bedroom much more than is healthy with platonic friends."

"Shut up," she muttered, unamused.

"I'm just saying. Maybe you should invest in a war room or something."

"Let's just get the spellcraft over with," said Evan.

"Look at you using the proper terminology. You're all growed up."

"After meeting Agent Bell in person, I'd do anything to beat her to the punch. You'd just better hope we have something here because the knife was a bust. The blood was from a young-adult male and there were no prints or aberrant DNA."

"Damn."

Emily decided to kick me while I was down. "The salt water did a number on the crystal as well. It soaked almost a day. I buried it with purifying stones to try to undo the damage, but it was too late." She revealed the crystal ball on a piece of soft leather in the middle of the bed. There was a slight crack in it.

"It's destroyed," I said, downtrodden.

"Not completely. I attempted a scry this morning and the Intrinsics were too hostile. It's a good thing we gave it extra time to cool down, otherwise we would've lost it all."

"Did you see anything?"

"I didn't get that far, and I was afraid to try again after it cracked. Remember when I had trouble finding Fran with my crystal?"

I nodded. "I helped dim the light with my shadows."

"I was hoping you could do that again."

I scratched my head. "Wouldn't that be even more unstable?"

"Possibly, but the energy is too erratic now. It needs something to soothe it, bring it down to make it readable. Can you do that?"

"I'll try."

If she said this would work, I believed her. We'd done this once before to great effect. It was funny how sometimes opposites working together were stronger than either alone.

Emily massaged the air around the crystal and intoned under her breath. She was a skilled white witch even if scrying wasn't her specialty. When it came to seeing the future she was no Marie Devereaux, but she brought the goods.

"I think..." started Emily, peering into the ball, "I think I see a reflection.

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