Dream Magic by Michelle Mankin

Author:Michelle Mankin [Mankin, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Strange Magic Series
Publisher: Michelle Mankin
Published: 2016-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

“You’re late.” Displeasure narrowed my gaze as I regarded Hermes, the messenger god who looked, spoke and acted the part of a California surfer. “I waited in the designated spot on the Main Concourse for over an hour.”

“Yeah?” He shrugged his thin shoulders. He looked larger than he really was inside the artificially lit exit tunnel. “Sorry, bird dude.” It was difficult to hear him over the whir of his propeller powered time space continuum folding shoes. “I was kinda held up.” His ocean blue eyes were red rimmed and the overpowering scent of ganja that accompanied him was an assault to my raptor senses. “And felt up.” He flashed me a dimpled grin while attempting and failing to smooth out the spikes of bleach blond hair that stood up all over his head in a hundred different incongruent directions. “Couple of smokin’ hot nymphs wanted to go skinny dipping. How could I refuse?”

“Indeed.” I lifted a brow.

“Here.” He thrust a thick stack of sealed envelopes into my hands. “Don’t be such a hardass. I noticed you got a request from the Cypress organization.” His spinning irises stilled for a brief coherent moment.

“The who?” I inquired having no idea what he was talking about.

“Cypress. Duh. The secret organization that breaks out condemned prisoners from Phoebus’ prison. Cypress is their symbol. Flame top for a purpose they say can never be extinguished and roots that delve deep into the earth for the Creator’s inexhaustible strength. They’ve been really busy since the sun dude got all chop happy with his obsidian guillotine.” An image of the dagger with the cypress emblem from Hephaestus’ forge sprung immediately to my mind. “Danger. Intrigue. Secrecy. The big Kahuna is mental about all the trouble Cypress has been giving him. He’s offering a huge reward for any information that might help expose their leader. Whoever it is has some major balls.” He waggled his brows. “They’re giving you some serious competition in the badassery department, buzzard beak. I took the liberty of reading the request.”

“Hermes,” I growled in warning.

“Hang loose, winged thing. I’m a Council Favored. I’m not afraid of you. Cypress is just too gnarly. Are you going to take the job? Their payment is way higher than your usual fee.”

Ignoring his rambling, I extended a talon, slipped it under the seal and scanned the missive for myself. A transport. A basic point A to point B. Only it wasn’t so simple with Phoebus involved. The handwriting was unfamiliar. A faint floral scent wafted upward from the communique’. I inhaled deeply filling my lungs with the intoxicating fragrance. My vision tunneled. For a brief moment I thought I saw a pair of moonbeam hued eyes fringed by dark lashes. A weird buzzing filled my ears. The room tilted. I got so lightheaded I swayed. Heart thundering irregularly inside my chest, I crushed the thick vellum in my sweaty palm.

“Dude,” Hermes drawled grabbing my arm and holding me steady. “You ok? You look like you’re gonna pass out or something.

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