Eine Kleine Nacht Maggie by Kate Danley

Author:Kate Danley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Maggie MacKay, Magical tracker, urban fantasy for adults, snarky, funny urban fantasy, female detective, bounty hunter, oktoberfest, octoberfest, vampires werewolves, October Fest, October Festival, drinking
Publisher: Katherine Danley
Published: 2017-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

We stood at the check-in counter of the hotel, arms filled with the bags my mom had given us and some new clothes we picked up from the Target down the street.

"Back again?" asked the merry little man. Gustav gave us a knowing smile. "Oktoberfest is always a wonderful time for Other Siders."

"Just couldn't keep away!" I replied, trying to resist the urge to shout at him there was a vampire bloodbath going on in his Oktoberfest tent and he was a nutcase for putting Other Siders in there without warning. Except we needed his job.

Killian squared his shoulders. "We, both of us, would be most appreciative of that opportunity for employment," Killian stated.

Gustav's smile widened. "Both of you? You attended the Oktoberfest festivities and are still interested?" he confirmed.

Killian took a great big breath and then spoke. "Yes. We are fully aware of the evening activities in the tent and we would be interested in acquiring positions, in refuse management or beverage disbursement."

"Good, good... Maude and Kevin..." Gustav replied, rubbing his hands together. "I am most pleased to have such hearty souls as yourselves aboard."

"The thing is," I added, "We're not exactly from around here and we'd love to get two rooms. Immediately. As opposed to two weeks down the road as you mentioned in the interview."

Gustav was getting my drift. "You shall have to pay for them."

I quickly did the math on how much money we'd be making if we could figure out how to get the cuckoo clock over to the Other Side. Maybe I could just open up a portal and drop the whole building through. But if we could get this evil dealt with in the next few days, we could possibly break even. After that, I was going to have to write this expedition off as charity. "Happy to stay for the next two weeks as regular guests," I confirmed. "Do you have an employee discount? Weekly rate?"

He squinted at his computer monitor. The system didn't look like it had been upgraded since construction either. "We only have one room."

"With two beds?"

"I'm afraid that we only have a king."

Killian could see me wavering and felt the need to drop in the statement, "A bed for a king seems fitting."

"You're going to need a bed that size for your ego," I replied. I turned back to the little man. "Do you have a roll away?"

"All spoken for."

"Air mattress?"

"You might try the Bed, Bath, and Beyond down the road."

"Couch cushions?"

"There are plenty of other establishments if this does not meet with your approval," he huffed, getting the slightest bit snippy at all my extravagant requests.

"I'm a modest young thing," I replied, earning myself a good glance up and down from the proprietor.

"We shall take the room," replied Killian, putting some gold on the counter.

At the sight of the elfin coin, the little man's eyes lit up. "Well! In coin! I'm not sure if I have enough change in my vault for a budget room paid with elfin coin.

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