Fallen Reign by Nazri Noor

Author:Nazri Noor [Noor, Nazri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 9798601055024
Published: 2020-01-22T16:00:00+00:00

21

My heart raced as I stared through the car window, watching the house for signs of Monica Rodriguez. I was in a ritzier part of town, me in the passenger seat, Quilliam J. Abernathy gripping the steering wheel with two leather-gloved hands, his engine shut off.

“You’d think that a less flashy car would have been the right choice for this,” I told him.

Fine. The leather seats were comfy, and the interiors smelled clean and warm from the little pot of air freshener on the dashboard – spiced vanilla – but the thing was way too snazzy and unsubtle for a stakeout.

Quilliam sniffed and turned up his nose. “On the extremely slim chance that someone recognizes me, I’m not risking the possibility of being caught driving something – pedestrian.”

“You don’t have to worry. No one will ever recognize you with those ridiculous sunglasses on.”

This was after dark, mind you, significantly past midnight. The jury was out on whether death witches even slept regular hours, but Quilliam had a point. Monica was only human, after all, just another flavor of mage. It was better to take her out under cover of darkness, with less chances of attracting unwanted attention at night.

What choice did I have left but murder, really? We’d considered Florian’s talents for making coin. Now it was up to me to pull my own weight. And Florian didn’t have to know about this one. I was fine with carrying the burden of killing the brujas on my own.

Still, I had to stop thinking of it as murdering the Rodriguez witches. I was just stealing an artifact. Leonora would kick the bucket, but not before taking Monica down with her. Their blood wouldn’t be on my hands. Sneak in, snip the Obsidian Rose off its bush, then sneak back out. Done and done.

“We’ve waited long enough,” I told Quill. “Time to make a move.”

“Right,” he said, unlocking the car doors. “Good luck.”

I blinked at him, then frowned. “I thought you were coming with,” I hissed, hearing the mounting urgency in my own voice. The inside of Quill’s car lit up with the pale golden glow of the glyphs on my skin.

“What? I promised no such thing. I’m not getting a cut of the fifteen K you’re getting from Leonora, am I?”

“So I’ll give you a cut,” I said, testing the waters, knowing that he wouldn’t bite.

Quilliam raised his nose. “Do I look like someone in need of money? I’m independently wealthy.”

I leaned in, narrowing my eyes at him. “Then why are you so invested in this? In me?”

He shrugged. “This is a test. Have you thought about that? Maybe I’ve got more work for you, and I want to see if you’ve got the chops.” He tipped his glasses down, glaring disapprovingly at my chest. “And don’t get so damn emotional, especially in there. You’ll blow your cover.”

I pouted hard even as I fought to tamp down my anger, and the light of my sigils faded. “I can’t do this alone.”

“You can, and you will.

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