Frayed Trust: Frayed Book 1 by Olivia Lewin

Author:Olivia Lewin [Lewin, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reber Media Company
Published: 2022-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

My shift passed in a haze of leering men and alternative rock music, the theme of the evening. When I finished closing down the bar, everything tidy, I slipped out the back door before Mattie confronted me about my outfit.

The back alley was dark and dingy as always, shadows hiding stray cats and the mice they hunted for. An angel magic infused knife burned heavy against my thigh, hidden beneath the scant cover of my skirt. I wore my wand at my waist, attached to a gold chain. Stroking it with my fingertips, I kept the expertly carved wood at the ready. With my situation, it was impossible to be too careful, and my wand would help to focus the effects of some of my stronger spells. If I couldn’t touch my target, the assistance was necessary.

As I walked, my steps were purposeful but not rushing. I gave no hint that I was aware of my surroundings, not with glances around me or anything else. By now, I’d honed my senses and could tell when I was being followed without the person tailing me realizing I’d figured it out. Eyes burned into my back tonight, my skin hot from the attention, so I turned in the direction opposite my apartment. If I walked far enough, in a roundabout path, I would lose them eventually. A few sensing spells thrown out in the general vicinity of my area didn’t pick up anything out of the ordinary. I had to assume whomever was following me was doing so from a distance. I wouldn’t risk a broader spell, not when it would be harder to hide my magical signature and would hint at my true magic capacity.

From Club Chaos to my apartment was normally a fifteen minute walk. An hour into my trek, I hadn’t lost my tail yet. He must know I knew he was there by now. The roundabout path I was taking made no sense even for a mid-day leisure walk. Forget about a walk at three in the damn morning. In certain areas, there was no one around, and I’d still felt him but not seen him.

Sighing, I fully detached my wand from my belt and leaned against a brick wall in the middle of an alley. We’d gotten out of the downtown area to a residential area with plenty of apartment buildings, none of them the one I lived in. “Oswald, you’re summoned,” I muttered under my breath, hoping that whoever was following me didn’t have an exceptional sense of hearing. Then again, with how long they’d been following me from a distance, they probably had all exceptional senses.

My familiar appeared in front of me, orange fur sticking up at odd angles. I’d interrupted him in the middle of a cat bath. “I was wondering why you weren’t home.”

“Didn’t think to check on me?”

“You always call me when something has happened.”

“Whatever. I’ve had a tail for an hour, can’t shake him. I figured I would camp here and wait for him to get impatient.

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