Gobbelino London & a Worry of Weres by Kim M. Watt
Author:Kim M. Watt
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780473629779
Publisher: Kim M. Watt
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PEROXIDE FIXES EVERYTHING
Ifan watched us leave, opening the gate with some magician fanciness to let us out. None of us spoke until we were on the road outside, pulling into the broad, quietly posh streets and rumbling off in a direction that likely had weres at the end of it. Or necromancers.
Then I said, âIt was his fireball.â
âWhat?â Callum asked, and Green Snake lifted his head out of Callumâs pocket to give me a pleased little head tilt. Or possibly a well, finally one. Nuance is tricky when your sole method of communication is a head tilt.
âIt was on his fingers. I smelt it.â Green Snake stared at me, and I sighed. âGummy Snake here mustâve picked it up when Ifan gave him a grape. So he gave me the grape, and I got the scent.â
âAre you sure?â Callum asked. He was chewing his thumbnail again, his shoulders hunched and tight. âIt wasnât just from that flame thing he does?â
I wished I could say I wasnât sure. Ifan was a shady bloody parsnip, but Callum had already lost him once, when weâd thought he was dead (or possibly zombified, but that still counted as a loss). It seemed unfair to ask anyone to lose a friend twice. âIâm sure,â I said, and Callum sighed.
âSo he doesnât want us going to were clubs, and also wanted to make sure we couldnât talk to necromancers.â
âYou donât think he was after us with that firebomb?â
âI donât think it matters much either way. If he wanted us dead, weâd never have made it out of the house. So heâs just trying to stop us finding Ms Jones.â
I shivered, thinking of the taxidermied animals that lined the big entrance hall of the magicianâs house, staring down at visitors with glassy eyes and bared teeth. Theyâd almost had us once already. âJust.â
Callum smiled faintly and took his cigarettes from his pocket. Green Snake didnât even try to stop him. âItâs better than having a magician actively trying to kill us.â
âTrue. Things are looking up.â
âPositively sunny,â he agreed, and lit a cigarette. I didnât miss the fact that his knuckles were white on the lighter.
âIâm rethinking my use of eccentric for you two,â Pru said. âWhatâs the next step on from that?â
âHeroic and dashing,â I suggested, and Tam snorted so hard that it turned into a sneeze.
âNo,â Pru said. âPretty sure thatâs not it.â
Callum flicked ash into the cup between the seats and said, âWere club tonight, then.â
âIs that a good idea?â I asked. âWhat if Ifanâs warned them to be looking for us?â
âDo you have any better ideas? Yasmin wonât help us. Gerry canât. The last signs we have of Walker are with weres. And if Ifanâs involved at all â which he seems to be â then we need to find Walker before he moves him, or ⦠something.â
Or something. I shivered, seeing my abandoned body lying on the floor of the dentistâs hallway again. âHairballs. Why couldnât it be a bunny club or something?â
Callum snorted.
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