Gypsies, Traps & Missing Thieves: Bohemian Murder Manor Mysteries (Bohemian Lake Book 5) by Rachael Stapleton

Author:Rachael Stapleton [Stapleton, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-27T22:00:00+00:00

21

M allory spun around and hurried up the steps. She knocked on Penny’s door first. She had to know if Kaden and Penny had been in on it—if it was, in fact, all part of the game, as Danior had suggested.

She was just about to knock when the door behind her opened. Strong hands gripped her shoulders from behind and spun her around.

Daemon.

She gripped his forearms, her nails digging into his flesh. “I need—”

Gloria, Denise, and Rebel, who were also now awake, staggered from their rooms into the hall. Daemon gently shook Mallory by the shoulders. “What’s wrong?”

Taking a deep breath, Mallory quickly described what she had witnessed—everything from her ghostly visitor to the blue-haired shadow. By the time she’d finished her story, Eve, Danior and Harley had joined them in the hallway.

Grinning, Harley crossed the hall and stood next to Eve. “Looks like we have another clue, Krystal, dear. Our sweet Geneviève was never murdered. She’s alive and well. Now, why would she fake her own death?”

“I’m not kidding around,” Mallory said sharply. “I want to know where this missing Ellie girl is, and I’d like to speak to Geneviève or whatever her real name is.”

Buttoning her long winter coat, Michèle walked out of her room. “Stop trying to ruin the game, dear.”

“Where are you going?” Mallory asked.

“You said Geneviève was outside,” Michèle said innocently. “That’s why we need to go look. How else will we solve the mystery if we don’t follow the clues?”

“Whatever. I need to talk to Detective Bones . . .” Mallory paused, surprised to see that Kaden hadn’t woken yet. She walked across the hall, only to be stopped by Joelle, who draped a motherly arm across her shoulders and lowered her voice. “Now, listen. I spoke to Rebel and, based on the generator accident, she’s asked that we write Kaden, Penny and Emilion out of the game. She wants them to rest until we can get them checked out. I’m only telling you so you don’t have a meltdown when we announce their fake deaths tomorrow, okay?” She removed her arm and raised her voice once again, “Now, why don’t we all just go back to bed and get some sleep?”

“Sounds good to me,” Rebel said, as she attempted to smother a yawn. “Pen’s been snoring all night and I’m exhausted.”

Michèle dragged a pair of gloves out of her coat pocket. “Not me. I’m going to look for clues.”

“Michèle,” Mallory said with a sigh, “you can’t go out there.”

“No one is going out there. This is not a clue, people. This is a case of a player not following the rules,” Bronson called out from behind Joelle’s door. Drawing a blue striped terry cloth robe over his shoulders, he stumbled out into the hallway. “It’s the middle of the night. You’ll catch your death.”

Michèle smiled. “No, but I might find out who did.”

Mallory glanced at Harley’s door just as he disappeared and reappeared, choking back a sob, he covered his mouth with his hand.

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