Harley Merlin 7: Harley Merlin and the Detector Fix by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight Press
Published: 2019-04-09T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Eight

Jacob

Having made sure that Suri was settled in her new room, I found myself taking a walk in the coven hallways. Nobody was around. I liked it at this time of night. It was just about the only time that the SDC was peaceful, especially now. I hadn’t had any direction in mind when I’d started walking, but I was surprised to find myself heading down the corridor to Levi’s office. I normally didn’t come to this part of the coven. With Suri’s hug and her eyes and her perfume racing in my head, I hadn’t even been looking where I was going.

I thought about turning back, but Levi’s door was ajar. Soft voices floated out into the corridor.

I approached quietly. If Levi caught me listening in, he’d spew out his usual “off with their heads” rant. I stopped and pressed back against the wall. Light spilled out onto the floor, and the voices got louder. I could pick out Levi and Imogene pretty easily. And Remington. And a couple more I didn’t recognize. It had to be the whole California Mage Council, out in force—and, by the sounds of it, jumping down Levi’s throat.

“Did you really think you could get away with something like this?” Remington seemed to be leading the ass-chewing. “Did you honestly think we wouldn’t find out that you’d been keeping us in the dark? Seriously, Levi, this is low, even for you.”

“I had no choice,” Levi replied. He sounded shaken. Evidently, he had expected to get away with it. Although, if the Council members were this peeved, that couldn’t be good for us. If they were finally coming for Levi, then what would that mean for the SDC? I had no clue. I just knew Levi was in a heap of trouble. And he’d put the SDC in even more trouble because of his lies.

“You had a choice, Leonidas.” Imogene sounded disappointed, like a stern mother. “You had every opportunity to tell us the truth, so that we could help you fix this, but you chose not to. Don’t pretend that this is anything other than self-serving pride. You wanted to be the only one in the know. You wanted to be the one with the upper hand, and what has it brought you? Nothing but mayhem. Katherine has succeeded in the fourth ritual because you wanted to prove something. And, in doing so, you have only proven how incompetent you are. No, incompetent is too kind a word—you have only proven how much of a danger you are in this position.”

“Was it that important to you, that you stood out as superior to Alton and the SDC’s previous directors? Was it that important that you had to risk global safety?” Remington spat. “What did you possibly think you could do on your own, Levi?”

I couldn’t understand his motivation, either. What did he still have to prove?

“I had to show how strong we were,” Levi replied. “Do you know how people view this coven? Magicals laugh at it.

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