Love & Curse Making (Magical Dating Agency Book 1) by Kelly St. Clare

Author:Kelly St. Clare [St. Clare, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-13T18:30:00+00:00

16

Soleil slapped a newspaper down in front of me.

“Ha!” she exploded.

“Ha?” I read the headline.

This Much Love Should Be Criminal

I hummed. “Catchy.”

“Thanks.”

Skimming through the article, I noted the paragraphs about the new and improved security measures at Yearning Hearts and the line commending our quaint storefront. “Your guy put this together quick. Think it will work?” Our waiting list had halved. Pretty sure Soleil cried herself to sleep last night.

“Yes, and I’m pleased to say that we’ve recovered a week of clients already.”

I nudged her. “You may be good at what you do, friend.”

“Sure am. Hope my family chokes on it.”

Yikes. “Want me to probe and see if they’ve read it when I visit them tonight?”

Her smirk slipped away. “Absolutely not. Just get in and get out, Cerys. Don’t poke the sphinx. Seriously.”

“I won’t. But nothing’s going to happen except for me and Devereaux hopefully finding some info.”

She didn’t seem convinced. “As Detective Dev is well aware, it’s less about what my family may tell you than what other rich families will tell you once they see the detective on my family’s estate.”

I frowned. “Really?”

“Really. They’re that sad.”

The bell chimed as my last client of the day entered.

I faced the client. “Niera?”

The beautiful maiden smiled, and it was as though she’d looked into my soul before doing so. The room seemed to brighten just for her being here.

And this was why everyone loved maidens. Charities were beautiful, yes, but there was an entitlement to their grace and charm that maidens didn’t possess.

“Cerys,” she cooed in a melodious voice as beautiful as her dark skin and raven hair.

“That’s me. Please, come in and sit down.”

With an elegance I would never possess—seriously, I used to try to copy my mother when young—the maiden sat opposite me while I pulled up her questionnaire.

“It’s not every day we get maidens in here.” I smiled at her.

“This is because I am an oddity. My true love has not appeared, Cerys, and I grow more saddened with each passing day that I shall reach my last breath without him.”

Tears literally stung my eyes. She was just so dang sad and beautiful. “My mother was a maiden. I know how hard it is for your type to be without their other half.”

Her violet eyes welled. “Yes.” She blinked several times, sniffing delicately. “You are a cupid who also had a maiden for a mother then?”

I shrugged a shoulder. “Dad was a cupid.” Untrue but shouting out that he was a heart elemental was unwise.

“Your parents were both of Venus’s line.” Her expression grew serious. “You must have much of her power.” While I scrambled for something to say, the maiden added, “You know, it is said that the gods merely released their power across Earth while they re-entered the womb to slumber. That centuries will pass as their power is diluted amongst many descendants, but in the centuries that follow, their power will begin to gather again within certain types, making ready for their eventual rebirth.”

Really? My brows rose.

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