Loved Up by A. A. Albright

Author:A. A. Albright [Albright, A. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 38472339
Published: 2018-02-09T06:00:00+00:00

12. A Wayfair By Any Other Name ...

With Angela and Patrick processed, I was feeling even more eager to get on with my plan to take the ex-Minister out of her comfort zone. After all, I was now even surer that no one on the College Board had been behind Nancy’s murder. They would have been, if the actual murderer hadn’t gotten there first. But there was another killer – or a whole team of killers out there – and I was certain that Justine Plimpton could lead me to them. Annoying Justine would have to wait a while longer, though, because Agatha’s big announcement was about to take place.

The sun was shining as I stood on the steps of the Wyrd Court, lined up with two dozen other members of the new police force. The whole of Warren Lane was packed, with supernaturals from all over Ireland turning up to hear what Agatha had to say.

There were plenty of officers out in the crowd, too, in case things went badly. I was even holding a truncheon.

Like Finn and most of the current Peacemakers, I had no magical use for one of these truncheons. Their original intention had been to disguise the fact that the ex-Minister was hiring staff so weak in magic that they needed a wand to direct their power. Hell, the truncheons even had wizard-tech built in, to enhance that remedial magic even further. But with Finn and my mother having been in charge of all recent hires, we now had a staff who had easily enough magic – and control of their magic – to handle most situations.

So why was I holding a truncheon? Well, that was because I was wearing my brand spanking new uniform. And it did include a truncheon, because if were to take on all comers, then they would need them. The one I was holding was an old Peacemaker truncheon, but a new one would soon be designed, suitable for all supernaturals. Right now, we were just about advertising the possibilities.

Gabriel was at the Wyrd Court, too, but he wasn’t wearing a new uniform. Instead, he was wearing one of his TV suits – a particularly shiny one that made me cringe. His show, Wyrd News in the Afternoon, would be doing a segment on the announcement, and he was scheduled to interview Agatha afterwards. I stood in line watching him as he interacted with his TV buddies, wishing to the goddess that I knew where my head was at.

Despite his Wyrd News get-up, he looked just as handsome as ever. And when he kissed me shortly before I joined the line-up, my knees had turned to jelly. Whenever I was near him, all I wanted to do was stay near him for as long as possible, so I could sniff in that delicious scent of his.

But as soon as we parted, and I took my place on the steps, he went clean out of my mind. Thoughts of Gabriel were quickly replaced by thoughts of Max.

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