Mad Magic by Nicole Conway

Author:Nicole Conway [Conway, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teen, young adult, science fiction and fantasy, romance, fantasy, paranormal and urban, contemporary, coming of age
ISBN: 9781946700148
Publisher: Month9Books, LLC
Published: 2017-11-07T08:00:00+00:00

Zeph didn’t come back home until early the next morning. I was getting ready for school when he staggered in like a zombie. His clothes were caked with mud, and there were twigs and leaves matted in his hair. He looked as if a swamp creature had just gotten finished using him as a toothpick.

“I don’t want to talk about it. So don’t even start with me,” he grumbled before I could even get a question out. “I’m going to bathe, then I’m going to bed. That’s it.”

“What? In my bed?” I called after him. “You do have your own place, you know!”

He fanned a hand at me. “Yours smells better.”

Probably because I actually washed my sheets. “Well, don’t use my pink towels. I don’t want swamp stink all over them.”

He tracked dirt all the way into the bathroom, leaving a slime trail like a slug. When was I going to have time to clean all that up? I stooped down to pick up a leaf that was dripping with brown, muddy goo.

“I’ll take care of it.” Eldrick’s calm, deep voice came from behind me.

I startled and dropped the leaf. “Are you sure?”

He nodded. “You’ll be late if you don’t leave soon.”

I smiled and pulled him into a side-hug that he only barely reciprocated. “You’re the best!”

“I know,” he replied in all seriousness. Then he handed me a small slip of paper. “Here.”

“What’s this?” I asked as I went to unfold it, but Eldrick stopped me.

“Wait until you get to school. Send one message with your location and a time, nothing more.” He kept his voice hushed as he motioned to the bathroom where Zeph had just turned on the shower. “Do not mention where you live or anything specific about yourself. You must tread carefully. As far as I know, he is loyal to the Seelie Court now. However, someone in your position can never be too careful.”

I didn’t understand why he was acting so strangely until I sat down in my desk and took the paper out again. I unfolded it carefully, and then it all made sense. Written on the paper was a name—Frederic Everett—and a phone number. Eldrick knew we had to keep this a secret between us, but he also knew better than to trust a member of the Seelie Court with our location. Both he and Zeph were wanted men, technically.

I typed out a text exactly the way Eldrick had instructed. I gave the location of the bistro near my school where we had gone for dinner, and a time when I knew I could be there—right after school. My hands shook as I sent the message.

A few minutes later, my phone vibrated.

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