Night Troubles (Midnight Magic Book 2) by Richard Amos

Author:Richard Amos [Amos, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-28T16:00:00+00:00

After a Chinese takeaway where I ate more chicken chow mein than should be humanly possible, I lay on my bed in one of the small spare bedrooms. Blue wallpaper and carpet, complete with a TV and a lava lamp. I switched that lamp on, mesmerized by the gloopy colors.

Kylie played in my earphones, my focus on the glow of the streetlights outside the window. Relaxing. Letting things melt away for a bit.

Fizz remained downstairs, curled up in Tae’s lap the last time I’d seen her. I’d tried to pick her up, got the serious stink eye, and knew to leave her the hell alone.

I opened a lollipop, sucking away on the fairy magic as Kylie’s Fever album reached the halfway point.

My phone buzzed.

It was Grindle on the Whisper app—our way of communicating away from prying eyes. The software was encrypted, but I always deleted our conversations for extra caution.

Grindle: I’m sorry for checking in with you late. I hope you’re okay after what happened. I knew you were safe but couldn’t find a moment to reach out.

Me: I’m fine. Are you?

Grindle: Busy. I’ve closed the post box at Raven Tower with the backup lollipops.

I’d forgotten about those. Kind of. Not fully forgotten, just low on my list.

Me: Okay.

Grindle: How are your supplies right now?

Me: They’re getting low.

Grindle: Don’t panic. I’ll get something to you.

Me: How? Without him seeing?

Grindle: Leave it with me. I’m glad you’re okay.

Me: How did you know I was okay?

Grindle: I reached out to Tae.

Oh, so he had the time to chat away with the vampire, but not me? I mean, we weren’t exactly the best of buddies who went off to have a beer and boogie until the sun came up. But we had a solid bond after he’d found seventeen-year-old me on the brink of falling apart in an alleyway. He’d helped me, knew all my secrets, and didn’t try to fuck me over, helping me keep the secrets locked up.

Grindle: He’s Tae Frost. Things are different with him.

Me: Because he’s loaded.

Grindle: Are you pouting?

Me: No.

Grindle: Don’t be offended. It’s boring. He’s a top client. It’s bad enough when I have to delay him.

I did get it.

Me: I’m not pouting.

Grindle: I’ll be in touch tomorrow with details on the new lollipop drop.

I laughed to myself at his words.

Grindle: Delete this conversation. Bye.

I pointlessly sent back a goodbye, then wiped the convo.

At least he’d got in touch. At last. And money was power, so when money talked, you listened. I didn’t begrudge him speaking to Tae first. I wasn’t offended. Gosh, I, for one, knew there were a gazillion worse things in the world to bug me.

I kicked back, letting my dinner go down some more. We’d be off out later for some spell training. I found another spell when eating dinner, almost dropping noodles on the ancient Grimoire pages.

The spell was another defensive one called Summon Wall. Basically, you summoned a wall of whatever shape you created, which came up to protect you from anything.

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