Play the Demon: A Paranormal Urban Fantasy Romance (Deals with Demons Book 6) by Stacia Stark

Author:Stacia Stark [Stark, Stacia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-23T18:30:00+00:00

Meredith

The next morning, I met Kyla and Evie in front of a warehouse off South Miami Boulevard on the outskirts of Bethesda. We’d decided to visit Albert first, followed by the harpy, since she’d likely be a tiny bit slower in the middle of the day.

“How do you want to go about this?” I asked as Evie and Kyla strode into the warehouse next to me. Since Danica had destroyed the Mage Council building, the mages were currently operating out of the space while their headquarters were rebuilt.

Evie shrugged. “Let’s play it by ear.” If she was nervous, her face didn’t show it, so I attempted the same bored expression.

“What’s up with you?” Kyla nudged me with her elbow. “You look like someone ran over your dog.”

“Awesome.”

Even though I was walking into the mages’ territory with a werewolf and a powerful witch, I couldn’t help but still feel a little nervous. We were heavily outnumbered, and the mage who led us to Albert was flushed and shaking with rage, as if he was barely restraining himself from attacking us.

Albert waited for us in one corner of the warehouse, which had been sectioned off with those fake wall divider things. He sat at a desk that looked like it was from IKEA, half-empty boxes of files taking up most of the small space.

“Oh, how the mighty fall,” Evie murmured.

He watched us out of cold gray eyes, studying us as if we were a virus someone had let loose in his territory.

“You wanted this meeting,” he said. “So, talk.”

Evie raised one eyebrow. “Nice manners.”

I couldn’t blame her for her hatred of the mages. Still, we needed their cooperation, so I elbowed her in the ribs. She shut her mouth.

“A fae woman by the name of Ilayda was recently kidnapped,” I said. “What do you know about it?”

Albert raised one eyebrow. “Why would you imagine I’d know anything about a fae kidnapping?”

“Because one of the kidnappers had one of your mages’ business cards. And we can’t seem to find that mage.”

His mouth thinned. “Excuse me?”

I studied his face. I didn’t trust Albert one bit. The Mage Council was comprised of a bunch of bigots, and I was damn sure Albert had known exactly what some of his colleagues were planning when they tried to hand Danica over to Lucifer last year.

“Name?” Albert asked, when he’d recovered enough to talk.

“Patrick Carter.”

Something flashed across Albert’s face, too quick for me to catch. He nodded slowly.

“Patrick has been doing some specific work for us.”

“What kind of work?”

His cold eyes barely blinked. “Most people think the idea of cooperation between humans and paranormals is a good thing.” The hint of a sneer flickered over his face, and then he cleared his throat, likely remembering he was staring at a witch, a werewolf, and a… something. “But when criminals from both sides begin working together, more people die. Patrick was investigating a forum on the dark web. A series of message boards are being used to connect humans

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