Signed in Incubus: A Paranormal Monster Romance (Possessive Monsters Book 6) by Maggie Mayhem

Author:Maggie Mayhem [Mayhem, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-06-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Prax

The real estate agent and the couple did not stay long, especially not after I pretended to be the little old lady next door who’d outlived several of the people who had resided in Penny’s home. I told them I was sure the house was haunted because anyone who stepped foot in it went slowly crazy.

The real estate agent denied it, of course, but I made up lurid stories of previous owners telling me they had heard voices and other creepy things. Then, once they were inside the house, I popped in and masqueraded as everyday objects, following them around and making strange whispers and creaking sounds everywhere they went. It was kind of fun, actually.

When they asked Penny if she’d experienced anything weird in the house, she said she was pretty sure there was an incubus watching her shower and sleep. I mean, it wasn’t a lie.

The real estate agent had glared daggers at her. I bet her parents were going to hear about that later.

After they left, I helped her pack up anything she’d already taken out of boxes. We were close to done when I got a call to help out at the museum since one of the afternoon guards had fallen ill. Darlington Museum was special in that most of the artifacts in it were actually owned by Desmon himself. They were part of his extensive hoard and were rotated out seasonally for visitor variety. The museum was always extra busy after things had been switched out because everyone wanted to see the new displays.

You’d think working as an on-call guard at the museum would be one of the more commonplace jobs I’d done for Desmon, but it wasn’t. The last time I’d taken a job at the museum, it was to help track down a missing artifact. That had ended up being a memorable adventure, complete with an evil wizard, powerful magic, centuries-old secrets, and even family betrayal.

“Go,” Penny said. “I’ll be fine on my own. The house is warded, and I won’t open the door for anyone, I promise. You can’t watch me twenty-four-seven.”

I didn’t want to leave, but she was right. I left her my cell number so she could contact me if necessary.

Darlington Museum was filled with both magical artifacts and non-magical but historically significant ones. Instead of usual museum thieves looking to steal goodies to sell to unscrupulous collectors with private collections, we had to worry about other dragons or powerful wizards coveting the dragon’s treasures. Those were the ultimate private collectors.

Desmon could have avoided all this by hiding all of his treasures away instead of letting the public see them, of course, but he thought that sharing them with the world was important because if the world knew they existed, they could have a price put on them. Sure enough, since the fall of The Wall, historians and other collectors had been coming to see his treasures, giving something that once only sat there, unseen by human eyes, a monetary value.

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