The Lethal Luau: An Enchanted Coast Magical Mystery (Enchanted Coast Magical Mystery Series Book 3) by Tegan Maher

Author:Tegan Maher [Maher, Tegan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magical Words Publishing
Published: 2020-04-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“Wow,” Colin said. “That was intense.”

“No,” Charles said, shaking his head as he threw back the contents of his glass all at once. “That was nothing short of a miracle. Valkyries don’t back down. What you just witnessed was a freak or nature, a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.” He turned to me. “Thank you.”

I sighed. “Don’t thank me yet. I only bought us time. Now we have to use it.” I chewed on my lip, thinking. Time to test the boundaries of the spell that was holding him tongue-tied. “Let’s try this. Do you think somebody Liz has met professionally may have had a hand in this?”

He pressed his lips together and nodded in approval when he realized what I was trying to do. “It’s possible,” he replied.

Okay, so he wasn’t on total lockdown. Or at least, there were loopholes.

“Do you work with a wide variety of species?”

“We do.”

“Do you work for the government?” Colin asked.

He paused, then appeared to choose his words carefully. “I don’t work for the human government.”

“The Witches Council?” I asked, which would have made sense, seeing as how he was a wizard. Or was he? I’d just assumed. I sent out feelers, but got nothing. That was weird. I could usually get at least a general sense of somebody’s species. “Or are you actually a wizard?”

“I’m half wizard, half shifter—hawk—and no, I don’t work for the Witches Council.”

“This is frustrating and pointless,” Blake said, pacing. He looked a wreck. His baby-blue polo was crumpled, and his loafers were coated in mud. On top of the five-o’clock shadow he was rocking, his hair looked like he’d raked his fingers through it so much that he’d caused a few permanent cowlicks. I’d never seen him look so frazzled.

He strode to my liquor cabinet and poured himself another drink. That was also out of character for him.

I pulled in a deep breath and let it out slowly. He was right. At this rate, it was going to take all night, and even if we did manage to pull a few threads, it was obvious the spell was well-crafted. We wouldn’t get anything useful.

“You said earlier that you were supposed to meet Mila here today,” I said, and Charles nodded.

“Yeah, we were gonna compare notes on some stuff.”

“So she works with you. Did she know Liz?”

“She and Liz are sorta friends,” he said, once again picking his words carefully. “If we go see her, I’m sure we can clear a lot of stuff up.”

“Why? If you’re under a binding spell, surely she is, too,” Tempest said, frowning. She was not a happy camper, not that I wasn’t in total agreement. Just the thought of somebody messing with Mila or Calamity pissed me off. Mila and I were raised together and had a solid respect for our independence. Whatever she was into had to be critical if she was willing to let somebody put a gag on her.

He shook his head. “That’s not how it works.”

“But you can’t say how it really works,” Colin concluded, and Charles pressed his lips together.

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