Tragic Magick (Spell Maven Mystery Book 3) by J. L. Collins

Author:J. L. Collins [Collins, J. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

9

Stealth Magic

It took some doing to sneak out of the house.

Fi had been easy—she was already busy hanging out with the cousins with Jax at her side and didn’t seem to mind at all that I was going out for a little while without her.

Erie and Isobel had double-date plans with their significant others, so I was obviously not in on that, and wished them happy trails. Aunt Ginevra told Reaghan she would keep an eye out on Declan, Helene, and Ciara while Reaghan and Dromythyus went to have lunch with Dromythyus’ parents. My brother and Brennrie were still sleeping after a long night out. And Oisín? He was off doing who knows what and where.

Of course Uncle Gardner was already back at the office, overseeing Tiberius’ death case as well as the search for Delaney Drakar and the other two top Dark Market players. No surprise there.

Which left only one person left.

“What are your plans, Gwennie-Bee?” Aunt Bedelia strolled past me in the kitchen as I loaded up a small linen bag with some muffins from breakfast earlier. “Are you going out somewhere?”

I did my very best to think of exactly what I’d hoped would keep her out of my head. Sully’s dark, curly hair infiltrated my mind and I could practically feel the recoil as she hurried to get out of my thoughts.

“I’m not sure. I just saw these muffins and they reminded me of Sully,” I lied. “He’s an excellent cook.”

She looked mildly impressed and slipped her teal-rimmed glasses down her beakish nose, smiling. “Is he, now? I’m glad to see you have someone to learn a thing or two from.”

I put on a smile and nodded. “He is. He’s tried to teach me and I’m… attempting to learn. Apparently cooking doesn’t rub off on me very well, though.”

“Hm. And so you’re hanging around the house today? It might be a good day for me to help Ginny with the cleaning. With fourteen extra people in the house, it’s quite the task to keep everything organized.”

I really didn’t want to have to lie again, so I shrugged and changed the subject. “Just be glad you don’t have to do laundry.”

She raised a brow at me. “What does that consist of?”

“Washing and drying clothes. And folding them and putting them away. It’s probably the most time-consuming chore, at least for me and Fiona-Leigh,” I answered, amused by the way Aunt Bedelia’s face scrunched up.

“I see. Well. If you do go out, maybe go enjoy a nice walk in downtown? They’ve set up the Fairy lights around the town square, from what I’ve heard.”

I nodded. “Yeah. Maybe I will.”

Aunt Bedelia’s eyes narrowed at me as I finished tying up the bag. “Mmhmm. Word of the wise—try not to get involved in things that you have no business getting involved in. I know you. You’re just itching to get out there and get in the thick of things. Aren’t you?”

There was no way out of this one. “No…? Well, I mean… not exactly.

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