Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic (Dowser Series) by Doidge Meghan Ciana

Author:Doidge, Meghan Ciana [Doidge, Meghan Ciana]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Old Man in the CrossWalk Productions
Published: 2013-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Actually, the trip was smooth and practically effortless. It had been a while since I’d traveled with Scarlett, and I’d forgotten how easy everything always was around her. No traffic. No lines at the border. No petty fights in the car.

Too bad I didn’t get any of that magic along with the indigo eyes.

We traveled in three cars. Scarlett, Kandy, and I drove in the green-haired werewolf’s SUV. Kett inexplicably hopped into some sports car I’d never laid eyes on before, while Desmond thankfully drove in another beast of a vehicle. The idea of a vampire driving a sports car was hilarious for some reason. Then I realized the car belonged to creepy Hoyt, spellcurser extraordinaire.

Given that he’d obviously driven up, why the hell Hoyt had bitched about driving rather than flying was a mystery. Many Adepts preferred to not fly — magic often didn’t get along with technology — but that had never stopped Scarlett from globe-trotting.

Later, I discovered that Desmond’s pickup truck belonged to the young werewolf attending UBC who Sienna and Rusty had killed. It was this murder that had brought Desmond and the pack to Vancouver. Kett as well. Desmond had left the vehicle for Kandy, but the green-haired werewolf didn’t want to drive it. He was returning it to the pack now.

I’d never thought about him settling the estates of his murdered pack members. I’d known that Hudson’s body had eventually been shipped back to the Midwest, but now I realized that I’d mourned him for three months and didn’t even know his last name. Now was not the time to ask. There never was a right time to talk about any of it, actually.

As we’d loaded into the cars in front of the bakery, I thought I tasted Mory’s magic. Hoyt had been sullenly waiting, all blurry-eyed and sallow-skinned. He had only flinched — but not protested — when Kett took his keys. Desmond hadn’t bothered getting out of the idling truck as Scarlett and I settled in with Kandy. I was sure the young necromancer was fast asleep somewhere, and I’d just been imagining things. Surrounded by Kandy, Scarlett, and Kett, I wouldn’t be able to pick up any other magic, anyway. Hoyt didn’t even register on my senses.

I demanded we stop at the first See’s Candies store we passed after entering the United States. We pulled off the I-5 at the outlet mall in Burlington, just before Mount Vernon, and spent far too much money. Kandy and Desmond included. Desmond had used his NEXUS pass to breeze through the border even faster than the rest of us, and was bitchy about having to wait the extra five minutes in the mall parking lot.

The clerk calmed him down instantly by offering him a second sample of their scrumptious Dark Cocoanut, a creamy soft center with angel-flake coconut covered in dark chocolate … yum. She was smart enough to guess his wallet matched the size of his appetite. With my custom box packed

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